Accessing Reliable Health Information on the Web: A Review of the HON Approach.

作者信息

Boyer Célia, Gaudinat Arnaud, Hanbury Allan, Appel Ron D, Ball Marion J, Carpentier Michel, van Bemmel Jan H, Bergmans Jean-Paul, Hochstrasser Denis, Lindberg Donald, Miller Randolph, Peterschmitt Jean-Claude, Safran Charles, Thonnet Michèle, Geissbühler Antoine

机构信息

Health On The Net Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.

BiTeM group, HES-SO/HEG Geneva, Information Science Department, Carouge, Switzerland.

出版信息

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;245:1004-1008.

Accessing online health content of high quality and reliability presents challenges. Laypersons cannot easily differentiate trustworthy content from misinformed or manipulated content. This article describes complementary approaches for members of the general public and health professionals to find trustworthy content with as little bias as possible. These include the Khresmoi health search engine (K4E), the Health On the Net Code of Conduct (HONcode) and health trust indicator Web browser extensions.