OBJECTIVES: This article analyzes the efforts of three organizations to provide a standard that guides Internet users to reliable health care sites. METHODS: Comparison of health Internet sites, interviews and document studies. RESULTS: In comparing these approaches, three different constructions of reliability are identified. Conclusions: The resulting possibilities and restrictions of these constructions for users that are searching for health information on the Internet are revealed.
Keywords: Internet user, health care, reliability, Internet health sites, qualitative research methods
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVE: To identify perspectives of success factors for implementing computerized physician order entry (POE) in the inpatient setting. DESIGN: Qualitative study by a multidisciplinary team using data from observation, focus groups, and both formal and informal interviews...
Keywords: Physician order entry, clinical systems, qualitative study, qualitative research methods
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer