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dc.contributor.authorUsher, Wayne
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:24:04Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:24:04Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T01:05:55Z
dc.identifier.issn18333583
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/42216
dc.description.abstractAn online survey (www.limesurvey.org) was used to identify patterns of usage of health information available on the Internet by fi ve major Australian health professions (AHPs): general practice, social work, dietetics, physiotherapy and optometry. Survey questions were developed to explore participants' responses associated with their level of Internet usage. From the fi ve AHPs (n=746), it was found that social workers and dietitians most frequently recommended health websites to their patients (11-20% of the time throughout a 12-month period [2009]). Health information topics most frequently recommended and brought to health professionals' attention by patients were concerned with 'specifi c health conditions' and the main source professionals used to access health information was identifi ed through the use of 'search engines'. This study further reports that Internet recommendations from health professionals1 (1-10%), Internet requests from patients2 (<1%) and Internet consultation processes3 (1%), do not mirror similar international research. It is recommended that development of policies that might infl uence e-health should not be based on a presumption that the use of the Internet for accessing health information is universal or that the Internet strongly infl uences Australian healthcare delivery. Key words (MeSH): Internet; Telemedicine; Health Care; Health Policy; Health Information; Decision Making
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHealth Information Management Association of Australia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/183335831104000203
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom15
dc.relation.ispartofpageto22
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHealth Information Management Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInformation Systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLibrary and Information Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode139999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0806
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0807
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleDeveloping policies for e-health: use of online health information by Australian health professionals and their patients
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorUsher, Wayne T.


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