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A Mediated Health Search Portal for Trusted Medical Content
10/27/2004
Andrew S. Kanter, MD MPHa, Jose Maldonadoa, Anuj Varshneyb, Frank Naeymi-Rad, PhDa
aIntelligent Medical Objects, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA
bNorthwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Abstract
The Internet has become an important source of medical information for both patients and providers. However, it is increasingly difficult to properly access and evaluate the information obtained on the Internet. Search engines are frequently used to find information but suffer either from lack of specificity, or cumbersome requirements for use. Mediated search services have been suggested as a possible alternative. This paper describes one such mediated medical information search service called IMO Health Search. [..]
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