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From: Gail Kouame <gmarie@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Interesting article - no surprises, really
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Study: Current Guidelines for Online Health Info Don't Correlate to 
Actual Quality
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The "proxy" measures used to determine the quality of a Web site's 
health information "do little to explain the comprehensiveness and 
accuracy of the information," according to a study from the Center for 
Information Therapy.  The study found "enormous variation" in the 
quality of diabetes information on the Internet and concluded that 
evaluating the content of each individual Web site may be necessary to 
provide "meaningful guidance to consumers."
http://www.ihealthbeat.org/track/url.cfm?u=11454&rurl=www%2Eihealthbeat%2Eorg%2Findex%2Ecfm%3FAction%3DdspItem%26itemID%3D104003

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Gail Kouame
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