MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'information quality'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2738036&cid=t_126812_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F27%2Fdont-go-to-the-internet-to-get-good-information-about-chronic-pain%2F …it’s true, you know, the quality of the information about chronic pain found on the internet is poor – at least it was when this study was conducted (of course, that was before this blog got started!). ‘In December 2007, there were an estimated 1.3 billion Internet users worldwide with the usage growth increasing by 265% from 2000 to 2007′ – I don’t think that numbers will have decreased since then! Anyway, in this study, Corcoran and colleagues developed a scoring tool to measure the quality of the material they found when searching the internet using the terms ‘chronic pain’, and using the popular search engines like Google and Yahoo. Their scoring was developed from terms from the Health on the Net code, with some modification to im... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2738036 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:33 +0100 2738036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1065781&cid=t_126812_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F01%2Fimproving-corporate-functions-using-shared-services%2F This report looks at government’s achievements so far, and how more can be gained from the shared services initiative. Both the NHS Shared Business Service and the Prison Service Shared Service, are on course to deliver savings, demonstrating that both are more efficient than the arrangements they have replaced. Although neither of the bodies are currently performing to levels of efficiency achieved in leading practice private sector organisations, they are both pursuing improvements. Customers of the NHS and Prison Service centres expressed early dissatisfaction with the quality of the service being provided. But the NAO found that customer satisfaction levels had risen over time. Both centres continue to address customer concerns and evidence of decreasing complaints and increasing com... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1065781 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:20:13 +0100 1065781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1054752&cid=t_126812_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F27%2Fspecialist-dementia-care-providers-aka-care-homes%2F The Alzheimer’s Society’s Home From Home report calls for care homes to begin operating as specialist dementia care providers. Research shows a typical person with dementia in a care home spends just two minutes in every six hours socially interacting with other people - most of these residents are in the advanced stages of dementia and rely on the support of trained staff. The Home From Home report features a survey of more than 3,500 people, including relatives of people with dementia, care home staff and managers. The survey shows; More than half of people with a relative in residential care say there is not enough for the person with dementia to do each day Over one in four family carers feel they do not receive enough information about the care and treatment of the person... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1054752 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:52:02 +0100 1054752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=688801&cid=t_126812_113_f&fid=35752&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjseidman.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F05%2F30%2Fjudging-web-site-quality-combining-objective-tools-collaborative-filtering%2F In response to a column in The New York Times last week (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/fashion/24Cyber.html), I wrote the following letter to the editor (for which they apparently aren’t publishing any letters): Regarding “Visits to Doctors Who Are Not in, Ever” (May 24), democratization of information has made health content widely available—some would describe this a blessing and others a curse. The question is how do we steer people to information that is accurate, comprehensive, relevant, understandable, and useful? Empirical research we’ve conducted on diabetes Web sites suggests that the guidance offered by most “experts”—such as a “trustworthy” sponsor, the currency of the content, or the process for updating it—provides little insight into the content... Information Therapy...and Other Ways to Change the World blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=688801 Wed, 30 May 2007 21:31:35 +0100 688801