Evaluation of a Health-Related Website

Evaluation of a Health-Related Website

Introduction

Not all the information on internet is reliable. Millions of websites are available on the internet, of all the categories. With advancement in information technology, the healthcare sector has also developed significantly. Millions of patients, clinicians and practitioners get information from the internet. Some of them are reliable and updated; some are not (NNLM, 2013). Evaluation of the key aspects of websites can help find the reliability of a website.

Indian State Medical Association

The website of Indian State Medical Association (http://www.ismanet.org/) is chosen for evaluation. The website provides opportunity to physicians from Indiana ...