[Web4lib] Study: Google Helps Diagnose Difficult Medical Cases

[David Rothman]

The BMJ article itself is available at no charge:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/bmj.39003.640567.AEv1

Best,

-David

http://davidrothman.net

On 11/10/06, Robert Sullivan <robert.g.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <
> http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/11/09/hscout536019.html
> >
>
> "The authors of the British Medical Journal paper chose 26
> difficult-to-diagnose cases published in the New England Journal of
> Medicine in 2005, then Googled three to five search terms from each
> case. The people doing the searches did not know the correct
> diagnosis."
>
> "Google found the correct diagnosis in 15, or 58 percent, of the cases."
>
> This article ends by referring people to Medline Plus for more medical
> information.
>
> --
> Bob Sullivan
> Schenectady Digital History Archive
> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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