title: What websites are patients using: results of a tracking study exploring patients use of websites at a multi-media patient education center.
abstract: Abstract: An exploratory study utilized computer tracking software at a hospital based patient education center was conducted to access use of the Web. During six months, 625 hits were tracked with 1/3 to www.cancer.gov one of the recommended websites, while over half of the sites were not on the recommended list. Here we report the challenges and results of this tracking study.
authors.affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravitch
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fleisher
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019212:Multimedia; D009369:Neoplasms; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010361:Patients