What websites are patients using: results of a tracking study exploring patients use of websites at a multi-media patient education center.
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.
Ravitch
Stephanie
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Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Fleisher
Linda
L
Torres
Stephen
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019212:Multimedia; D009369:Neoplasms; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010361:Patients