title: Development of user-configurable information source pages for medical information retrieval.
abstract: We describe the creation and evaluation of an online system which allows users to configure information delivery as filtered feeds, extracts from medical text information, and other resources in user-configurable layouts. The need for such a resource, expected advantages and evaluation with respect to speed of access, effectiveness of alerting, user priorities, information exchange among colleagues, serendipity effects, and usability are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Yalini
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Senathirajah
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bakken
mesh_terms: D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D009862:Online Systems; D014584:User-Computer Interface