title: Consumer informatics: control or making the most of health internet websites.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore how the Internet is being used as a source of information, but also as a source of consumption in certain health-related fields. Determine the negative and positive impacts of this trend, depending on the topic or quality standards of websites.
  
  
  METHODS
  Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six papers from international peer reviewed journals have been selected for the section on health information systems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The articles selected discuss issues of major concern for online health information seekers, because of their positive or negative impact on health outputs.
authors.affiliation: Fondation Health On the Net, Geneva, Switzerland. celia.boyer@healthonnet.org
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boyer
mesh_terms: D054626:Consumer Health Information; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet