HLTH 2115 HEALTH INFORMATICS TASK 1

This task will help you to:

• Identify online information about health care

• Decide if the information is valid, relevant, unbiased and accurate

What you have to do:

Work with another student.

1. Make a table like the one below. You can copy and paste into Word from this page. Change to landscape orientation.

2. Choose three of the website links below the table on this page. Copy and paste the links into the first column of your table.

3. Decide who has published the website, eg government, private company, charity. 

4. Look through the information to help you describe each site to other students.

5. Write a summary of the website information in the correct column.

6. Decide if the information is valid, relevant and unbiased. Give reasons for your answer eg It is valid because . . .

7. Explain one example of information that you can find.

8. Complete your table with a footer with your names. Print one copy.

Healthcare Informatics

Dubai Healthcare City: http://www.dhcc.ae/directory/

TEN Yellow Pages: http://yp.theemiratesnetwork.com/browse/hospitals_and_medical_centers/united_arab_emirates-az-al_ain/

Merck Online Medical Library: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/drugnames-index/generic/a.html

Health effects from household products: http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/prodtree?prodcat=Personal+Care&purpose=Eye+Care/Makeup&type=eye+shadow

Online diagnosis:

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/help/bodykey/index.aspx

http://www.touchtrak.net/healthcare.aspx

Tawam medical library: http://www.tawamhospital.ae/library/index.asp

MD Consult (30 day free trial): http://www.mdconsult.com/php/158293131-2/homepage

UAE health information: http://uaeinteract.com/news/default.asp?ID=339

UAE Ministry of Health: http://www.moh.gov.ae/en/NewsDetails426.aspx

Abu Dhabi Health Authority: http://www.haad.ae/haad/tabid/345/Default.aspx

World Health statistics (ebook): http://0-site.ebrary.com.library.hct.ac.ae/lib/hct/docDetail.action?docID=10233806

UAE Hospitals

http://www.oasishospital.org/

http://www.alain-hospital.com/en/

http://www.tawamhospital.ae/english/index.aspx

Information about specific diseases and conditions

National Cancer Institute (USA): http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/screening/breast/Patient/page3#Keypoint11