@Atul_Gawande check out http://symcat.com , 1st place RWJF contest winner, a start-up by 2 Hopkins Med students seeking to address this
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam@amirhannan 'actively guide patients or family members to website' agree ++ e.g. http://www.htmc.co.uk/pages/pv.asp?p=htmc27 …@amcunninghamThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam in a related story, incidence of "Google-itis" has tripled over same period !!!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam also causes anxiety in 95% of cases.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Half of Medical Science is Wrong. Still to figure out, which half...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam Then it is about the same as our medical system as a whole.Hospitals causing more disease through incompetence.#HealthThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam Fair enough, but for patients, the alternative is...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam There is no substitute for best and latest textbook of Medicine/Surgery/Pharmacology..etc. Peer reviewed and seasoned.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam How about a checklist for patients leaving the hospital? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiDy0d7sKQo&feature=plcp …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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How often are doctors accurate?
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam Only wish this study was done on a dif med topic. Some of the advice re: co-sleeping up for debate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam as it is, they chose a subject on which the medical evidence is contradictory, so you cannot damn google on this basisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam would have been an impressive result if they were searching on a subject about which there is no controversy...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande you've seen the new google symptom search??@sciampic.twitter.com/qM2Cx0wW
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Wait, inaccuracies on the internet? MT
@Atul_Gawande 1/4 medical advice sites outright wrong/unsafe; 2/5 accurate. http://bit.ly/NTmbE8Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Also reminds us of a@NorthwesternU study RE students' ability to find emergency contraception: http://ow.ly/e2Rom@sciamThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Def lots to be done in this area—so important (& tricky) to balance accuracy w/ good marketing & provider partnerships@sciamThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande@sciam The study should be normalized by click-rate. I would suspect most people only read the first 3-5 links.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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