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Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, Dilettante. https://www.ariadnelabs.org/  http://www.lifebox.org/ 

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    Atul Gawande‏Verified account @Atul_Gawande 27 Sep 2012

    Study of Googling for medical advice: In test case, 1/4 sites outright wrong/unsafe; only 40% were accurate. @sciamhttp://bit.ly/NTmbE8 

    8:19 AM - 27 Sep 2012
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      1. Jonathan Dudley, M.D.‏ @jonathandudley 27 Sep 2012
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        @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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      1. Glen Griffiths‏ @griffglen 27 Sep 2012
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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 … @amcunningham

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      1. Jordan Javier‏ @JMJavier 27 Sep 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande @sciam in a related story, incidence of "Google-itis" has tripled over same period !!!

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      1. Paymon Farazi‏ @paymonfarazi 27 Sep 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande @sciam also causes anxiety in 95% of cases.

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      1. S‏ @SujoyKar75 27 Sep 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande Half of Medical Science is Wrong. Still to figure out, which half...

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      1. Moche8‏ @moche8 27 Sep 2012
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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. #Health

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      1. Baruch Harris‏ @Baruch_Harris 27 Sep 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande @sciam Fair enough, but for patients, the alternative is...

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      1. norman m canter NYC‏ @normancanter 22 Oct 2012
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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.

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      1. mb‏ @MerylBralower 29 Sep 2012
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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 …

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      1. The Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom‏Verified account @tressiemcphd 27 Sep 2012
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        How often are doctors accurate? @Atul_Gawande @sciam

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      1. Wendy Haaf‏ @whaaf 27 Sep 2012
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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.

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      1. Max Davie‏ @maxdavie 27 Sep 2012
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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 basis

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      1. Max Davie‏ @maxdavie 27 Sep 2012
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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...

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      1. Anne Marie Cunningham‏ @amcunningham 27 Sep 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande you've seen the new google symptom search?? @sciampic.twitter.com/qM2Cx0wW

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      1. Nathanael Johnson‏Verified account @SavorTooth 27 Sep 2012
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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/NTmbE8 

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      1. Bedsider‏ @Bedsider 27 Sep 2012
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        @Atul_Gawande Also reminds us of a @NorthwesternU study RE students' ability to find emergency contraception: http://ow.ly/e2Rom  @sciam

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      1. Bedsider‏ @Bedsider 27 Sep 2012
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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 @sciam

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      1. Christian Moyer‏ @seamoes 27 Sep 2012
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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.

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