Trust evaluation in health information on the World Wide Web
@article{Moturu2008TrustEI, title={Trust evaluation in health information on the World Wide Web}, author={Sai T. Moturu and Huan Liu and W. Johnson}, journal={2008 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society}, year={2008}, pages={1525-1528} }
The impact of health information on the web is mounting and with the Health 2.0 revolution around the corner, online health promotion and management is becoming a reality. User-generated content is at the core of this revolution and brings to the fore the essential question of trust evaluation, a pertinent problem for health applications in particular. Evolving Web 2.0 health applications provide abundant opportunities for research. We identify these applications, discuss the challenges for… CONTINUE READING
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