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Consumer Health Information Services 2.0 

Authors: Susan Mayer - Susan Mayer, MLIS (Mayer.Susan@mayo.edu) is Patient Education Specialist, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905.a;  Kay Hogan Smith - Kay Hogan Smith, MLS (khogan@uab.edu) is Community Services Librarian, UAB Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, LHL 157, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0013.b; Gabriel Rios - Gabriel Rios, MLIS (grios@uab.edu) is Deputy Director, UAB Lister Hill Library, LHL 251, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0013.c
Affiliations:   a Patient Education Specialist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
b UAB Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, Birmingham, AL
c UAB Lister Hill Library, Birmingham, AL
DOI: 10.1080/15398280802143566
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year
Published in: journal Journal of Consumer Health On the Internet, Volume 12, Issue 3 September 2008 , pages 187 - 199
Formats available: HTML (English) : PDF (English)
Also incorporating: Health Care on the Internet
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Abstract

Web 2.0 functionality is changing the way consumers search for, evaluate, and use health information. What are some of the new “Consumer Health 2.0” sites and their features? How will this trend toward participatory information processing affect traditional sites such as the National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus? How should librarians approach this new paradigm of health information-seeking? This article analyzes the current and potential environment for health information on the Internet and the role of the librarian in that environment.
Keywords: Consumer health information; health information-seeking; HealthVault; IndivoHealth; MedlinePlus; Revolution Health; Web 2.0
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