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The Value Of Online Medication Rating Systems To Older Adults And Their Association With Self-Reported Outcomes, Yazed Sulaiman Alruthia May 2015

The Value Of Online Medication Rating Systems To Older Adults And Their Association With Self-Reported Outcomes, Yazed Sulaiman Alruthia

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

The Internet is a powerful and very popular vehicle for distributing judgment-free health information to patients. Multiple studies have examined the role of online health information as well as physician-rating websites in health care. Studies have examined the value of online drug information for patients and the value of the online drug information for patients. However, no study has examined the usefulness or value of online medication rating websites in facilitating physician-patient communication or participant-reported outcomes. In this study, the value of online medication rating websites to older adults in facilitating communication with their physicians using a newly developed tool …