Table 2 List of initiatives to assess and improve quality of information
From: Breast cancer: patient information needs reflected in English and German web sites
Designation |
|---|
Discern (Charnock et al, 1999) |
Quality criteria of Electronic Publication in Medicine: Criteria Catalogue of GMDS-AG CBT (Schulz et al, 2001) |
Health Web site Standards of URAC – American Accreditation Healthcare Commission (2002) |
Quality criteria of NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) (NOAH, 2002) |
OMNI-Guidelines for Ressource Evaluation (OMNI=UK's Gateway to High Quality Internet Ressources) (OMNI, 2002) |
AGREE Instrument (AGREE=Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation) (Cluzeau and Burgers, 2002) |
ARGUS Clearinghouse Rating Systems (Argus Associates, 2001) |
Tips on Evaluation Web Resources (National Network of Libraries in Medicine) (McKenzie, 1996) |
The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources (Ciolek and Goltz, 2001) |
The Concerted Action on Health Information Systems (Aktionsforum Gesundheitsinformationssysteme AFGIS) (Prümel et al, 2002) |
