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use it to expand a query (such as patient findings) to find a subset of documents
(Webpages) where partial answers may be found and conceptual navigation may be
easier. With sufficient guidance, clinicians can continue their information seeking.
The inclusion of links to medical journal citations (from PubMed and from journal
Websites) via Google Scholar may lead clinicians to original articles, may provide
insights into patient perceptions and problems with specific disease processes 15
and information about specific providers. Interestingly, in a recent informal, but
published experiment, Google returned correct diagnoses in response to 15 of 26
queries, 16, 17 however, this use is fraught with bias that is strongly dependent on the
use of language, terminology and topic of search. An even more interesting use of
the WWW uses its characteristic as an open system (one in which new information
is constantly entering) as a surveillance tool for global disease alerts 18 using news
reports and a querying/filtering/visualization tool for online display. 19
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