Web Site Reviews of Common Medical Conditions

Introduction

Alex M. Westenfield M4, Michael P. D'Alessandro M.D, Paul R. Pomrehn MD, Jeffrey R. Galvin M.D.
Peer Review Status:Internally Reviewed by Author

Methods
50 common medical conditions affecting men, women, and children were identified from Medicare and Medicaid data, hospital clinic and inpatient censuses, and common sense. Quality World-Wide Web sites relating to each condition were identified by a senior medical student. The sites were then reviewed by University of Iowa College of Medicine faculty. Sites that the faculty approved of are listed on these pages.

Criteria for Choosing Sites

• The information must come from a World-Wide Web site created by a state or national or international health agency, professional health care society, non-profit consumer health organization, health sciences institution, or patient advocacy group. This should ensure that the information is authoratative, up-to-date, and long lived.
• The World-Wide Web site must be free to use.
• The World-Wide Web site's information must be in Hypertext Markup Language Format (HTML) so that it can be read by users with the lowest common denominator World-Wide Web browser.

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