Internet Health Information Seeking and the Patient-Physician Relationship: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With online health information becoming increasingly popular among patients, concerns have been raised about the impact of patients' Internet health information-seeking behavior on their relationship with physicians. Therefore, it is pertinent to understand the influence of online health information on the patient-physician relationship.

Objective

Our objective was to systematically review existing research on patients' Internet health information seeking and its influence on the patient-physician relationship.

Methods

We systematically searched PubMed and key medical informatics, information systems, and communication science journals covering the period of 2000 to 2015. Empirical articles that were in English were included. We analyzed the content coverin

SUBMITTER: Tan SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5290294 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature