?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Recommendations+for+Using+Online+Social+Networking+Technologies+to+Reduce+Inaccurate+Online+Health+Information&rft.creator=Young%2C+SD&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=This+short+report+highlights+patients'+increasing+use+of+the+Internet+and+online+social+networking+technologies+to+seek+health+information%2C+and+the+consequences+of+gaining+information+from+sites+with+biased+or+inaccurate+health+information.+Reflecting+on+the+utility+of+online+social+networking+technologies+for+reaching+large+audiences%2C+practical+advice+is+listed+for+how+health+providers+can+use+these+technologies+to+improve+the+quality+of+health+information+that+patients+receive+over+the+Internet.++We+recommend+that+health+providers+use+online+social+networking+technologies+to+communicate+with+patients+and+health+information+consumers+and+direct+them+to+reputable+sources+with+accurate+health+information.+We+outline+the+steps+to+this+approach.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7953%2F1%2F2011-2-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Young%2C+SD++(2011)+Recommendations+for+Using+Online+Social+Networking+Technologies+to+Reduce+Inaccurate+Online+Health+Information.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7953%2F