Role of Internet in Healthcare by Dr. Adnan Ahmed Qureshi

Guidelines for proper medical advice

1. Just because a doctor puts up a photograph and resume on the web page, don't conclude that he's a reputed physician.

2. Connect only to recognizably reputed sites. Reasonably safe sites include reputed hospitals, well-known medical colleges, respected medical journals, top news agencies, and national associations of medical practitioners or healthcare professionals.

3. Medical sites which have been reviewed and recommended by well-known medical associations are likely to be safer.

4. Always corroborate information and advice through more than one source.

5. Be wary of sites that ask you to purchase a proprietary medicine or some strange medication.

6. Sites offering psychiatric advice after payment of a one-time fee are often fraudulent and rip-off.

7. Advice from fellow-sufferers, especially if they recommended medication/dosage has to be treated with extreme caution. Always double-check with your family doctor before implementing advice you receive on the Net.

8. Don't take seriously any web site which ridicules traditional medicine and offers unique miracle cure with promises of eternal life. Listen to them and you may well land up at heaven's angel.

In the final analysis, you cannot expect to use the web as a replacement for your doctor, who is after all a trained professional who understands you and your needs far better than some CyberDoc in Cyberspace who would perhaps not even be legally liable if his negligence or advice were to kill you.

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BIO:

Dr. Adnan Ahmed Qureshi holds a Ph.D. in IT with specialization in the induction of information technology in developing countries. He is the former Editor of Datalog, Computech, ISAsia and columnist for The News International. At present he is working as Senior Industry Analyst and IT Consultant.

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