With the growth of consumer informatics, concerns have emerged that have alarmed health care professionals. Which of the following is one of the issues associated with health information related websites?
1. Health care professionals are concerned with the abundance of websites.
2. Health care professionals are alarmed by the number of inaccurate websites.
3. Health care professionals are concerned with the increase in websites uploaded by nonprofit societies.
4. Health care professionals are not concerned with websites related to illness advice.
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Rationale: There are growing concerns about the quality, timeliness, and potential misinterpretation of health information available on the Web. These concerns are driving the development of a national and international quality standards agenda to help health professionals and consumers alike access and evaluate high-quality online health information that is accurate, current, valid, appropriate, intelligible, and free of bias (Health on the Net, 2008).
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