• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.229-248
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to develop a model for a medical information website for public library use. Applying the six processes of website development - planning, analysis, design implementation, promotion, and innovation as a research methodology, seven medical information websites are analyzed. The evaluating criteria includes interface layout, contents, function aspects. Based on the results, a medical information website is implemented. This developing methodology will help nonprofessionals in the medical information area understand interface and domain Information.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.255-267
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• 2012

High Internet usage and the public's keen interest on health have influenced the health care system, and a potential value of the online health information and medical consultation market is immense. This study reveals results from data collected from Seoul residents in the age group of 20s in 2011. Out of 499 respondents, 75.2% answered that they used online health information; however, only 7.2% answered that they have used online medical consultation services. Findings on the purposes of using online medical consultation included treatments of symptoms(33.6%) and self-disciplines of one's health(19.5%). Mostly used Websites for health information search included search engines and blogs, but respondents preferred to use government sites and hospital sites in the future. When choosing a medical consultation, respondents preferred a certain website for different reasons including creditability of the consultant(23.7%), creditability of the organization(23.7%), rapid responses(21.2%), and more. Overall, although health information search via web is being highly utilized among people in their 20s, utilization of online medical consulting is not. Thus, promotion efforts to increase awareness and utilization of online medical consulting based on the site selection criteria, type of personal information disclosure, and other preferences are essential. Also, creating websites meeting these criteria is important.

• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.312-316
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• 2001

인터넷의 보급과 네트웍기술의 발달은 실생활과 사회 전반에 걸쳐 많은 변화를 가져오고 있고 시공간에 제작이 많았던 의료분야 역시 이러한 변화를 적극 수용하여 다양한 양질의 서비스를 제공하고자 노력하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 단순한 의료정보 제공 및 건강 상담 차원을 넘어 고혈압이나 당뇨 같이 지속적으로 의사 관찰이 필요한 만성질환의 진료를 지원하는 새로운 형태의 의료 사이트가 제시되어 있다. 환자 자신은 건강 상태를 스스로 관리하고 그 정보를 주치의와 공유함으로서 의사는 온라인 상에서도 환자를 항상 모니터링할 수 있고 특정 전문 분야에 관련된 회사들간 네트워크를 구현하여 새로운 의학 정보 공유 및 상호 컨설팅이 가능하고 공유된 전문 정보를 바탕으로 지역별로 환자가 의료혜택을 고르게 받을 수 있도록 유도하고 있다. 구축한 사이트는 전문적인 정보제공 이외에도 그래프가 포함된 전자차트 기능과 의사소통의 한계성을 극복하고 의료 상담의 정확성을 기하기 위한 동영상 게시판 등 멀티미디어 기능을 강화시켰다.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.297-316
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• 2006

The increasing tendency of medical disputes is one of the remarkable social phenomena. Especially we must not overlook the phenomenon that production and circulation of information related to medical accidents is increasing rapidly through the internet. In this research, we evaluated the web sites which provide the information related to medical accidents using the keyword "medical accidents" in March 2006, and classified the 28 web sites according to the kinds of establishers. We also analyzed the contents of the sites, and checked and compared the current status of the web sites and problems that have to be improved. Finally, we suggested the possible solutions to prevent medical accidents. The detailed results were listed below. 1. Medical practitioners, general public, and lawyers were all familiar with and prefer the term "medical accidents" mainly. 2. In the number of sites searched by the keyword "medical accidents", lawyer had the most sites and medical practitioners had the least ones. 3. Many sites by general public and lawyers had their own medical record analysts but there was little professional analysts for dentistry. 4. General public were more interested in the prevention of medical accidents but the lawyers were more interested in the process after medical accidents. The sites by medical practitioners dealt with the least remedies of medical accidents, compared with other sites. 5. General public wanted the third party such as government intervention into the disputes including the medical dispute arbitration law or/and the establishment of independent medical dispute judgment institution. 6. In the comparison among the establishers of web sites, medical practitioners dealt with the least examples of medical accidents. 7. The suggestion of cases in counseling articles related to dental accidents were considered less importantly than the reality. 8. Whereas there were many articles about domestic cases related to the bloody dental treatment, in the open counseling articles the number of dental treatment regarding to non insurance treatment was large. 9. In comparing offered information of medical accidents based on the establishers, general public offered vocabularies, lawyers offered related laws and medical practitioners offered medical knowledge relatively. 10. They all cited the news pressed by the media to offer the current status of domestic medical accidents. Especially among the web sites by general public, NGOs provided the plentiful statistical data related to medical accidents. 11. The web sites that collect the medical accidents were only two. As a result of our research, we found out that, in the flood of information, medical disputes can be occurred by the wrong information from third party, and the medical practitioners have the most passive attitudes on the medical accidents. Thus, it is crucial to have the mutual interchange and exchange of information between lawyer, patients and medical practitioners, so that based on clear mutual comprehension we can solve the accidents and disputes more positively and actively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.81-84
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• 2011

웹 사용성(Web usability)은 웹 사이트 이용자가 원하는 목표를 보다 쉽게 달성하도록 시스템을 설계하는 것으로 이용의 편이성을 말한다. 본 연구에서는 국내 의료기관 웹 사이트를 대상으로 사용성 평가를 실시하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 의료기관을 종합병원, 대학병원, 일반병원 3개의 그룹으로 나누고 각 그룹에서 4개씩 총 12개 병원을 선정하여 평가하였으며, 사용성 평가를 위해 평가 전설문지, 태스크 수행 평가, 평가 후 설문지 그리고 평가자 인터뷰를 실시하였다. 설문지 결과와 인터뷰 결과를 볼 때, 대다수의 병원들이 예약과 취소, 정보검색 등 웹 서비스 제공에 노력을 기울이고 있지만 실제 사용자는 병원의 주요 서비스를 이용하는데 있어서 편리하다고 느끼지 않는 것으로 조사되었다. 태스크 수행 평가 결과를 살펴보면, 대학병원은 다른 그룹과 비교해 볼 때 비교적 사용성을 고려하여 잘 설계되었으나 서비스 절차의 단순화 작업이 필요하다고 판단되며, 일반병원의 경우 태스크 수행과 관련된 서비스 자체가 제공되지 않거나 체계적이지 못한 경우가 있어 개선이 필요하였다.

• Health and Mission
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• s.14
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• pp.9-11
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• 2009

치료 정보의 경우는 그 내용의 정확성, 진실성과는 상관없이 환자 개개인의 특성과 질병의 현 상황을 고려한 종합적인 판정이 더 중요하기 때문에 맹신하여서는 안 된다. 특히 상업적인 사이트에서 제공하는 건강정보는 이런 점을 특히 간과해서는 안 된다. 인터넷 정보에 대해서 의료 소비자를 스스로 보호할 판단 능력이 필요한 것이다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.2426-2432
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• 2011

In this study, we evaluated web usability for hospital web sites in Korea and analyzed the evaluation results of web usability. Estimators investigated twelve hospital web sites and answered a questionnaire. They also performed predefined tasks which were frequently used services in hospital web sites. We had an interview with the estimator for finding what happened in process of evaluating usability. The evaluation results showed that university hospital provided comparatively better web usability for users. But ambiguous and complicated user interface caused confusion among users. The simplifications of service processes and interfaces were necessary to improve web usability. Some hospitals did not offer primary web services and their services related to the tasks were not systematic.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.63-86
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• 2001

Consumer health information is receiving more attention than ever before. This growing attention can be linked to the Internet and to people seeking more information on health topics. The purpose of this study is to suggest a design of the Knowledge management system for medical information services in a public library. As theoretical backgrounds, it discusses the issues regarding to the medical information services in a public library, knowledge management and knowledge management system. After that, 12 medical information sites are analyzed then the planning and the main menu of a medical information site for a public library are described. Finally, the model of the knowledge management system for a public library with 5 sub-systems are suggested: 1) knowledge creation system, 2) technology support system, 3) training system, 4) community service system, 5) knowledge sharing and network system. This system based on knowledge management will help provide the users high quality of medical information.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 2008

Purpose: We often have patients who acquired incorrect medical information from the mass media. The purpose of this study was to evaluate credibility of articles in newspapers and medical counseling on websites about renal diseases. Methods: Kidney information was searched in 6 newspapers for the past 10 years, and 4 portal websites and 17 internet health counseling sites for the past 5 years. We classified them according to information providers and evaluated credibility by giving points 3, 2, 1 to correct, mostly correct but ambiguous, and incorrect contents, respectively. We compared the credibility of the groups with each other. Results: Sixty four articles from newspapers, and 789 and 506 medical counselings from portal websites and internet health counseling sites were selected, respectively. The kidney information providers in newspapers were medical journalists(doctors)(31.2%), kidney specialists(doctors)(23.4%) and so on. The consultants in the portal sites were doctors(49.1%)and anonymous reporters (49.9%). In internet health counseling sites, 91% of the consultants were doctors. All articles in the newspapers were credible. Doctors' answers were more credible than nonphysicians'(P=0.005) and anonymous contributors(P<0.001) in portal sites. In health counseling sites, doctors answered more reliably than nonphysicians. Conclusion: The kidney information in newspapers was credible. It is important for questioners to confirm the type of consultants in websites. We suggest that doctors, especially kidney specialists need to increase their roles in offering information to mass media.

• 한국공간정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.03a
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• pp.77-82
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• 2002

NGIS 2단계사업(2001년${\sim}$2005년)은 국가공간자료기반 확충, 지리정보의 전 국민 유통 및 활용, GIS 산업육성 등의 목표를 가지고 추진되고 있다. 민간부분의 GIS 산업을 육성하기 위해서는 다양한 컨텐츠의 개발과 생활지리정보의 서비스 방향을 설정하고 법 제도적으로 지원할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 생활지리정보의 개념을 설정하고 국내외 생활지리정보관련 사이트를 조사 분석하여 향후 민간부분의 생활지리정보서비스 방향을 설정하고자 한다. 본 연구를 통해 기존의 인터넷 사이트를 조사하여 생활지리정보 항목을 11개로 분류하였으며, 공공부분에서는 중앙정부(건설교통부)와 지자체의 생활지리정보 현황을 분석하고 민간부분에서는 생활지리정보관련 36개 사이트를 조사 분석하였다. 또한 국외 사례는 미국, 일본, 영국, 스코틀랜드, 호주의 17개 사이트를 대상으로 생활지리정보현황을 분석하였다. 국내외 생활지리정보 서비스분석결과 국내의 경우는 도로/교통, 건강/의료 서비스가 우세한 반면 국외사례에서는 도로/교통뿐만 아니라 문화/관광 서비스가 상당히 많이 제공되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 생활지리정보서비스의 방향은 공공부문에서는 기 구축된 업무시스템을 민원을 중심으로 웹서비스를 통해 생활지리정보의 형태로 구현되어야 하고 민간부분의 생활지리정보는 기술부분과 컨텐츠부분으로 나누어 개발이 이루어져야 한다.