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Key elements of a successful CIS: F inding reliable sources of information UICC, ICISG, Washington 2006. Ingrid Aubry, Manager Cancer Awareness System, French National Cancer Institute. Cancer Plan 2003 Improve delivery of valid, up-to-date cancer information towards the public
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Key elements of a successful CIS: Findingreliable sources of informationUICC, ICISG, Washington 2006 Ingrid Aubry, Manager Cancer Awareness System, French National Cancer Institute
Cancer Plan 2003 Improve delivery of valid, up-to-date cancer information towards the public Set up information quality standards CIS : telephone only, knowledge database, general medical information and counselling Context and mission
Quality information is Useful information Objective information Relevant information What is a reliable source of information?
To guarantee the quality of the information delivered by your service To update your knowledge database To recommend further reading To quickly find missing information What do you need reliable information for?
Largely available on the Internet 79% of Internet users look for health information HINTS database (NCI) shows that people look first on the Internet Cancer information Information professionals know it’s not always quality information Added-value of CIS is to help your users find and identify reliable information
Criteria for ranking sources: Netscoring® http://www.chu-rouen.fr/netscoring/netscoringeng.html National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/internet Health on the Net http://www.hon.ch/ Criteria of reliable sources
Institutions sites, well-known organisations Consider possible conflicts of interest Consider relevance and usefulness Peer-review procedure or editorial board Regular update (“what’s new” section) Accurate contents (bibliographic citations) Easy browsing and quality design Basic criteria for reliable information
You may collect information from reliable sources only You may get all the information checked You may rank information sources In any case, you will need to define a strict process. How to select reliable sources of information?
All types of sources are included Sources are ranked according to quality criteria All documents are ranked according to their source of origin Documents may be reviewed by experts who attribute an accuracy level and submit an expert’s report Our criteria