Feeling under the weather

Since I returned from China I haven’t really been feeling myself. In trying to figure out what’s wrong with me (I’m pretty sure it’s not bird flu), i’ve been using the trusty interweb and have discovered that health websites are generally shit. This whole whole sector could use with one big redevelopment.

4 tips to making a better health site.

1. Please make a search that works. There is no excuse now that google makes their search available for you to use. If you have other methods of searching (Faceted), even better!

2. Please provide access to other sources that have either more information or different information if relevant.

3. Include comments and group type features on the same page as the symptom information. When I’m reading about my symptoms I want to hear how other people have handled it…invite doctors perhaps!

4. Let me know if the medical advice is sound by providing a reference that i can check. See the BBC for an example. (Although it would be nice to know who Bob is.)