Question

Despite the Internet's many advantages for improving health literacy, it comes with a number of disadvantages. List and describe three and give its counterbalancing advantage.

Answer 1

The internet have both advantages and disadvantages.

In healthcare the people are getting quality care due to the use of technology and equipment and the people are able to know the signs and symptoms of their diseases by browsing in internet.

Some disadvantages are.

Incorrect information from wrong sites.

Hacking.

Professionals in healthcare may waste time while browsing other non related subjects.

Some sites provide wrong information.But by using right sites we can know the information which is correct.

Hacking is seen in all areas including Healthcare,If a patient information is hacked the personal details of the patient will be known to others.

Several softwares are protecting the information of the person's.It is also done with the help of internet.

Professional of healthcare using internet may browse other non related subjects.Internet is used to know the conditions of the patient's quickly and it is acting as a dictionary of many diseases.But professionals may browse other non Related subjects