Gunther Eysenbach

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Gunther Eysenbach, MD, MPH, is an eHealth and consumer health informatics researcher. Eysenbach is editor and publisher of the Journal of Medical Internet Research, and known for his research and advocacy for open access. Eysenbach is inventor of the WebCite system, an archiving service for scholarly authors and editors citing webpages.

[edit] Biography

Eysenbach was born born on March 22, 1967, in Berlin, Germany. He received a Medical Doctorate from University of Freiberg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA [1]. In 2001, he emigrated to Canada and, as of Nov 2006, is currently Senior Scientist at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation in Toronto, Canada, and Associate Professor at the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto [2].

[edit] Publications and Contributions

I. Eysenbach G, Powell J, Kuss O, Sa ER. Empirical studies assessing the quality of health information for consumers on the World Wide Web: A systematic review. JAMA 2002; 287: 2691-2700

  • Review of the quality of health information on the web
  • Selected by JAMA to be included in the AMA press release, and covered globally in lay media including Reuters Health News.
  • Policy impact: Cited in a recent policy document of The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Association (AMA) “Use of Health-Related Online Sites”

II. Eysenbach G, Köhler C. How do consumers search for and appraise health information on the World-Wide-Web? Qualitative study using focus groups, usability tests and in-depth interviews. BMJ 2002; 324: 573-577

  • Published observation of how people search the web for health information in a usability lab.
  • Paper nominated for the 2002 Diana Forsythe Award, awarded by American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA's) People & Organizational Issues Working Group, is for the best paper (journal or AMIA Symposium) published over the last year (Spring 2001-Spring 2002) at the intersection of medical informatics and social science.

III. Eysenbach G, Diepgen TL. Evaluation of Cyberdocs. Lancet 1998; 352 (9139): 1526

IV. Eysenbach G, Diepgen TL: Responses to unsolicited patient e-mail requests for medical advice on the World Wide Web. JAMA. 1998;280:1333-1335.

  • JAMA study was accompanied by an editorial "On Call and On-line: Sociohistorical, Legal and Ethical Implications of E-mail for the Patient-Physician Relationship" by Alissa Spielberg
  • JAMA and Lancet studies together led to more than 50 press stories, 15 radio interviews, and more than 10 TV broadcasts
  • Policy impact: Influenced and contributed to subsequent policy papers and guidelines around the issue of using email in the clinical setting, such as "e-Risk for Providers: Understanding and Mitigating Provider Risk Associate With On-Line Patient Interaction" (Medem Inc.), AMA, GMC, BMA, GPC, RCGP and various medical indemnity organisations drafted guidance for patients and clinicians on patient/doctor e-consultation. JAMA study was also cited in a recent policy document of The Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) of the American Medical Association (AMA) “Ethical Guidelines for Use of Electronic Mail Between Patients and Physicians”

V. Eysenbach G, Diepgen TL: Towards quality management of medical information on the internet: evaluation, labelling, and filtering of information. BMJ 1998;317:1496-1500

  • Selected by the British Medical Journal to be accompanied by an editorial
  • Policy impact: Inspired AMA to issue guidelines. Paper is cited in AMAs policy “Guidelines for Medical and Health Information Sites on the Internet” published by the American Medical Association (JAMA. 2000;283:1600-1606), governing editorial content, advertising, sponsorship, privacy and confidentiality and secure electronic commerce for its Web sites.
  • Ideas presented in this paper led to projects funded by the European Union and coordinated by Dr. Eysenbach, addressing the quality of health information on the web: MedCERTAIN and MedCIRCLE.

VI. Journal of Medical Internet Research

  • Founded by Dr. Eysenbach in 1999 as a peer-reviewed open access journal on all aspects of research, information and communication in the healthcare field using Internet and Intranet-related technologies.
  • Selected for indexing in Medline [Index Medicus], CINAHL, Information Science Abstracts, INSPEC (Institution of Electrical Engineers), Communication Abstracts, The Informed Librarian Online, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA), Embase, Scopus, Current Contents, Science Citation Index Expanded, and other bibliographic databases
  • In 2002, selected as Official Journal of the Internet Healthcare Coalition
  • In 2003, selected as Official Journal of the Society for Internet in Medicine

VII. Eysenbach G. Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles. PLoS Biol 2006; 4(5): e157

[edit] Books

  1. Lewis, D.; Eysenbach, G.; Kukafka, R.; Jimison, H.; Stavri, Z. (eds.): Consumer Health Informatics. Springer New York 2005, ISBN 0-387-23991-X
  2. Eysenbach, G. (ed.): Medicine and Medical Education in Europe - The Eurodoctor, Stuttgart-New York: Thieme 1998, ISBN 3-13-115221-4
  3. Eysenbach G, Lamers W (eds.): Praxis und Computer. (in German) Düsseldorf: Springer-Verlag/med-inform Verlagsges. 1999 2 Bde., ca. 1800 Seiten, DM 248,-
  4. Eysenbach, G.: Computer-Manual für Mediziner und Biowissenschaftler. (in German) München-Wien-Baltimore: Urban & Schwarzenberg 1994, ISBN 3-541-11841-5
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