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Advantage: top-ranked impact factor, speedy process (guaranteed response within 3 weeks), open access Focus: eHealth/mHealth, overlapping with “consumer health informatics”. Also interested in studies and applications of mobile technologies and social media or even the “Internet of things” Manuscripts invited as… -the impact of eHealth/mHealth/pHealth/iHealth, social media, the Internet, or health care technologies on public health, the health care system and policy - effects of the Internet/mhealth/social media and information/communication technology on the patient-physician relationship and impact on public health, e.g. the studies investigating how the patient- physician relationship changes as a result of the new ways of getting medical information

(2005~2012) Inclined to publish those articles discussing internet or mobile applications, and development of intervention. But some experiences abroad are also accepted, e.g. Socioeconomic and Geographic Disparities in Health Information Seeking and Internet Use in Puerto Rico. July/Aug 2012.

Official Journal of the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI) The Journal provides an international medium for dissemination of original results and interpretative reviews concerning the field of medical informatics. The Journal emphasizes the evaluation of systems in healthcare settings. Scope: Information systems Computer-aided medical decision support systems using heuristic, algorithmic and/or statistical methods as exemplified in decision theory, protocol development, artificial intelligence, etc. Educational computer based programs pertaining to medical informatics or medicine in general. Organizational, economic, social, clinical impact, ethical and cost- benefit aspects of IT applications in health care. International Journal of Medical Informatics

Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy thought and research. The peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1981 under the aegis of Project HOPE, a nonprofit international health education organization. Health Affairs explores health policy issues of current concern in both domestic and international spheres. 40% are selected for external interviews. The notification is within 2~3 weeks for those not selected, and it takes 2~3 months from submission for those selected. More focused on US domestic medical problems and policy, e.g. medical reform, suggestion based on New York or California experiences.

Issues concerning health inform Policy recommendation Applications/intervention(or combined with conventional methods) Internet information search (influence/social issue)

Identification of quasi medical advertisement on internet Material: 200 pieces of medical news on internet media. They are scored by 3 readers for composing advertisement elements or not. Tools: online search for quasi advertisement from specific medical websites Purpose: ? (+Taiwan National Health Insurance Database) internet information searching would make impact on patients’ behavior?