Gunther Eysenbach

Infobox Scientist


image_width = 150px
name = Gunther Eysenbach
birth_date = birth date and age|1967|3|22
birth_place = Berlin, Germany
residence = flagicon|CAN Toronto, Canada
field = Healthcare
work_institution = [http://www.ehealthinnovation.org/user/91 Centre for Global eHealth Innovation]
known_for = EHealth, Consumer health informatics

Gunther Eysenbach, MD, MPH, is a senior researcher on Open access, health policy, eHealth , and consumer health informatics .

Eysenbach was born on 1967-03-22 in Berlin, Germany. While a medical student, he served on the executive board as elected Communication Director, later as Vice-President of the European Medical Students' Association (EMSA). [Web site of the European Medical Students' Association. See Waybackdate|site=http://emsa.emsa-europe.net/modules/content/index.php?id=38|date=20060503073626|title= EMSA & IFMSA] He received a MD from the University of Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. From 1999 to 2002 he founded and headed a Research Unit on Cybermedicine and Ehealth at the University of Heidelberg and organized and chaired the World Congress on Internet in Medicine. [cite press release |title= World Conference in Heidelberg on Medicine and the Internet|publisher= University of Heidelberg|date= 1999-08-27|url= http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/press/news/press9.htm|accessdate= 2008-04-21|quote= ] In March 2002, he emigrated to Canada and since then, has been Senior Scientist at the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at the University Health Network in Toronto, Canada, and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Eysenbach is founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medical Internet Research, started 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. In 2002, it was selected as the official journal of the Internet Healthcare Coalition, and in 2003, as the official journal of the Society for Internet in Medicine.

WebCite

Eysenbach is initiator of WebCite, an archiving service for scholarly authors and editors citing webpages.

Publications

elected Articles

* 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
* 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
* Eysenbach G, Diepgen TL. Evaluation of Cyberdocs. Lancet 1998; 352 (9139): 1526
* Eysenbach G, Diepgen TL: Responses to unsolicited patient e-mail requests for medical advice on the World Wide Web. JAMA. 1998;280:1333-1335.
** the 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; the JAMA and Lancet studies together led to more than 50 press stories, 15 radio interviews, and more than 10 TV broadcasts)
* Eysenbach G, Diepgen TL: Towards quality management of medical information on the internet: evaluation, labelling, and filtering of information. BMJ 1998;317:1496-1500
** 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)
* Eysenbach G. [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157 Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles] . PLoS Biol 2006; 4(5): e157

Books written or edited

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# Eysenbach G, Lamers W (eds.): Praxis und Computer. (in German) Düsseldorf: Springer-Verlag/med-inform Verlagsges. 1999 2 Bde., ca. 1800 Seiten, DM 248,-
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Awards

* 2002 Ferguson Distinguished Achievement Award [cite web |url= http://www.fergusonreport.com/articles/fr00907.htm|title= Distinguished Achievement Awards: California Healthcare Foundation, Eysenbach, Fox, Greene, Kreps, Rainie, Sands|accessdate= 2008-04-21|date= 2002-09-09|work= The Ferguson Report|publisher= Thomas William Ferguson|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5LMe69iiF|archivedate= 2006-12-24|quote= [Gunther Eysenbach] is one of the most productive researchers, editors, and publishers in the online health field.]
* 2004 Janssen-Cilag "Zukunftspreis" (“Future Award”) - MedCIRCLE Collaboration [cite web |url= http://www.janssen-cilag.de/bgdisplay.jhtml?itemname=zukunftspreis_preistraeger2004_medcircle|title= Preisträger 2004|accessdate= 2008-04-21|publisher= Janssen-Cilag|language= de icon|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5LMeD860x|archivedate= 2006-12-24|quote= ]

Notes

Additional References

* Centre for global e-health innovation launched in Toronto by Andy Shaw [http://www.canhealth.com/may02.html#anchor16193]
* Cyberdocs could be deadly. Interview on BBC News Online, November 6, 1998 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/health/209155.stm] [http://www.webcitation.org/5LMfR7XYl cached]
* Cybermedicine. CLARE THOMPSON TALKS TO CYBERPHYSICIAN GUNTHER EYSENBACH. BMJ 1999;319;1294 [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abridged/319/7220/1294] [http://www.webcitation.org/5LMehhbAW cached]
* Open-Access Journals: An Expert Interview With Gunther Eysenbach. Medscape Critical Care. 2006;7(1) [http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/523727] (requires free registration)
* e-Health: Medical Advice from Cyberspace. Aventis Magazine [http://yi.com/home/EysenbachGunther/scans/2001-aventis-future-e_health.pdf] [http://www.webcitation.org/5LMf2uyo2 cached]

External links

* [http://www.hpme.utoronto.ca/English/Eysenbach-Gunther.html his page] at the University of Toronto.
* [http://www.ops-oms.org/English/DD/IKM/bios-gunther.html his page] at Health Information and Virtual media Workshop
* [http://www.jmir.org http://www.jmir.org Journal of Medical Internet Research home page]
* [http://www.ecommons.net/aoir/aoir2003/index.php?p=108 Ehealth page]