Online medical symptom checkers examined: Poll February 16, 2009

ComputerWorld.com has a really comprehensive review of the online medical symptom checkers. Though they didn’t include my favourite one, Medgle.com.

The final results of the review:

So here’s the summary of how many clicks it took me to get a list of possible causes that included plantar fasciitis. These are the shortest routes I eventually found to get to the end result, often after several earlier attempts where questions were confusing and I ended on a page with no plantar fasciitis.

• WebMD: 12 clicks to get a list of 15 possible causes
• Revolution Health: 2 clicks to get a list of 13 possible causes
• MayoClinic.com: 5 clicks to get a list of 7 possible causes
• About.com: 9 clicks to get a list of 3 possible causes
• WrongDiagnosis.com: 1 click to get a list of 6 possible causes

Just a quick poll about your experiences: