The acronym “RSS” can stand for “rich site summary,” “RDF (resource description framework) site summary,” or “really simple syndication.” RSS is an XML (extensible markup language) document format used to syndicate information on the Web.
More simply, the Internet is full of useful information that is constantly updating. In an attempt to keep up with this onslaught of information, Dr. Brown might check MedScape Today (http://www.medscape.com/medscapeto-day) about once per day to see if there are any news headlines his cardiology patients are going to be asking him about. Dr. Green has four physician blogs that he reads and tries to remember to check them everyday…or even multiple times each day. Dr. Blue, an obstetric surgeon, makes a monthly stop in to her hospital's medical library to flip through the tables of contents in the core journals of her specialty to see if there are any new articles about obstetric hemorrhage she should read.
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(2009). RSS. In: Internet Cool Tools for Physicians. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76382-6_11
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