---
title: "E-patients and their hunt for health information"
description: "Lee Rainie will describe the Project’s research on how patients and caregivers seek health information in the digital age"
date: "2013-07-26"
authors:
  - name: "Lee Rainie"
    job_title: "Former Director, Internet and Technology Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/lee-rainie/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2013/07/26/e-patients-and-their-hunt-for-health-information-2/"
categories:
  - "Health Care"
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Healthcare Online"
  - "Medicine & Health"
  - "Online Search"
tags:
  - "Libraries"
---

# E-patients and their hunt for health information

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, will describe the Project’s research on how patients and caregivers seek health information in the digital age and he will describe how people fit librarians into their general information needs as well as their specific health needs.

http://www.slideshare.net/PewInternet/2013-7-26-13-rise-of-epatients-medical-librarians-la-jolla-pdf