All Together Now: The Internet Does Not Replace Health Professionals
The kinds of health information sought and found online are different from what people can glean from most traditional sources.
The kinds of health information sought and found online are different from what people can glean from most traditional sources.
DiabetesMine and Project HealthDesign are just two examples of how design is taking center stage in health care initiatives. What else are you seeing? What else needs to be done?
This week we filed a public comment in response to the Federal Communications Notice of Inquiry on the issue of "Empowering Parents and Protecting Kids in an Evolving Media Landscape."
An FCC survey finds that 78% of adults are internet users and 65% of adults have home broadband connections.
I believe that, although very few people engage with their health on a daily or even weekly basis, it is important to understand what they do when their attention is focused on a health question.
Search is central to health information gathering. Now search sites are guiding consumers to safe, trusted health websites. Is that such a bad thing?
38% of adults age 65 and older go online, a significantly lower rate of adoption than the general population (74%).
Social media is simply the current expression of patient activation and engagement. But this time e-patients are part of a larger cultural change that assumes access to information, enables communication among disparate groups, and expects progress.
64% of Latino adults ages 18 and older used the internet in 2008, compared with 54% of Latinos in 2006.
Quick answers to frequently-asked questions: Is a cultural shift affecting health care? How do people judge the quality of health information online? Are patients ready for this?