Family Caregivers are Wired for Health
39% of U.S. adults provide care for a loved one, up from 30% in 2010, and many navigate health care with the help of technology
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39% of U.S. adults provide care for a loved one, up from 30% in 2010, and many navigate health care with the help of technology
35% of U.S. adults have gone online to figure out a medical condition; of these, half followed up with a visit to a medical professional.
69% of U.S. adults track a health indicator like weight, diet, exercise routine, or symptom. Of those, half track in their heads, one-third keep notes on paper, and one in five use technology to keep tabs on their health status.
Half of smartphone owners use their devices to get health information and one-fifth of smartphone owners have health apps
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Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice – but at internet speed and at internet scale.
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