Health Online 2013
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.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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.
The American Journal of Managed Care recently published a commentary entitled, “Bowling Alone, Healing Together: The Role of Social Capital in Delivery Reform.”
As mobile, social tools spread throughout the population, people are connecting with each other. Why not harness those tools for health?
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.
Is “peer-to-peer healthcare” an idea whose time has come? Evidence and recent examples.
The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.
What if all the knowledge and insights shared at a White House event on HIV/AIDS could be shared across all the social networks that people have access to?
What is the reach and scope of online social networks? A CNN story prompts debate.
Spot the opportunity: Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. Nearly half of American adults use online social network sites. Networks magnify whatever they are seeded with, for good or for ill.
A summary of recent research related to cancer and the internet.
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