Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Professionals or peers? Both. In March 1999, Tom Ferguson, a medical doctor and self-care advocate, and Bill Kelly, cofounder of Sapient Health Network, fielded a survey of an online patient community which asked members to rate the most useful resource for twelve dimensions of medical care.[14. numoffset=”14″ “E-Patients Prefer eGroups to Doctors for 10 of […]
This report is the result of collaboration between the Pew Internet Project and the California HealthCare Foundation. The Pew Internet & American Life Project is an initiative of the Pew Research Center, a nonprofit “fact tank” that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. The Project is nonpartisan and […]
Who gathers health information online? Health information gathering online has been consistently popular over the last decade. Eight in ten internet users looked online for health information in 2002 and the same proportion do so today. What has changed is who has access to the internet. With the exception of adults age 70 and older […]
59% of all adults in the U.S. look for health information online. Eight in ten internet users look online for health information, making it the third most popular online activity among all those included in the Pew Internet Project’s surveys.[1. numoffset=”1″ “Generations 2010” (Pew Internet Project: December 16, 2010). Available at: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/Reports/2010/Generations-2010.aspx] Internet access drives […]
80% of internet users gather health information online, but a “health information divide” emerges along education, age, and income lines.
The internet provides access not only to information, but also to each other. The Pew Internet Project and California HealthCare Foundation have long been interested in the impact of the internet on health and health care, measuring how many people have access to technology, how they use it to gather information, and what topics are […]
What does this mean for cancer treatment and cancer research? In addition to tracking the intersection of health care and technology through survey research, I scout for examples of participatory medicine.[9.numoffset=”9″ Participatory medicine is a cooperative model of health care that encourages and expects active involvement by all connected parties (patients, caregivers, health care professionals, […]