The Diagnosis Difference
A portrait of the 45% of U.S. adults living with chronic health conditions
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
A portrait of the 45% of U.S. adults living with chronic health conditions
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
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.
Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey, which finds that 80% of internet users gather health information online.
Speaking to the senior staff of the National Library of Medicine last week was like going before the best kind of murder board. Our jumping-off point was the Pew Internet Project’s latest research on internet penetration, mobile use, and the socia…
People living with chronic disease are disproportionately offline. And yet, those who are online have a trump card: They have each other. They gather and share information; they learn from their peers; and they just keep going.
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?
Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.
Eight in ten respondents who recently needed health information said they turned to a professional for advice.
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