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
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.
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.
Half of smartphone owners use their devices to get health information and one-fifth of smartphone owners have health apps
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.
Susannah Fox presented the Project’s latest findings on how mobile access is affecting health and health care.
A summary of recent research related to cancer and the internet.
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…
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