Medpedia’s Potential
Medpedia launched this week, prompting questions from many corners about how it fits in to the current realities of the health care world.
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Medpedia launched this week, prompting questions from many corners about how it fits in to the current realities of the health care world.
One in ten Americans is living with a rare disorder. The internet can be a vital source of information for people who may never have otherwise met someone else with their disease or condition.
The world that libraries and other organizations face can be seen as a new information ecosystem to which they can adapt.
Do people consider the internet itself a kind of social ally? Not directly, but they often treat the internet as they would a helpful friend.
Last month, the Connected Health Symposium at Harvard Medical School saw a first: a full-length case study in participatory medicine, described concurrently by both the patient and his physician.
People turn to the internet for health information when the stakes are high and the connection fast.
Ha Tu and Genna Cohen of the released their latest report on how Americans gather health information.
More than one-fourth of Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider, and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical personnel in the past year.
The percentage of internet users who use search engines on a typical day has been steadily rising from about one-third of all users in 2002, to a new high of just under one-half (49%).
The Pew Internet Project recently updated our top three Latest Trends charts: Who’s Online, Internet Activities, and Daily Internet Activities.
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