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presentationMay 20, 2010

Leveraging Social Media and the Mobile Internet in Health Messaging

A synthesis of the Pew Internet Project’s most recent research related to health and the participatory news consumer.
presentationMay 13, 2010

Participatory Medicine – Chronic Disease in the Internet Age

The internet does not replace health professionals, but rather provides a way for people to gather and share information in a rapid-learning system that can best be described as “participatory medicine.”
reportMay 13, 2010

Participant-Entrepreneurs: Innovating Toward Better Health

Not content to stand by and let other people innovate for them, participant-entrepreneurs are creating the services, devices, and communities they need.
reportMay 11, 2010

Frequently Asked (But Unanswered) Questions About E-Patients

As I’ve written before, I love questions. It’s an honor to be handed someone’s nascent idea and to help them shape it (which is what I think a question really is). But this time I’m asking for YOUR input.
reportMay 5, 2010

The Power of Data and the Power of One

If someone is motivated enough to dig, interested enough to analyze, and knowledgeable enough about their chosen topic to see data with fresh eyes, they can start a revolution…
presentationApr 26, 2010

Preventing Stroke and Heart Disease: Connecting Traditional and Emerging Communication Approaches to Change Behavior

Highlights from some of the key presentations made at a National Institutes of Health workshop held in November 2009.
presentationApr 23, 2010

A conversation with Thomas Goetz and Susannah Fox

A conversation with Susannah Fox and Thomas Goetz, executive editor of Wired Magazine, at the Pew Research Center in Washington DC.
presentationApr 6, 2010

Patients and Online Communities

What does the internationalization of information mean for patients and health professionals? What are the strengths – and weaknesses – of online patient communities?
reportApr 1, 2010

Public Support For Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Overview With a growing number of states moving to legalize medical marijuana, nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) say they favor their state allowing the sale and use of marijuana for medical purposes if it is prescribed by a doctor, while 23% are opposed. Support for legalizing medical marijuana spans all major political and demographic groups, […]
reportMar 30, 2010

2008, Hispanic and Foreign-Born Populations in the U.S. Statistical Portraits

A new demographic and economic profile of Latinos, based on 2008 census data, finds they are twice as likely as the overall U.S. population to lack health insurance coverage.