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reportSep 15, 2008

Participatory Medicine at NIH, Part 2

The National Institutes of Health recently gathered a group of consumers and people who study them to discuss how to “chart the next course for NIH communications.”
reportSep 8, 2008

Safety Net Populations

A recent workshop gave me new insights into the strengths and weaknesses of our data.
reportAug 26, 2008

The Engaged E-patient Population

People turn to the internet for health information when the stakes are high and the connection fast.
reportAug 26, 2008

Health System Change: Collaborative Researchers

Ha Tu and Genna Cohen of the released their latest report on how Americans gather health information.
reportAug 13, 2008

Hispanics and Health Care in the United States

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.
reportJul 30, 2008

New Health Data

The Pew Internet Project recently updated our top three Latest Trends charts: Who’s Online, Internet Activities, and Daily Internet Activities.
reportJul 18, 2008

Doctors’ Digital Footprints

A recent JAMA article warns doctors to follow their own digital footprints since patients may be doing so already. But is searching for information about a doctor so different from searching for information about a neighbor, classmate, or colleague?
reportJul 17, 2008

Stem Cell Research: At the Crossroads of Religion and Politics

An overview of the stem cell debate in America examines the science behind stem cell technology and looks at public opinion trends.
reportJul 17, 2008

Stem Cell Research at the Crossroads of Religion and Politics

Embryonic stem cell research, which uses special cells found in three- to five-day-old human embryos to seek cures for a host of chronic diseases, has sparked a major moral and political debate in the United States. In the 10 years since University of Wisconsin scientists announced they had harvested potentially life-saving cells from surplus embryos […]
reportJul 7, 2008

Patriotic Participation

Something important is afoot in the land when people are able to access and share “industrial strength” information instead of being satisfied with the “consumer strength” information previously offered to them.