Commentary

NPR’s Morning Edition story, "Patients Turn to Online Buddies for Help Healing," combined research and real-life examples, participatory medicine and health data rights.

The FDA should hear about the reality of the information marketplace, which is increasingly mobile and social, not about the past failings of consumers to check the source and date of health information online.

How we measure Twitter and status updating (and an invitation to help us improve).

My appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi talk show on WAMU (a Washington PBS station) about new research on the problems with mutitasking.

Federal agencies can, and should, be the first responders to health questions. Social media can help.

Take the quiz to find out where you fit in the typology of technology users.

Participatory medicine is taking hold with both citizens and health professionals. But there are still pockets of people who lack access to the basic technology, lack the skills required to participate, or who may lack the sense that they are welc...

New survey data shows that not only is there a participatory class of citizen, but there is a participatory class of patient.

People like our new topic-driven navigation and updated design. The main comment: More! Users want to see even more participation and more free data.

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