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Feb 2, 2010Susannah Fox
I believe that, although very few people engage with their health on a daily or even weekly basis, it is important to understand what they do when their attention is focused on a health question.
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Eight in ten internet users have looked online for health information. Many e-patients say the internet has had a signficant impact on the way they care for themselves or for others.
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Kevin Pho, USA Today
Jan 27, 2010
Raise your hand if you've ever left a physician's office without fully understanding what the doctor just told you. According to The New England Journal of Medicine, half of patients admit to not understanding what their doctor told them during an of...
Jan 21, 2010Susannah Fox
Search is central to health information gathering. Now search sites are guiding consumers to safe, trusted health websites. Is that such a bad thing?
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Jan 20, 2010Susannah Fox
Susannah Fox will provide data on the current internet population, with a particular focus on health communication, wireless adoption, social media, and implications for public health planning.
Jan 6, 2010Susannah Fox
Social media is simply the current expression of patient activation and engagement. But this time e-patients are part of a larger cultural change that assumes access to information, enables communication among disparate groups, and expects progress.
Dec 14, 2009Susannah Fox
Susannah Fox discusses Pew Internet's health research, including a special survey of people living with cancer.
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Mary Brophy Marcus, USA Today
Dec 7, 2009
Internet health experts say there are a handful of reasons that motivate people to type a health topic into a search box on their computer screen and wait, sometimes nervously, for the results, including a new diagnosis or concern for a family member...
Nov 20, 2009Susannah Fox
Quick answers to frequently-asked questions: Is a cultural shift affecting health care? How do people judge the quality of health information online? Are patients ready for this?
Joseph Shapiro, NPR
Nov 16, 2009
Most e-patients go online to read about a health condition. But that seems almost passive compared to the way a small group of Internet-savvy people are connecting to get their health information.
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Nov 16, 2009Susannah Fox
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.
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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.