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The Social Life of Health Information

by | Jun 10, 2009

The Pew Internet/California HealthCare Foundation report, The Social Life of Health Information, is packed with new findings from a survey of 2,253 adults, including 502 cell-phone interviews, conducted in either English or Spanish. We spent a bundle of money on...

Health 2.0 meets Ix: The Rise of the Patient Voices

by | Apr 29, 2009

I have been following with real interest the notes and discussions about the Health 2.0/Ix conference that took place in Boston last week. I am not willing to get involved in this discussion because in some ways I think it missed the most important aspect of the...

Patient-Driven Content at MedShelf.org

by | May 10, 2007

Derek Hansen, a fellow e-health researcher, wrote to me about his latest project and it fit so perfectly that I asked him to write it up for us — thanks, Derek! ——————- Online support groups have long been recognized as an...

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