{"id":5603,"date":"2010-05-11T10:10:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2010-05-11T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T15:10:24","slug":"frequently-asked-but-unanswered-questions-about-e-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2010\/05\/frequently-asked-but-unanswered-questions-about-e-patients.html","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked (But Unanswered) Questions About E-patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I&#8217;ve written <a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/archives\/2009\/11\/the-pew-internethealth-faq.html\" target=\"_blank\">before<\/a>, I love questions. It&#8217;s an honor to be handed someone&#8217;s nascent idea and to help them shape it (which is what I think a question really is). But this time I&#8217;m asking for <strong>YOUR<\/strong> input.<\/p>\n<p>These excellent questions were sent to me by Liav Hertsman and his colleagues at Tel Aviv University, who hoped that I had all the answers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If only.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can tackle the first one on my own, but I need help with the others. <strong>If you have any tips to share &#8212; observations, journal articles, researchers interested in similar questions &#8212; please add them in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. How would you describe the typical online active  e-patient in terms of demographics?<br \/>\n2. In which stages of the diseases do e-patients usually  need medical information the most? Why?<br \/>\n3. In which stages do they search  for information about drugs?<br \/>\n4. How substantial is the e-patients&#8217; drug search\u00a0in comparison with their overall search about health?<br \/>\n5. How dominant and reliable is user-generated content (UGC) information in the eyes of e-patients?<!--more--><br \/>\n6. Do e-patients who are interested in UGC also tend to cross-check the  information, using professional sites or do they tend to rely solely on the UGC? Why?<br \/>\n7. What do the e-patients value more, specific information or general information? Is it treatment stage related?<br \/>\n8. In your opinion, should a health site offer diverse information or focus only on one area of expertise? Why?<br \/>\n9. What tools  are important to have on a health site (i.e. communities, experts&#8217; reviews,  doctors&#8217; ratings, drugs&#8217; ratings, etc.)? Should a health site offer several  tools? Why?<br \/>\n10. Do e-patients prefer a one-stop-shop site, where they can  find every information related to health and every tool they need, or do they prefer to gather information from several sites, each with a specific specialization?<br \/>\n11. 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