I learned two important lessons in a statistics course I took in college: 1) don’t play the lottery; 2) be skeptical of statistics, especially nice-looking charts and graphs. Yes, I did grow up to be a major purveyor of statistics, but I think it’s a good thing that my first instinct is to be skeptical […]
Archives for July 2008
E-patients with Agency (or Attitude?)–Susannah Fox
What are the social and psychological factors that affect how someone is treated — or even their health outcomes? This question has popped up in my reading and in my work quite a bit this week, so I wanted to share what I have learned from three leading thinkers: Peggy Orenstein, Dr. Jeffrey Lin, and […]
Patriotic Participation–Susannah Fox
[Don’t miss yesterday’s related post about the founding heroes of patient empowerment.] 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. In the political arena, 39% of internet users (29% of all adults) […]
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