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Search Results for: internet access

Access to data = access to power

October 19, 2017 By Susannah Fox 17 Comments

Access to data = access to power

Data about your health and that of your community can empower you to make — or demand — changes. When there are gaps in the record or the data don’t exist, participatory data collection empowers people to contribute to the public conversation. Access to data is access to power. On November 17-19, 2017, Data for […]

Filed Under: policy issues, trends & principles Tagged With: Adverse Childhood Experience, asthma, Black Lives Matter, flip teaching, Health Data, health disparities

The internet spins both ways

June 18, 2014 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Did you know some doctors once had a hand signal to warn their colleagues about internet-using patients? I talk about this and other health care history, plus a bit about the possible future (including some market opportunities), in an interview with Alex Howard: One study I cite in this segment of our conversation centers on […]

Filed Under: patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, social media, trends & principles Tagged With: Alex Howard, Health Datapalooza, peer-to-peer healthcare, self-tracking, Tracking for Health

The internet’s downsides: tell us your stories

September 4, 2012 By Susannah Fox 17 Comments

The internet’s downsides: tell us your stories

This is a request for help finding people who have had bad experiences with online health resources. Let me first say that the internet is often a positive force in people’s lives. My own organization’s research can paint a rather rosy picture: teens are mostly kind to each other online, technology users have more friends […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories Tagged With: cyberchondria, internet access, Pew Internet

Internet Holiday

June 14, 2012 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Internet Holiday

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All Together Now: The Internet Does Not Replace Health Professionals–Susannah Fox

March 4, 2010 By Susannah Fox 57 Comments

The March 4 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine includes a letter from Brad Hesse, Richard Moser, and Lila Rutten, three National Cancer Institute researchers whose work is a continual inspiration to me. Their analysis of data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) shows that the vast majority of Americans, “despite […]

Filed Under: trends & principles Tagged With: hints, national cancer institute, Nejm, Pew Internet

Access is (almost) everything–Susannah Fox

December 22, 2009 By Susannah Fox 13 Comments

Or: Why health geeks should pay attention to internet access geeks. The Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Project and Internet Project just released an in-depth look at internet penetration across racial and ethnic categories in the U.S.: Latinos Online, 2006-2008 From 2006 to 2008, internet use among Latino adults rose by 10 percentage points, from 54% to 64%.  […]

Filed Under: demographics Tagged With: Access Health, Access Numbers, Baby Boomers, Chronic Conditions, chronic disease, Chronic Diseases, Communicating With Friends, diabetes, disability, Ethnic Categories, Gap, Geeks, health information, Health Problems, Heart Conditions, High Blood Pressure, Income Households, internet access, Internet Penetration, Internet Project, Internet Use, Last Time, Latino Adults, Latinos, Lung Conditions, Moot Point, Older Adults, Percentage Points, Pew Research Center, Saturation, Time Period

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