Jeff Howe’s blog post, “Can We Crowdsource Medical Expertise?” elicited the following comment from Daniel Reda of CureTogether.com: “Personally, just like I have batting averages, crash test ratings and historical earnings, I’d like to see the data on whoever interprets my MRI and whoever makes my diagnosis, regardless of whether it’s an amateur in a […]
Health System Change: Collaborative Researchers–Susannah Fox
Ha Tu and Genna Cohen of the Center for Studying Health System Change released their latest report on how Americans gather health information (HTML report; news release). I met with them in June and learned a bit more about how they approached this massive data set (N=18,000+).
Doctors’ Digital Footprints–Susannah Fox
Is it “disordered” behavior to Google your doctor? An article in JAMA suggests that doctors be on their guard.
Latinos’ sources of health information–Susannah Fox
The Pew Hispanic Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a report today that is required reading for anyone interested in a more nuanced picture of the e-patient population: “Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge.”
New e-patient population estimate–Susannah Fox
The Pew Internet Project released the latest estimate for the e-patient population: 75% of internet users. Details on this and an upcoming survey follow…
Statistics, Genetics, and Playing the Lottery–Susannah Fox
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 […]
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