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Public Q&A: How do (older, lower-income) patients learn?

May 2, 2013 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

Rebecka Sexton of the Center For Innovation at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA, emailed a great question and I’d like to share it more widely: We are working on a project here at Carilion on chronic diseases related to Population Health Management related to COPD. I am specifically working on the education component from […]

Filed Under: demographics, net-friendly docs, public Q&A Tagged With: Ivor Horn, safety net

Tracking for Health: Detailed Demographics

March 20, 2013 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Detailed demographic breakdowns for responses to health tracking questions

In response to popular demand, my Pew Research colleagues and I posted detailed demographic tables for the “Tracking for Health” study. I should warn you: These are not pretty tables. You may need a ruler to keep track of the rows and columns since we crammed as much data into each table as possible. But […]

Filed Under: demographics, understanding statistics Tagged With: Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, Quantified Self, tracking, Tracking for Health

2 down, 3 to go

January 15, 2013 By Susannah Fox 7 Comments

I’m doing a ton of “day job” writing these days, analyzing survey data about how Americans gather, share, and create health information. Here is a rundown of the reports released so far and what’s coming up: 1) Mobile Health 2012 (Nov. 8, 2012) 85% of U.S. adults own a cell phone and, of those, 31% […]

Filed Under: demographics, trends & principles Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, Pew Internet

Learning to type (and not to typecast)

September 13, 2012 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Close up of IBM keyboard

“…even the most money-hungry, wannabe apolitical technologist needs to understand the role that social power plays in technology adoption.” – Alexis Madrigal writing about Why the First Laptop Had Such a Hard Time Catching On (Hint: Sexism). Secretaries (women) knew how to use a keyboard, not executives (men), so the adoption of laptops was very […]

Filed Under: demographics Tagged With: family, IBM

The Rise of the e-Patient

January 19, 2012 By Susannah Fox 10 Comments

Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet Project,  presented this wonderful overview of the Project’s health findings at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, CA, on January 12. The Rise of the e-Patient View more presentations from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Another summary of the Project’s health research is the […]

Filed Under: demographics, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care

A Health Information Divide

February 1, 2011 By Susannah Fox 19 Comments

This post is first and foremost a thank-you note. Thank you to everyone who posted a comment, emailed me, or tweeted a suggestion in response to my request for input last July: Crowdsourcing a Survey. Six new topics came directly from those conversations. Thank you to Veenu Aulakh and the California HealthCare Foundation who provided […]

Filed Under: demographics Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, caregivers, digital divide, Maternity Care, Older Adults, Pew Internet

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