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Crowd-diagnosing STDs on Reddit

January 27, 2020 By Susannah Fox 20 Comments

Questions marks painted on pavement

Reddit is a massive Petri dish of human conversation, rife with peer-to-peer health encounters, so I was thrilled when Jane Sarasohn-Kahn alerted me to this article: “People Are Flocking to the Internet to Crowdsource Their STD Diagnosis—Yes, Really.” It focuses on a subreddit (aka online community) devoted to sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs). Kudos to Parade for […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: jama, peer-to-peer healthcare, sexual health, STIs

Must-read: Adding up diagnosis errors

April 23, 2013 By Susannah Fox 20 Comments

Laura Landro’s column in the Wall Street Journal today is a must-read: Adding Up Diagnosis Errors. Why? Let me count the ways: She is one of the most thorough, informed health care reporters around. She is covering an important topic that should be of interest to everyone. The study is behind a paywall so media coverage […]

Filed Under: key people, research issues Tagged With: Bmj, Diagnosis, jama, Laura Landro

Are patients knights, knaves, or pawns?

July 15, 2011 By Susannah Fox 35 Comments

Sachin Jain and John Rother’s JAMA commentary, “Are Patients Knights, Knaves, or Pawns?” is an article that begs to be shared.  The first time I read it I had to stand up, I was so excited — how can I design a survey to capture these questions?! was my first thought. My second thought was […]

Filed Under: policy issues, reforming hc, trends & principles Tagged With: altruism, Institute Of Medicine, jama, Patient Centered Care, Pew Internet

Go online. Not too much. Mostly…?–Susannah Fox

February 12, 2008 By Susannah Fox 15 Comments

Michael Pollan’s answer to diet angst is to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Is there an equivalent maxim for information angst? If not, does someone out there want to make one up? Because a new study published in Cancer argues that e-patients can take a common-sense approach to online health research and do […]

Filed Under: positive patterns Tagged With: ama, cancer, e-patients, epatients, jama, journal, librarians, patients, quality

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