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Cyberchondria: Old Wine in New Bottles

December 2, 2008 By Susannah Fox 18 Comments

Just before Thanksgiving, Microsoft released a study entitled, “Cyberchondria: Studies of the Escalation of Medical Concerns in Web Search.” Ryen White and Eric Horvitz took advantage of a data set that few people have access to (log files from Microsoft’s Live Search engine and MSN Health and Fitness) as well as a survey of 515 […]

Filed Under: news & gossip, understanding statistics Tagged With: artificial intelligence, cyberchondria, Diana Forsythe, microsoft, New York Times, search

Consumer Resources–Susannah Fox

February 6, 2008 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

Filed Under: positive patterns Tagged With: e-patients, healia, health, librarians, medstory, pubmed, search

“Good enough” technology–Susannah Fox

July 18, 2007 By Susannah Fox 2 Comments

What else out there in the e-patient world is “good enough” (or not)? It might be OK if your diet and exercise plan is just “good enough,” but you want your surgeon to strive for perfection. What are some other examples of “good enough” technology or care?

Filed Under: trends & principles Tagged With: diagnostics, e-patient, Google, search, technology, Yahoo

Health Search–Susannah Fox

May 23, 2007 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Filed Under: demographics Tagged With: breast, cancer, cervical, hitwise, lung, prostate, search, skin, time magazine

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