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A survey about clinical trial support groups

March 8, 2023 By Susannah Fox 3 Comments

Gloved hands administering a shot to an arm

I love talking about peer-to-peer health care, noodling over survey research questions, and meeting new people. Thanks to an introduction from Craig Lipset, I recently got to do all three. Denell Lewis is a student in the final year of her Masters of Regulatory Affairs/ Masters in Law program at the University of Pennsylvania. She […]

Filed Under: research issues Tagged With: Clinical Trials, Craig Lipset, Denell Lewis, survey

Helping people find the needle in a data haystack

January 14, 2019 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

Needle in haystack by Madhavi Kuram on Flickr

One of the most important customer-service lessons I ever learned was from E-patient Dave: when it comes to disseminating research, give people what they need, not what you want to create. About a decade ago, Dave was on deadline to turn in slides for a presentation. He needed one key survey finding to illustrate a […]

Filed Under: demographics, research issues, social media, trends & principles Tagged With: fact sheets, HopeLab Foundation, Pew Internet, Pew Research Center, social media, survey, teens, Vicky Rideout, Well Being Trust

Crowdsourcing a Survey: Health Topics–Susannah Fox

July 16, 2010 By Susannah Fox 63 Comments

The Pew Internet & American Life Project will soon go into the field with our next health survey and we need your help. One of our core findings (8 in 10 internet users, or about two-thirds of U.S. adults, look online for health information) is based on a series of questions that is tweaked in […]

Filed Under: research issues Tagged With: pew internet project, survey

Crowdsourcing a Survey: Reassured? Overwhelmed? Eager? Confused?–Susannah Fox

November 5, 2008 By Susannah Fox 8 Comments

The Pew Internet Project is finalizing our fall health survey and we are now in the painful cut phase. Here’s a question I’m hoping to save in a shorter form: At any point in your last search for health information online did you feel any of the following things? At any point, did you feel…?

Filed Under: demographics Tagged With: data, pew internet project, survey

41% of Adults are “Activated Patients”

October 21, 2008 By Susannah Fox 4 Comments

Two sets of hands sort pills into a pillbox

The Center for Studying Health System Change has released another information-packed report, How Engaged Are Consumers in Their Health and Health Care, and Why Does It Matter.   The researchers created a “Patient Activation Measure” and apparently 41% of adults are what we might call e-patients (empowered, equipped, etc.).

Filed Under: demographics, research issues Tagged With: data, e-patient, survey

Health Care Consumerism–Susannah Fox

April 14, 2008 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions released a very interesting report on “Health Care Consumerism” which looks at five “zones” of activity: traditional health services, self-directed care, alternative and non-conventional health services, financing, and information seeking. I recommend checking out their report for a few reasons: 1) Many of their findings ring true to me. […]

Filed Under: demographics Tagged With: consumer, data, online, participatory medicine, survey, typology

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