FOR RELEASE APRIL 23, 2009

Navigating the New Health Care Delivery System

Technology is changing how patients navigate their health care experience. New survey data shows how e-patients are using social media to connect to each other and to information.

BY Susannah Fox

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Navigating the New Health Care Delivery System

Technology is changing how patients navigate their health care experience. New survey data shows how e-patients are using social media to connect to each other and to information.

Technology is changing how patients navigate their health care experience. New survey data shows how e-patients are using social media to connect to each other and to information.

Read a sneak preview of this presentation: Participatory Democracy, Participatory Medicine

Join the discussions being hosted on the IxCenterBlog, The Health Care Blog, and e-patients.net.

Register in advance for the event at the Health 2.0 conference site or come back to this page to read the full text of the speech on April 23.

Navigating the New Health Care Delivery System from Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project