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.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Susannah Fox
Former Researcher
Susannah Fox is a former former Associate Director at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & America former Life Project.
Publications
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Mobile could be a game-changer. But only for those who get in the game.
Participatory medicine is taking hold with both citizens and health professionals. But there are still pockets of people who lack access to the basic technology, lack the skills required to participate, or who may lack the sense that they are welc…
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Participatory Democracy, Participatory Medicine
New survey data shows that not only is there a participatory class of citizen, but there is a participatory class of patient.
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New site feedback: More!
People like our new topic-driven navigation and updated design. The main comment: More! Users want to see even more participation and more free data.
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Welcome to our new site
The Pew Internet Project studies the social impact of the internet. All of our reports, presentations, and data sets dating back to the year 2000 are available for free. Our mission is to make it easy for people to find – and share – our research.
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Researching (and Reviewing) Doctors Online
An ABCNews.com story quotes Pew Internet’s research about how many people look online for information about doctors and hospitals.
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Bruce Sterling on Web 2.0’s aftermath
Wondering how to describe social media and Web 2.0? Trying to figure out what happens next? Read Bruce Sterling’s latest speech, “The Brief But Glorious Life of Web 2.0, and What Comes After.”
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Medpedia’s Potential
Medpedia launched this week, prompting questions from many corners about how it fits in to the current realities of the health care world.
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Twitterers ponder the new News Media-scape
Lee Rainie’s speech at the Integrated Media Association meeting was a hit on Twitter.
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Twitter and status updating
As of December 2008, 11% of online American adults said they used a service like Twitter or another service that allowed them to share updates about themselves or to see the updates of others.