Medicine 2.0: Peer-to-peer healthcare
Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice – but at internet speed and at internet scale.
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Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice – but at internet speed and at internet scale.
How the internet is transforming health communications by providing us with access to information and each other.
The internet provides access not only to information, but also to each other, and this has transformed the health communications landscape over the last 10 years.
Is “peer-to-peer healthcare” an idea whose time has come? Evidence and recent examples.
The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.
Lee Rainie discusses e-patients and their online behavior
Susannah Fox presented the Project’s latest findings on how mobile access is affecting health and health care.
Susannah Fox will participate in the first working meeting of the Open mHealth Public-Private Partnership in Washington, DC.
Over 200 pages of health-related survey questions fielded by the Pew Internet Project.
Many people – especially those living with chronic and rare diseases – use online connections to supplement professional medical advice.
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