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Radha Chitale’s story, “Docs Say Keep Mum but Some Patients Want to Tell All”<\/a> on ABCNews.com cites our data to show how many people look online for information about doctors and hospitals: <\/p>\n\n

74% of adults in the U.S. go online and, of those, 80% look for health information online. 29% of internet users have looked online for information about a particular doctor or hospital. (See:\u00a0The Engaged E-patient Population<\/a> and Online Health Search 2006<\/a>). We will have an update on those numbers this spring. <\/p>\n\n

Chitale also quotes e-Patient Dave<\/a> deBronkart who started a conversation<\/a> about RateMDs.com and Medical Justice on e-patients.net. <\/p>\n\n

It is a fairly common practice to search for information about someone else \u2014 half of internet users have done so, including 11% who searched for someone they are thinking about hiring (see our report, Digital Footprints<\/a>). But is there a limit to how people should use search engines and rating sites? Some doctors are suggesting that yes, there is, and it starts with them.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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