Healthcare Online

12% of internet users participate in an online patient group.

Cancer "weather maps," the age of biology, and how cell-only adults really are different from landline users.

This presentation provides data and insights about how the "participatory Web" may change how survey researchers think about online health information, as well as data on adults who continue to be offline in an online world.

Tagging, blogging, and social networking sites allow internet users to search for, catalog, and disseminate information.

Very few check the source and date of the information they find.

Most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find.

E-patients have a huge appetite for high-quality, relevant content.

African Americans are over-represented among cancer patients and under-represented among internet users, particularly on some health discussion group sites.

This presentation contains a general overview of the internet population, an analysis of African Americans and the internet, and some thoughts about the internet’s impact on health and health care.

As more Americans come online, more rely on the internet for important health information. Fully 58% of those who found the internet to be crucial or important during a loved one’s recent health crisis say the single most important source of informat...