Health Policy

The Information Therapy conference just ended on Friday and my head is buzzing with a few favorite moments.

In this presentation, Mary Madden and Susannah Fox discuss the rise of participatory medicine within the context of key internet demographics and emerging online trends.

Participatory medicine and why people are "looking for the mouse."

Alicia Chang’s story on doctor-patient email has generated quite a bit of coverage and comment across the Web. I’m quoted as saying that “[p]eople are able to file their taxes online, buy and sell household goods, and manage their financial accounts. The health care industry seems to be lagging behind other industries.” Here is a […]

Deloitte has created a new health consumer typology that is worth checking out, despite their reliance on an online-only sample.

E-patients are at the center of the health care revolution, but how will Health 2.0 attract and serve the majority, not just the elite?

Summary of Findings A year after the problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals made major news, the public remains highly critical of the government’s performance in supporting and caring for soldiers who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. Fully 72% say the government does not give enough support to soldiers […]

E-patients are at the center of the health care revolution, but how will Health 2.0 attract and serve the majority, not just the elite?

A new journal article on doctor-patient email reveals (to me, for the first time) that the very first phone call was actually a call for emergency medical assistance. Alexander Graham Bell had just spilled battery acid on himself, hence his hurrie...

Surgical patients with a strong network of friends & family reported better scores for anxiety, depression, inner peace, relaxation, pain intensity and pain unpleasantness.