Medicine & Health

Internet penetration, mobile use, the social life of health information -- and how it fits in with the National Library of Medicine's strategy.

I concluded a recent speech with a challenge: If chronically ill patients can find ways to connect and learn from each other, why can't your organizations find ways to connect and learn from them? One executive's positive reaction surprised even m...

A panel discussion focused on digital innovation and public health. Update: Video of the event is now available.

I think conferences are deeply affected by the spirit of their host city. San Francisco has its hackers and dreamers, Boston has its entrepreneurs and ivy, Paris has its pomp and worldliness. At Health 2.0 DC yesterday, my city showed that it ha...

Susannah Fox talked about mobile, social health (and the power of being in the capital) at the first DC Health 2.0 conference in Washington, DC.

The innovators being showcased today at the Community Health Data Initiative event are examples of people who want to talk about health disparities AND do something about it.

The Gov 2.0 Expo was a smorgasbord of policy, technology, and citizen engagement. Aaron Smith and Susannah Fox share their notes.

Susannah Fox will provide a sneak preview of an upcoming report on how people living with cancer use the internet, in addition to an overview of already-released findings on the social life of health information.

Mobile, social technologies are tapping in to a human need to connect with each other, to share, to lend a helping hand, and to laugh. I'd like to start a conversation about health privacy that includes an open dialogue about the risks and benefit...

A synthesis of the Pew Internet Project's most recent research related to health and the participatory news consumer.