2009 February | e-Patients.net

trends & principles

Twitter, Facebook, and e-patients

Susannah Fox | February 13, 2009

Here is a key line from the Pew Internet Project’s report on Twitter and status updating: Twitter users engage with news and own technology at the same rates as other internet users, but the ways in which they use the technology—to communicate, gather and share information—reveals their affinity for mobile, untethered and social opportunities for [...]

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Raise Awareness of the Reality of Rare Disorders

Susannah Fox | February 4, 2009

Wendy White, Founder and President of Siren Interactive, contributes this essay: One in ten Americans is living with a rare disorder, but they are often overlooked in the media, in research circles, and in their local communities. The 2nd Annual Rare Disease Day on Feb. 28, 2009, is an opportunity to change that.

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“Patients” vs. “Health Care Consumers”? Both, If You Ask AmyT

Susannah Fox | February 2, 2009

Amy Tenderich weighs in on the name debate: patient vs. consumer. Almost anything is better than cyberchondriac or medical googler, but e-patient is still my favorite.