Demographics

demographics, trends & principles

Mobile, Social Health at the National Library of Medicine

Susannah Fox | July 13, 2010

Update: The NLM released new widgets on July 14, along with a redesigned MedlinePlus site. (Read @eagledawg‘s take on these new tools, as well as her response to this post.) Speaking to the senior staff of the National Library of Medicine last week was like going before the best kind of murder board. Picture it: [...]

demographics, research issues

Frequently Asked (But Unanswered) Questions About E-patients

Susannah Fox | May 11, 2010

As I’ve written before, I love questions. It’s an honor to be handed someone’s nascent idea and to help them shape it (which is what I think a question really is). But this time I’m asking for YOUR input. These excellent questions were sent to me by Liav Hertsman and his colleagues at Tel Aviv [...]

positive patterns, reforming hc, trends & principles, Why PM

Health 2.010: New Year, New Era

e-Patient Dave | January 16, 2010

This is a guest post by Lucien Engelen (Dutch Twitter friend @Zorg20), who was featured in October’s The internet is changing healthcare – video from Reshape09. Here, he takes it to the next step, moving from health 2.0 to “health 2.010”. I love it! – Dave

demographics, news & gossip, trends & principles

Mobile, social technology and the impact on health care

Susannah Fox | March 30, 2009

Fard Johnmar interviewed me about internet adoption, the use of social technologies among minority groups, and my hope that e-patients’ “passion, knowledge, and ingenuity is brought forward no matter what else is planned for health care reform.”