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Health Info Have-Nots

I just published a quick take on who doesn’t gather health information online, including the stark finding that three-quarters of U.S. adults who have less than a high school education say they do not get health information online. One survey question I cited dates back to 2002, but I think it is still interesting. Here’s [...]

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E-Patient Discovers Significant Flaws in System, Spin Doctors Get to Work

It is absolutely amazing to watch the unfolding saga the moment a real patient enters real data into Google Health from his hospital’s medical records. The way the marketing folks tell us, this is a seamless exercise that gets you up and running on personal health records (PHRs) like Google Health instantly. The reality, as [...]

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