Keeping it real at high-tech health conferences
Two recent presentations focused on the human element of health and technology - my favorite topic.
View ArticleThe e is for engagement
What if we redefined the Quantified Self movement to include everyone who keeps a pair of "skinny jeans" in their closet? Themes from two recent speeches by Susannah Fox.
View ArticleGo mobile
The market for mobile-ready health information continues to grow, even as health apps are just simmering along (in terms of consumer adoption, anyway).
View ArticlePew Internet: Health
Highlights of the Pew Internet Project’s research related to health and health care.
View ArticlePew Internet: Social Networking (full detail)
Highlights of the Pew Internet Project’s research related to social networking
View ArticlePew Internet: Politics
Highlights of the Pew Internet Project’s research related to politics
View ArticleRural e-patients face access challenges
Rural residents in the U.S. lag behind those in suburban and urban areas when it comes to technology adoption.
View ArticlePew Internet: Mobile
Highlights of the Pew Internet Project’s research related to mobile technology
View ArticleIs there hope for SMS health alerts?
85% of American adults have a cell phone, yet just 9% have signed up for health alerts via text. What is the potential for this type of intervention?
View ArticleInternet access at libraries
In a survey this fall, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project asked whether people had accessed the internet at a library in the previous 12 months. Some 26% of those ages 16...
View Article2012 Health Survey Data
We posted a preliminary version of the September 2012 health survey data.
View ArticleA mirror and a window
How were you first introduced to the Pew Research Center? Do you share our research with other people? If so, how?
View ArticleHow many people use "ask a doctor" sites?
An estimate of how many people go online to seek a doctor's opinion about something, such as on an "ask a doctor" site (hint: a fraction of a subgroup).
View ArticlePew Internet Tip Sheets: Highlights of the Project’s Research
All of our topic-specific research "tip sheets" in one place.
View ArticleTracking for Health: Detailed Demographics
New demographic tables for the "Tracking for Health" study: who tracks what, how and how often, and what impact it has on their lives.
View ArticleWhy Pew Internet does not regularly report statistics for Asian-Americans and...
We hope this article sheds light on some of the challenges of reporting survey results from some populations.
View ArticleThe First Cell Phone Call: Excerpt from “Networked: The New Social Operating...
Happy 40th anniversary to the mobile phone call.
View ArticleVeteran Internet Use and Engagement With Health Information Online
New analysis compares veterans of the U.S. military with non-veterans, revealing differences in internet access and interest in certain health topics.
View ArticleNever assume that what you are seeing or experiencing is everyone else's reality
One of the recurring themes of my work is to remind people that today is just a moment in time, that things will change -- that things have changed even if you personally can't see it yet.
View ArticleMust-read: Adding up diagnosis errors
With diagnosis errors in the news, is it any wonder that 35% of U.S. adults go online to get a jump on it before they see a clinician?
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