Today’s patients have access to more medical information on their smartphones than late-twentieth-century Surgeons General had available to them from all their health information resources. Major change is afoot in health care. What will that change look like?
Read MoreThis study identifies the basic “issues that matter” to patients in clinical and research settings, with the goal of helping patients to better evaluate quality of care and health research.
Read MoreA woman with terminal metastatic breast cancer shares her story, a cautionary tale about medical mistakes, basic communication failures of clinicians, and her naive faith in a “world class academic health system.”
Read MoreToday’s patients have access to more medical information on their smartphones than late-twentieth-century Surgeons General had available to them from all their health information resources. Major change is afoot in health care. What will that change look like?
Read MoreMood 24/7 is an innovation in traditional mood charting that uses text-messaging technology and may increase patient engagement and accuracy in reporting mood symptoms.
Read MoreAccording to a new survey, neurofibromatosis (NF) patients use NF-related social media for information gathering more than emotional support.
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