Public’s Use of the Internet for Health Information Rapidly Escalates
A national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change shows that Americans are increasingly looking for health information from sources other than medical professionals. In 2007, 56 percent of American adults sought health information from a source other than their own doctor, up from 38 percent in 2001. The proportion of Americans using the Internet for personal health information doubled since 2001.
Read the news release. http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=33852&c=EMC-CA142
Read the study. http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=33774&c=EMC-CA142
[from the RWJF Contents Alert]

From the Center for Studying Health System Change, see Tracking Report No. 20, August 2008 http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1006/ [scb]

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