Report

• Mobile Health Has Found Its Market In Smartphone Owners

  Nov 08, 2012 - A new Pew Research Center report finds over half of smartphone owners gather health information on their phones, compared with 6% of non-smartphone owners.

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• Mobile Health Has Found Its Market In Smartphone Owners

  Nov 08, 2012 - Pew Research reports over half of smartphone owners gather health information on their phones, compared with 6% of non-smartphone owners.

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• Family Caregivers Turn to Internet For Information and Guidance

  Jul 12, 2012 - Fully 30 percent of U.S. adults help a loved one with personal needs, manage finances or arrange for outside care for another adult or child with a disability. Of this group, 88% use the internet to find health information

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• The Social Life of Health Information, 2011

  May 12, 2011 - The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.        

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• Patients Expand Support Networks to Include Online Peers

  Feb 28, 2011 - About one-in-five internet users have gone online to find others with health concerns similar to theirs. Those with chronic conditions are even more likely to reach out to peers.

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• Accessing Health Topics on the Internet

  Feb 01, 2011 - Health information remains one of the most important subjects that internet users research online. Symptoms and treatments continue to dominate internet users' health searches, but food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in the Pew Research Center's latest survey.

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• Mobile Health 2010

  Oct 19, 2010 - The online health-information environment is going mobile. 17% of cell phone users have used their phone to look up health or medical information and 9% have software applications or "apps" on their phones that help them track or manage their health.

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• Chronic Disease and the Internet

  Mar 24, 2010 - Americans living with a chronic disease are significantly less likely than healthy adults to have Internet access. The majority are online, however, and they are more likely to share what they know and to learn from their peers, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the California HealthCare Foundation.

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• The Social Life of Online Health Information

  Jun 11, 2009 - While most Americans still turn to a doctor, a growing number is going online for medical issues, according to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Fully 61% have used the internet for health info—up from 25% in 2000—and most report positive experiences. More adults are also turning to the Web for fitness and exercise information as well.

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• Search: 'Swine Flu'

  May 07, 2009 - The public ranks the internet most useful as a source of information on the virus. Where and how are people finding flu facts online?

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• Health News Coverage in the U.S. Media

  Nov 24, 2008 - At a time when health care is a major public policy issue, how have the U.S. media covered the complex subject of health? How much coverage does it generate? Which aspects get the most scrutiny? What media outlets pay the most attention? This report from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Project for Excellence in Journalism examines those questions.

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• The Engaged E-patient Population

  Aug 26, 2008 - This Pew Internet Project survey finds that people turn to the Internet for health information when the stakes are high and the connection fast.  

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• Information Searches That Solve Problems

  Dec 30, 2007 - Report examines at how people use the Internet, libraries and government agencies when they need help.

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• E-patients With a Disability or Chronic Disease

  Oct 08, 2007 - Just half of adults with chronic conditions use the internet; but once online, they are avid consumers of health information.

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• Online Health Search 2006

  Oct 29, 2006 - Report finds that eight-in-ten Internet users search for health information online, and most of them are pleased by what they find -- though few check the quality of the information.

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• Survey Examines How Americans Access Health Information Online

  May 17, 2005 - Survey results on how Americans use the Internet to find health information. Includes trends in health topics, demographics and implications for the future.

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• Few Purchase Prescription Drugs Online

  Oct 11, 2004 - A survey of American's activities around prescription drug purchases online.

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