Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
MDs note the rise of e-patients
10/9/2007 | 
Coverage
Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger
'A study released yesterday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project confirmed what most doctors already know: The number of e-patients is growing...
The health care industry, which once discouraged people from doing Internet research, is beginning to take notice of the e-patients' rise, said Susannah Fox, associate director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group.
"I've seen a significant change since we started studying this seven years ago," Fox said. "What a difference seven years has made."
Medical organizations are starting their own Web sites and steering patients toward credible online health information, Fox said. Doctors who once advised patients to stay off the Internet have begun handing out lists of Web sites along with each diagnosis.
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