ePatients: Engaging Patients in Their Own Care

Sands, MD, MPH

Every day, more people get healthcare online than those who see a physician. About two thirds of Americans have sought health information online -- although this fraction is relentlessly rising -- and half changed their behavior as a result of their online activities. Many don't discuss this activity with their physicians, and most physicians don't welcome it.

These eEmpowered healthcare consumers are simply behaving rationally
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