Use of the Internet and e-mail for health care information: results from a national survey.

By L. Baker, T. Wagner, S. Singer, M. Bundorf. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2003

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health Information Management

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Trust and sources of health information: the impact of the Internet and its implications for health care providers: findings from the first Health Information National Trends Survey. (2005, background): “0%), a finding borne out in at least 1 other scientific sample.(42) Again, it is worth monitoring that trend as increases in the use of patient-initiated e-mail will undoubtedly signal accompanying changes in office management practices.”
The Impact of the Internet on Cancer Outcomes (2003, background): “In a recent U.S. survey, only 5% of those taking prescriptions drugs reported to have ordered them on the Internet, and fewer than 2% have obtained their prescriptions on the Web.28 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESEARCH Much of the discussion around the “quality of information” or the effect of the Internet ”
Using the Internet for Health-Related Activities: Findings From a National Probability Sample (2009, background): “In 2001, only about 5% of respondents had ever purchased prescription drugs online [18,19].”
The Salience of Social Contextual Factors in Appraisals of Police Interactions with Citizens: A Randomized Factorial Experiment (2014, background): “The average difference in the results is about 1 percentage point (Baker et al. 2003).”
Patients using the Internet to obtain health information: how this affects the patient-health professional relationship. (2006, background): “Surveys have shown that although patients desperately want to use e-mail for communication with health professionals, only 6–9% of patients in the USA have done so [16,17].”
Health information seeking in the digital age: An analysis of health information seeking behavior among US adults (2017, neutral): “…prefer to use traditional media (such as library, books, brochure, magazines) or healthcare professionals as their primary source of health information (Baker, Wagner, Singer, & Bundorf, 2003; Cotten & Gupta, 2004; Dolan, Iredale, Williams, & Ameen, 2004; Dutta-Bergman, 2004, 2005; Rains, 2007).”
eHealth Literacy: Extending the Digital Divide to the Realm of Health Information (2012, background): “?” A list of 9 outcomes, adapted from Baker et al [47], was presented: improved your ability to manage your health needs; enabled you to ask your physician questions resulting from the information you acquired on the Internet; enabled you to show your physician the information that you retrieved; ra”