Comments on: Older E-Patients Crave Information, Not Friendship from Health Organizations Communicating Via Social Media

By: Do Patients Want Pharma Companies in Social Media? | PRforPharma

Do Patients Want Pharma Companies in Social Media? | PRforPharma — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:52:22 +0000

[...] The good folks over the Path of the Blue Eye Project alerted me to some interesting statistics that highlight the importance of information to e-patients. Keep an eye out for the full report next [...]

By: Give them what they want: Health social media for Baby Boomers

Give them what they want: Health social media for Baby Boomers — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:01:00 +0000

[...] organizations communicating via social media. Some results are outlined in a recent blog post, Older E-Patients Crave Information, Not Friendship from Health Organizations Communicating Via Socia…. The rest of the study goes on sale next week. In short, the study finds: ”If you want to [...]

By: Bob Blonchek

Bob Blonchek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:52 +0000

Thank you for this information. This is an incredibly important point to get across and repeat over and over again.
The paternalistic attitudes within health care are a major obstacle to true consumer-centric reform. We need to get past the notion that health care of any kind is too delicate a matter for non-experts. We got past this in finanical services in the last decade (individual investors now dominate the industry), let’s hope health care follows suite in the coming years.

By: Fard Johnmar

Fard Johnmar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:25:27 +0000

Adam:

Thanks for your kind words about the study. We asked another question in the study, which defined health organizations as health non-profits, government agencies, local hospitals, national hospitals, health insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies.

Fard

By: Adam Gross

Adam Gross — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:36:21 +0000

Great information – thank you for conducting this survey.

How is “health organization” defined?