A new survey just out by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics shows that higher income white women are the primary seekers of health information on the Internet. I won’t bore you with the breakdown of all of the stats – you can read them here. What troubles me about this survey are the…
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Health Literacy For the Rest of Us
Do you know your rights as a patient and consumer of health services? Last year, I began writing about The Patient’s Bill of Rights, a series of protections also known as the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. This bill was adopted by the US Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health…
Ambitious Health Goals for the Next Decade
Healthy People 2020 sets the national health bar high for the next decade