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Most Patients Trust Medical Data Found Online, Survey Finds

Sixty-five percent of consumers who seek health information online say they  trust the data that they find, according to a survey by Wolters Kluwer Health, Healthcare Informatics reports (Healthcare  Informatics, 5/22).

Survey Details

IPSOS, an advertising research company, conducted the survey of more than  1,000 U.S. consumers ages 18 and older.

The survey focused on consumer perceptions and practices related to using the  Internet to answer medical queries (Roney, Becker’s Hospital Review, 5/17).

Survey Findings

According to the survey, 67% of respondents said that health care websites  have made them better-informed patients.

The survey also found that:

  • 63% of respondents said that they have never misdiagnosed themselves based  on information found online;
  • 48% said that they seek medical data online to be better informed before  physician visits; and
  • 4% said that they have experienced “cyberchondria” — a term used to  describe a feeling of hypochondria after reading about medical conditions on the  Internet (Hall, FierceHealthIT, 5/22).

Source: iHealthBeat

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