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Old 08-11-2008, 11:41 AM
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Default 75% of internet users are patients

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Originally Posted by DocJohn View Post
I agree that whatever is done here really should be an independent effort. Computing resources are so inexpensive nowadays, anybody can pretty much do anything of this nature with little or no cost.

The group mentioned is actually the late Tom Ferguson's e-Patient Scholars Working Group and we blog over at http://www.e-patients.net/

John
WOW! Thanks for the link to e-patients - what a great resource. Noticed this statistic on the first page: The Pew Internet Project released the latest estimate for the e-patient population: 75% of internet users

Incredible!
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