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Improving Patient-Physician Communication about Internet Use: Why “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Doesn’t Work
I met Trisha Torrey, who writes a Patient Empowerment Blog, at the 2009 Connected Health Symposium in Boston, October 21-22. She wrote about my research in Your First Medical Opinion – Don… more →
Lisa Neal Gualtieri
Improving Patient-Physician Communication about Internet Use: Why “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Doesn’t Work
Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 month ago: I met Trisha Torrey, who writes a Patient Empowerment Blog, at the 2009 Connected Health Symposium i … more →
Why I Became Interested in Health Literacy
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 2 months ago: Much like love and religion, health literacy is a topic that many people have a revelation about. It … more →
Is There Time to Use the Internet Before Going to the ER?
Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 2 months ago: Bruce Auerbach, MD, past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, told me that, as an emergen … more →
WebMD Gets an "A" for Swine Flu Guide and a "C" for Guide to Never Feeling Tired Again
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 3 months ago: WebMD.com is often listed as the most popular health Web site. I find their design is too busy and t … more →
Strategies to Find Reliable - and Avoid Wacky - Health Web Sites
Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 4 months ago: My friend Jan, a breast cancer survivor, told me about her use of complementary and alternative medi … more →
How Useful Are Online Health Quizzes?
Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 5 months ago: In How useful are online health quizzes? Consumer Reports Health.org, June 2009, I say, “My bi … more →
Health Stories: "The Price I Must Pay for Being Cured of My Tumor"
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 5 months ago: I almost didn’t recognize Paul S. when I saw him with no hair looking rather gaunt. He told me … more →
Health Stories: Asking the Doctor a Question Armed with the Answer
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 5 months ago: When I told Avi, an editor in Dallas, about my health research, he responded, “It’s coin … more →
Finding Useful H1N1 Information Online
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 6 months ago: I was interviewed for Healthcare IT News about how H1N1 information is disseminated to the public. W … more →
The Pitfalls of Getting Medical Information on the Internet
Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 6 months ago: I was interviewed on the radio show, Something You Should Know, about how patients use the Internet … more →
What Your Patients Are Doing Online and Why You Should Engage Them as Partners in Care
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 9 months ago: I wrote the cover story of Tufts Medicine, Winter 2009, with Dr. Janey Pratt, a surgeon at Mass. Gen … more →
The Doctor as the Second Opinion and the Internet as the First
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 9 months ago: In “The Doctor as the Second Opinion and the Internet as the First,” I describe the incr … more →
Cereal and the Internet or Can't I Eat My Breakfast without Going Online?
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 11 months ago: The four breakfast cereal boxes sitting on my kitchen counter all have urls to promote healthy eatin … more →
Internet diagnoses: Trust them or toss them?
Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: It is natural to turn to Google for health concerns if you are already using it for just about every … more →
Mary Morgan and Adding "Oomph" to Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care Online
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: I had the pleasure to talk today to Mary Morgan, who is the widow of Dr. Benjamin Spock. She founded … more →
How Many People Does It Take to Make a Success: A Look at Qwitter
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: In Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, Clay Shirky discusses why so … more →
How Much Chocolate Should Anyone Eat and How Much Should Anyone Rely on Health Forum Advice
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: I love chocolate but have never considered that the amount I eat is unhealthy. In fact, how common i … more →
Ten Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes To Be a More Connected Health Professional
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: You need a break and, instead of heading to the coffee pot, take 10 minutes to follow one of these 1 … more →
Optimal Use of a Scale for Weight Loss
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: I perused a weight loss site, The DailyPlate, curious how they support people who are trying to lose … more →
