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Is There Time to Use the Internet Before Going to the ER?
Bruce Auerbach, MD, past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, told me that, as an emergency room physician, most of his patients don’t have time to use the Internet before seeing him.… more →
Lisa Neal Gualtieri
Is There Time to Use the Internet Before Going to the ER?
Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 3 months ago: Bruce Auerbach, MD, past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, told me that, as an emergen … more →
What's the Right Thing to Say to Someone Who Is Ill?
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 5 months ago: When I ran into Paul S. not knowing he had cancer, I barely recognized him and struggled with what t … 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 10 months ago: In “The Doctor as the Second Opinion and the Internet as the First,” I describe the incr … more →
Health Stories: Successful Weight Loss Aided by Online Tools
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 10 months ago: WeightWatchers.com is an example of a thriving, well-segmented online health community. The segmenta … 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 →
Are We Experiencing a Flu Epidemic and Other Problems With Search Terms
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: Trends in online behavior are fascinating. Bill Tancer, in Click, analyzes why fewer porn sites are … 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 →
online health communities and social capital
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kahlp wrote 1 year ago: A Multilevel Analysis of Sociability, Usability and Community Dynamics in an Online Health Community … 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 →
What Do "New York on $5 a Day" and "Mathematics Made Easy" Have in Common?
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: The Boston Globe reports that 2 adults sharing a hotel room and eating 3 meals spend, on average, $6 … more →
The Impact of the Democratization of Health Information on Elders
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Lisa Neal Gualtieri wrote 1 year ago: Hongtu Chen and I, with some inspiration from Larry Prusack, just finished a journal paper on The Im … more →
