Medpage article - Mark Britton (author) : The Internet is where patients go for pre-visit consultations

Mark Britton is the founder and CEO of Avvo, a free resource that rates and profiles 90% of all doctors and lawyers in the U.S.

"...For those skeptics, let me offer the following:

• 80% of Internet users search for health information online
• 44% research doctors online
• 43% ask questions in online forums
• 45% ask questions to be better prepared for a physician visit
• 13 minutes: Average duration of a physician visit.........."

media: Elderly and ill patients connect to their doctors via broadband: Pilot Australian project

The Rise of the e-Patient - slideshow - Pew Research

What part of “Give us our damn data” do you not understand? | e-Patients.net

OHA - Event Details - epatients conference Sept 21st

Note: the conference fees would exclude most patients, epatients or otherwise

Presented by Ontario Hospital Association

Course name:	e-Patients: Changing the Health Care System in Real-Time
Course duration:	September 21, 2010 - September 21, 2010
Location:	Novotel Toronto Centre 45 The Esplanade Toronto, Ontario Canada
Course code:	EP380
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Patient-Computer Dialogue: A Hope for the Future — Mayo Clinic Proceedings (e-health/e-patients & physicians)

e-Patients: Changing the Health Care System in Real-Time Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Toronto (Note: fees)

Note: conference fees which would exclude most patients/e-patients from attending

e-Patients: Changing the Health Care System in Real-Time
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Novotel Toronto Centre
45 The Esplanade
Toronto, Ontario M5E 1W2

Registration
Registration will take place on Tuesday, September 21, 2010,
at 8:30am at the Novotel Toronto Centre, 45 The Esplanade,
Toronto.
Space is not guaranteed, unless payment is received
prior to the event.Registration FeeMember (OHA/OHPA/MOHLTC):
$495.00 + HST $64.35 = Total $559.35
Non-member:
$980.00 + HST $127.40 = Total $1107.40

short video: Participatory Medicine and Declaration

"Participatory Medicine is a cooperative model of health care that encourages and expects active involvement by all connected parties (patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, etc.) as integral to the full continuum of care. The ‘participatory’ concept may also be applied to fitness, nutrition, mental health, end-of-life care, and all issues broadly related to an individual’s health."