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2004-01 UPDATE - Market Snapshots
of the WEB
January 2003. The number of Americans
visiting hospital and health plan websites has tripled in the past year. 10.3
million online consumers have used a hospital website in the past three months,
and 38.5 million other consumers are interested in receiving information from
a hospital website in the future. Approximately 77 percent of consumers visiting
a health plan website stated that they had a chronic health condition.
- source: Manhattan Research
2002-07 UPDATE - Market Snapshots
of the WEB
July 2002. Almost half of Physicians in
the US feel that the Internet has had a major impact on the way they practice
medicine. Around 78 percent of US physicians now use the Net and their use of
the web is becoming more frequent. Approximately three out of ten physicians using
the Internet currently have a website.
-source: American Medical Association
2002-05 UPDATE - Market Snapshots
of the WEB
May 2002. Around 110 million Americans
go online to look for health care information. Some 80 percent of Internet users
in the US use the Internet to check-up on health-related issues. Around 53 percent
of Americans look for health care information using a portal or search engine,
while 26 percent go directly to specific health sites, and 12 percent visit general
sites that may have a section on health matters.
-source: Harris Interactive
April 2002. Half the people who have
used the Internet to get health and medical information say the information has
improved the way they take care of themselves.
-source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
April 2002. A nationwide survey shows
90 percent of respondents want to contact their doctor online, and over one third
would pay for the opportunity. 81 percent of the online population would like
to receive email reminders for preventive care, 83 percent would like follow-up
emails after visits to doctors, 84 percent would like their doctors to be able
to access and monitor their lab tests online. There is much physician resistance,
arising from concerns over reimbursement, medical records privacy, and possible
malpractice suits. Doctors themselves are very tech-literate, frequently emailing
colleagues, and using PDAs to access drug databases, for example.
-source: Harris Interactive
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