White Paper Describes How "E-Patients" Using Internet Resources are Transforming the American Health Care System
Exploring online health care in the information age: White papers and workshops
From 2002 until his death in 2006, Tom Ferguson, M.D., a pioneer in the field of online health, worked with a group of researchers, developers and leaders in the field to develop a white paper on e-patients and their impact on health care and medicine.
Key Results
- After Ferguson's death, the e-Patient Scholars Working Group finished the white paper "e-patients: how they can help us heal health care" and published it online.
Due to illness, Ferguson was unable to complete the full scope of work as originally proposed.
Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided a $93,356 grant to support this unsolicited project. (Commonweal acted as the project director's fiscal agent for the grant.)