Senior citizens are beginning to embrace the use of online tools to better manage their health care.
A recent survey by Kaiser Permanente found that Medicare beneficiaries who are registered to use its personal health record tool report being satisfied using the Internet to manage their health care.
The iHealthBeat Special Report by Mina Kim includes comments from:
- Mark Beach, a spokesperson for AARP;
- Elizabeth Boehm, a principal analyst at Forrester Research; and
- Jan Oldenburg, senior practice leader of Kaiser Permanente's Internet Services Group.
Experts say the increase in use of online health tools by senior citizens could lead to better health outcomes (Kim, iHealthBeat, 7/28).
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