Health Populi November 29, 2022
Doctors in the U.S. believe that the medical mis-information problem is worsening, learned in survey research from Merck Manuals. Doctors and patients, both, have roles to play in addressing medical misinformation online.
Less than half of consumers, 44%, said that that there is more medical mis-information online than previously. That’s less than half of the percentage of doctors saying so — 98%, virtually all U.S. physicians, citing the problem.
There were several disconnects noted in the Merck Manuals study showing starkly different perceptions of health information online between doctors and patients: 20% of Americans said they self-diagnose based on information they find online and in social media, vs. 92% of doctors finding that patients come to the exam room with...
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