That said, less than 10 percent of Americans appear to be using electronic
medical records, with almost half saying they're not even clear if their doctor
actually offers access, according to a Harris
Interactive/HealthDay survey of more than 2,000 American adults
blacks and Hispanics were only half as likely to sign up for personal health
record access compared with white patients, the authors noted, and the
wealthiest patients were 14 percent more likely to initiate personal health
record use than the poorest patients.
Older patients, between the
ages of 51 and 65, constituted the largest slice of the high-user group, they
found, accounting for four in 10 among such patients.
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Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says
Broadband penetration currently reaches just over half of U.S. homes
By Brad Reed , Network World , 07/24/2008
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The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study.
Just over half of U.S. households currently subscribe to broadband Internet services, but Gartner predic
“I have had letters and calls from many, many readers whose opinions back up
this report and reveal a lack of interest and even a huge distrust of the web,
and there are probably millions of people who are determined never to consider
even trying to operate a computer.”
I think this is very true. My grandmother has never used anything more advanced than a typewriter and she is very skeptical about the internet.
So why aren’t older people using the web? According to Professor Bill Dutton,
who directs OxIS, trust in the Internet is based largely on experience with this
technology. As he said: “Getting elders to experience the Internet, when they
distrust it, is the central challenge.”
According to the union, Internet connection speeds in the United States lag considerably behind those in South Korea, Japan and Sweden, which it said are "many times faster."
Talks about the $7.2 billion allotted for the broadband stimulus and how the money is to be divided between different government agencies. Also mentions debate as to whether the money should go toward updating existing urban broadband connections or extending the range at which broadband is offered to rural areas.
This is the third in a series looking at the lessons for the United States from broadband deployment in other countries. Read the first and second posts. In the paradises of broadband - Japan, South Korea and Sweden - nearly everyone can surf far faster and far cheaper than anyone in the United States.