Abstract
The patient-centered movement started not long ago and has been accompanied by an increasing number of publications describing different aspects of patient-focused healthcare and research. For example, a study in this issue of the journal reports on characteristics of individuals who tweet weight loss attempts ( see page 1032 ), and another provides a guide to conducting treatment fidelity of mHealth-based systems ( see page 959 ). Patients use the Internet not only as a means to seek help independently, but also to provide information to and about healthcare systems. For example, patients amend electronic health records (EHRs) ( see page 992 ) and rate physicians online ( see page 1098 ). This connected health behavior has raised concerns that a large “digital divide” could promote or exacerbate health disparities. However, there is evidence that patients may …
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