Patients’ use of digital media

该项目旨在确定澳大利亚人如何使用数字媒体，以及这如何影响治疗的发展和可获得性，以及这种数字媒体使用背后的社会文化因素。患者可以使用数字媒体来管理自己的健康，但这可能会导致患者受到伤害，公众对基础科学失去信心。预期的结果是深入了解这一最近快速增长的社会学现象，并为制定公共政策战略提供科学基础，以确保医疗保健资源得到有效和低成本的使用。

This project aims to determine how Australians use digital media and how this influences the development and availability of treatments and the sociocultural factors underlying this digital media use. Patients can use digital media to manage their own health, but this may result in patient harm and a loss of public confidence in the underlying science. The intended outcome is to gain insights into this recent and fast-growing sociological phenomenon, and provide a scientific basis for formulating public policy strategies to ensure that healthcare resources are used efficiently and cost-effectively.