title: Why patients ride the information highway.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Scolamiero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003219:Confidentiality; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012648:Self Care; D012944:Social Support; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface