title: Personalized health information.
abstract: This is the second in a series of articles from Planetree, an international nonprofit organization founded in 1978 that's "committed to improving medical care from the patient's perspective." For more information, go to www.planetree.org.
authors.affiliation: Planetree Health Resource Center at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, OR, USA. micheles@mcmc.net
authors.forename: Michele A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Spatz