A Look Across Inspire’s Annual Surveys

A Look Across Inspire’s Annual Surveys By Hannah Eccard Over the past four years, Inspire has conducted an annual survey of its members. Participation has been high, with an average of 10,000 members participating each year. This large pool of data over time provides a unique glimpse at the changes that have occurred in social media use in healthcare. The use of social media and mobile apps among patients and caregivers has changed dramatically over the past four years and Inspire’s annual survey data supports this. For example, in 2014, 70 percent of the over 13,000 respondents [...]