Dr. Lorraine Buis is an Associate Professor in the University of Michigan (UM) Department of Family Medicine where her research focuses on the use of communication technologies for health promotion and chronic disease self- management. She is currently the Faculty Lead for the Telehealth Research Strategic Initiative in the UM Institute for Health Policy & Innovation and she also serves as Editor- in-Chief of the journal JMIR mHealth & uHealth. Dr. Buis completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Ann Arbor VA Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence after obtaining her PhD in Mass Media from the Michigan State University Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media.
Distinguished Speaker Series: Laurie Buis
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In the U.S., almost three-quarters of patients utilize five-star scale web ratings of physicians to guide them. But how much should you trust these online ratings?