ABSTRACT
As all roads of modern living, from business, to shopping to making friends, now run through the internet, it is not surprising that simple-to-use online tools are available at the fingertips for addressing almost any medical issue, from the simple question of “how long am I going to live?” (enter gender and date of birth at the U.S. Social Security life expectation calculator (https://www.ssa.gov/oact/population/longevity.html) to “what is my 30 day risk of postoperative surgical site infection after colorectal surgery?” (input some general information about yourself, including whether or not you smoke, pull some information from your medical chart, such as your albumin level, find out some specifics on your surgery, such as the duration in minutes, and enter at the appropriate calculator on https://www.lerner.ccf.org/qhs/risk_calculator/).
