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- A literature review on health information-seeking behaviour on the web: a health consumer and health professional perspective
- The purpose of this literature review is to provide an overview of research studies published from 2006 to 2010 in the English language on online health information-seeking behaviour by adults from the perspective of both the health consumer and the health professional.
Added: 3 November 2011
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- Who owns patient data?
- Look inside health data access and you'll see why "ownership" is inadequate for patient information. by Fred Trotter. O'Reilly Radar, June 6, 2012. "Who owns a patient's health information? - The patient to whom it refers? - The health provider that created it? - The IT specialist who has the greatest control over it? The notion of ownership is inadequate for health information. For instance, no one has an absolute right to destroy health information. But we all understand what it means to own an automobile: You can drive the car you own into a tree or into the ocean if you want to. No one has the legal right to do things like that to a 'master copy' of health information. All of the groups above have a complex series of rights and responsibilities relating to health information that should never be trivialized into ownership..."
Added: 15 August 2012;
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- Making the Case for Connected Health
- Accenture study explores the future of integrated healthcare delivery. Accenture, January 30, 2012. "... Accenture’s Connected Health study combines deep research—interviews with more than 160 healthcare leaders, a survey among more than 3,700 doctors and clinicians, case studies, literature reviews and more—to provide a broad analysis of how health systems can accelerate progress and gain tangible benefits from their connected health initiatives. Accenture’s research shows that these countries all have a vision for connected health—though each is unique—and highlights the similarities and differences in their responses to the growing health crisis. To improve quality and access while trying to control costs, they are all moving, to some degree, toward integrated healthcare..."
Added: 21 February 2012;
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- Review surveys health information-seeking behaviour on the Internet
- ePractice.eu, 2 November 2011. Country Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, EU Institutions; Domain eHealth; Topic Decision support systems, Health portals, Health risk management, ICT and lifestyle management, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, Personal Health Systems, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "On 4 October 2011, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published a literature review aimed at providing an overview of research studies on online health information-seeking behaviour by adults from the perspective of health consumers and health professionals..."
Added: 3 November 2011;
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- Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media
- "Mayo Clinic believes individuals have the right and responsibility to advocate for their own health, and that it is our responsibility to help them use social media tools to get the best information, connect with providers and with each other, and inspire healthy choices. We intend to lead the health care community in applying these revolutionary tools to spread knowledge and encourage collaboration among providers, improving health care quality everywhere..."
Added: 30 September 2011;
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- Case Study: Mayo Clinic Supports Patients Via Social Media
- Posted By: Stephanie Reese. eMarketer, Posted: September 27, 2011. "To enhance its growing social media presence, nonprofit medical practice and research group Mayo Clinic established a Center for Social Media in July 2010. Since launching the division, Mayo Clinic has bolstered its activity on social networks and blogs. With carefully crafted social media guidelines and an expanded team, the organization has both empowered employees to get involved in the social space and provided patients and healthcare researchers with a robust destination for information and support..."
Added: 30 September 2011;
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- 23% of Global Population Never Uses the Internet for Health Info [INFOGRAPHIC]
- by Zachary Sniderman. Mashable, 19 September 2011. "Mashable's Social Good Summit is in full swing. David Armano, Edelman Digital’s EVP of Global Innovation and Integration spoke Monday about how digital innovation is impacting global health. Edelman surveyed more than 15,165 people to create a global confidence index: how healthy different countries believe they are. While most values seem high, the survey shows how cultural views of health can skew responses..."
Added: 22 September 2011;
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- Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action - MAMA
- The explosion of mobile networks, and the growth in handset ownership, particularly among vulnerable populations in low-resource settings, offers a revolutionary way to effectively deliver timely information to improve awareness of critical health issues and reinforce positive health behaviors. Sending this information directly to the palms of expectant and new mothers is an innovative way to empower women in low-resource settings to take action to improve their own health and the health of their children and families. Access to information via mobile phone can mean access to information about pregnancy, childbirth and the first year of life and empower women to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families... MAMA leverages the collective resources of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Johnson & Johnson and supporting partners, the United Nations Foundation, mHealth Alliance and BabyCenter LLC. The partnership was developed in collaboration with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of State. Over the next three years, MAMA, which is expected to mobilize $10 million, will work across an initial set of three countries, Bangladesh, India and South Africa, to help coordinate and increase the impact of existing mobile health programs, provide resources and technical assistance to promising new business models, and build the evidence base on the effective application of mobile technology to improve maternal health..."
Added: 5 May 2011;
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- Clinton starts global maternal health program via mobile devices
- Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action aims to sign up women for health info, By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, May 3, 2011. "The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has started its first mobile application development partnership aimed at delivering free health care information and tips to pregnant women and mothers around the world via cell phone..."
Added: 5 May 2011;
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- Hacking for health: Health 2.0 Developer Challenge
- Indu Subaiya on the intersection of data, developers and healthcare, by Andrew Odewahn. O'Reilly Radar, 18 January 2011. "Following on their success last year, Health 2.0 is hosting code-a-thons in three cities as part of their Developer Challenge: San Francisco, CA on January 29th, Washington, D.C. on February 12th, and Boston, MA on February 19th. The day will bring together developers, designers, researchers, care providers, patients, and anyone else interested in improving healthcare by building new applications and tools..."
Added: 10 February 2011;
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- Cancer 2.0
- by Susannah Fox. Pew Internet & American Life Project, December 13, 2010. "Broadband and mobile internet access is spreading to more Americans, making them more likely to access health information whenever and wherever they need it. The always-on, always-with-you internet enhances people's online experience and creates a positive feedback loop, reinforcing their interest in using the internet to gather and share information. Given the evidence that people are ready, willing, and able to engage in online discussions about cancer prevention and treatment, what steps are being taken to ensure that the U.S. (and the world) does not miss this latest opportunity for education and discovery?.."
Added: 20 December 2010;
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- Social Networks in Health Care: Communication, collaboration and insights
- New Issue Brief explores potential impacts on the health care industry. Deloitte, July 08, 2010. "Public, Internet-based social networks can enable communication, collaboration and information collection and sharing in the health care space, according to 'Social Networks in Health Care: Communication, collaboration and insights,' a new Issue Brief by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. About one-third of Americans who go online to research their health currently use social networks to find fellow patients and discuss their conditions. Sixty percent of surveyed physicians and 65 percent of surveyed nurses are interested in using social networks for professional purposes..."
Added: 15 October 2010;
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- Heart to heart - directly with your doctor
- by Glenda Kwek. The Age, October 11, 2010. "A Dutch research centre has developed a wireless monitor that allows your organs to send alerts to your mobile phone. The electrocardiogram-sensor system - called the Body Area Network (BAN) - sends information about your heart's performance, brain and muscle activities to your phone, nanoelectronic research institute Imec said this week. The data is then processed and sent over the internet to your doctors..."
Added: 12 October 2010;
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- NEHTA Blueprint
- National E-Health Transition Authority, Version 1.0, Draft for consultation, 13 August 2010. "The NEHTA Blueprint is a reference document intended to familiarise readers with major e-health capabilities that NEHTA is promoting for national adoption. The Blueprint brings together and summarises the key design documents from across the NEHTA work program into a single document, explains how they fit together and how they fit within the broader strategic direction. The Blueprint covers a range of capabilities including identifiers for individuals, providers and organisations, authentication, secure messaging, clinical terminologies, supply chain, pathology requests and reports, diagnostic imaging requests and reports, medication management, referrals and discharge summaries. The Blueprint is a living document and will be periodically updated as the NEHTA work program evolves. This Blueprint is intended for an audience that is actively working in e-health..."
Added: 12 October 2010;
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- E-health diverts funding away from other healthcare services
- E-health has been used as a political football, which takes funding away from other health services, according to the medical practitioner who reviewed the UK government's e-health record implementation, by Mahesh Sharma. Computerworld, 30 August, 2010. "E-health has been used as a political football, which takes funding away from other health services, according to the medical practitioner who reviewed the UK government's e-health record implementation. The comments were made last Tuesday at the health informatics conference in Melbourne, where ABC's Tony Jones moderated an e-health discussion with five industry representatives..."
Added: 2 September 2010;
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- WHO and IHTSDO join forces to harmonise health information
- ePractice.eu, 16 August 2010. Country International Organizations; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, Patient summary, Policy. "The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) announced a collaborative arrangement with the World Health Organization (WHO) to harmonise WHO classifications and the Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) for the benefit of citizens worldwide..."
Added: 19 August 2010;
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