Virtual Health Care May Be Better Than In-Office Visits

A five-year study of HIV patients found a telehealth system, including a virtual pharmacy and community forums, to be as effective as in-office visits to the doctor...Read More

Social Media use to find Health Data

DATA POINTS

Among Those Who Use Social Media To Find Health Data, Which Sites Do They Visit?
	Ninety-four percent of surveyed U.S. residents who use social media sites to find health care information said they have used Facebook, while 32% have used YouTube, 18% have used Twitter or MySpace, and 2% have used FourSquare, according to a National Research Corporation survey.

Dr. David Blumenthal ONC Seeks Public Comment on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan: 2011-2015

The Public Comment period for the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan is now open. Comments must be submitted via the Federal Health IT Buzz Blog. The comment period will end Friday, April 22 at 11:59pm (Eastern).

For More Information:

• Read an Overview of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan [PDF - 876 KB]
• Read the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan [PDF - 1 MB]
• Make a public comment on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
• Read Dr. Blumenthal's blog entry about the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
• Read the Press Release Announcing the Public Comment Period for Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
• Check out the blog post about the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan from Todd Park, HHS Chief Technology Officer

eMedication makes a difference

Improve medication safety, reduce costs, and increase medication adherence...Read More....

BECOMING an “Onliner”

...“cybergogical” approaches...read more

Finding Meaning in Meaningful Use

Of the 15 Core and 10 Menu Set Meaningful Use Measures, at least eight of them could have had a significant impact...

On the Go.....

University of Utah Health Care gives patients on-the-go access to medical records read more

'Seeing’ the Difference With the Help of Nursing Informatics

Pause, look around and see where there may be opportunities to use technology readily available to improve patients' and caregivers' experiences ....Click Here for More...

Four more must-read mobile health reports

If you haven’t yet soaked in these four mHealth reports, you are handicapping your mHealth acumen. Here’s four freely downloadable reports you must read..Click Here for more,,,

Skype in the classroom

Skype in the classroom is a free tool that can bring education to life for teachers everywhere....Click Here