Groups Tap Funding for Mobile Health Efforts Targeting Seniors With Chronic Conditions

How mobile health technology could benefit seniors.  Read more 

Telepsychiatry Growing in Popularity; Barriers, Drawbacks Remain

Some health providers have raised concerns about telepsychiatry  Read more

Doctors, Patients and Social Media

Survey about physician use of social media and their interactions with patients and peers online. HDM Daily  Click here

Patients watch iPads in surgery

The introduction of iPads for patients undergoing hand surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is said to have significantly alleviated the stress and anxiety of the people using them.Read more

Report: Social Media Helpful in Emergencies but Open to Inaccuracy

Use of social media tools can be effective in emergency situations but that there are risks the information being communicated can be inaccurate or malicious. Federal Computer Week, Fierce Government IT.

HHS Announces Mobile Health Recommendations, Initiatives: Text4Health

HHS can play a role in health-related text messaging campaigns and mobile health programs. iHealthbeat Read More

HHS announces Text4Health task force recommendations and global partnership  blog post

Task force provides recommendations on health text messaging, mobile health technologies and commits to a global partnership

What are the most important things in your life?

London Science Museum asked 3,000 adults about the most important items and services in their lives. Fresh water came in at number three...Read more

ONC Finalizes Federal Health IT Strategic Plan

Key goals remain, with some changes  Read More

Social Media Use in Health Care for Quality Improvement

The Health Strategy Innovation Cell and The Change Foundation to help healthcare organizations understand the possibilities of using Social Media for Quality Improvement (QI). Read More

Most Health Workers Use Social Media for Professional Purposes

A survey by Frost & Sullivan and the Institute for Health Technology Transformation finds that about 75% of workers at health care organizations use social media websites for professional purposes. Read More

HHS, AT&T, Diabetes Association Team Up for Mobile Health Project

HHS, AT&T and the American Association of Diabetes Educators announced a plan to use mobile phones to provide training in diabetes self-management to an underserved minority community in Dallas  Read more

Enabling Patients to Become Active Participants in their Care

RWJF Announces New Website—bluebuttondata.com to Provide People with Easy Access to their Health Information

Apple helps health care professionals cut thru medical apps clutter

Apple’s new healthcare section includes six categories of apps: reference apps, educational apps, EMR & patient monitoring apps, imaging apps, point of care apps, and personal care apps (which is for consumers.)  
Links to the iTunes room:
These URLs work only for US and Canada iTunes Store and will redirect based on which store iTunes you are signed into.
iPhone: itunes.com/healthcareprofessionalsiphoneapps
iPad: itunes.com/healthcareprofessionalsipadapps     Read more

Informatics Supporting the Social Patient

• Helping Consumers Be Partners in Their Own Health    

  •  PatientsLikeMe.com  

  • Engaging Providers and Patients as Consumers in Healthcare Transformation

ONC Launches New Website Offering Health IT Resources

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has launched its new HealthIT.gov website, which aims to provide information on health IT issues to patients and health care providers. The new website will connect users to various resources, such as information about the privacy of electronic health records and guidance on implementing EHR systems.  Click here

Campaign To Engage Patients on Care Quality

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is working with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on an effort to engage consumers in care quality through a new website and other initiatives. Government Health IT et al. Read more

Mobile community staff 'save £3k each per year'

In the UK, mobile devices loaded with office and clinical software allowed them to make nearly 9% fewer referrals and avoid 21% of admissions. Read more

Ways mobile phones can influence healthy behavior

“Exploring Everyday Health Routines of a Low Socioeconomic Population through Multimedia Elicitations”  Click here for more