The Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project this
year found that emerging nations are embracing the internet and mobile
technology, and that this phenomenon is "significantly more common among
young people." For example, the following percentages
from Pew Research show people aged 18-29 who access the internet or own
a smartphone: Brazil, 72; Turkey, 67; Mexico, 65; Philippines, 52;
Nigeria, 45; and Ghana, 38. The numbers for use of social networking
sites are almost as high.
While the means of communication will continue to change, the laws of
communication are immutable. One such laws is that effective
communication requires that you deliver your message to your target
audience in a format that is relevant to them. For youth around the
world, that increasingly means internet, mobile technology and social
media. Read More
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
http://jamia.bmj.com/site/icons/amiajnl8946.pdf
- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.