Empower Yourself...Welcome to your future and beyond.... Working together we will build upon our "collective wisdom" to create, for tomorrow, what we can only imagine today...J. Perl, Editor
Games for Health | Can online and mobile games improve patient outcomes?
Clinical evidence suggests that games related to health and wellness 
have tremendous potential to promote healthy behaviors and even improve 
outcomes and medical treatment adherence. Applying games to healthcare is not a trend or fad. It is a rapidly 
growing and extremely collaborative field, and as technology continues 
to develop, so will the capabilities of the games. By creating games 
that augment our healthcare providers’ treatment plans, we can empower 
patients by enhancing their learning through experiential and 
interactive approaches that ultimately drives behavior change. In doing 
so, people can live healthier and more fulfilled lives. 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.