BYOD Initiative
Boston Medical Center plans to institute a “bring your own device” (BYOD) to work policy...Read more
RWJF: Americans Give U.S. Health Care Low Grades
Those with incomes less than $50,000 most likely to view the quality of their care as low. Read more...
EHRs & PHRs-Survey: Most U.S. Adults Want Their Care To Include Health IT
More than 70% of U.S. adults think the country's health care system should be completely changed and a large majority want their care to include health IT, according to a survey released by the Commonwealth Fund, CMIO reports Read more...
Advancing the Field of Health Games
Health Games Research: Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games for Health: accomplishments, challenges, lessons learned and the future... Read More
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
On the Go.....
University of Utah Health Care gives patients on-the-go access to medical records read more
Skype in the classroom
Skype in the classroom is a free tool that can bring education to life for teachers everywhere....Click Here
The Digital Divide and RWJF & Mobile Health
Limited Evidence Supporting Health IT Benefits...
The adoption of health IT systems has not led to large-scale improvements in health care efficiency or patient outcomes...Read more....
...Connecting every part of America to the digital age....
"It's about... a patient who can have face-to-face video chats with her doctor."- President Barack Obama in his State of the Union Address...more
Studies: Health IT has big impact on rural and minority communities January 21, 2011 10:31 AM
Rural and Native Americans, ethnic minorities in poor, urban communities and Alaskan Natives often suffer negative health outcomes disproportionately due to a lack of access to various health IT tools, according to five research studies ...read more
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e-Behaviorial Health
Benefit from new technologies... enable people to have remote access to CBT
