We’ve been writing a lot about the case for mobile in healthcare over the past couple of years. And we’re going to keep writing about it. With one quarter of US adults turning to their mobiles for healthcare information, it’s important that the industry keeps pushing forward with innovative sites, apps and tools that will [...]
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by Russ Ward (@russcward)
Can science be crowdsourced? Can medicine take advantage of the knowledge of the masses to leapfrog to advances? Can we use social media tools to cure disease?
These are (increasingly specific) questions about the utility of digitally shared intelligence to improve healthcare – sometimes called “citizen science” (similar to “citizen journalism”). While nobody is [...]
Tags:Communities·crowdsource·crowdsourcing·FoldIt·Health·Health care·health tracking network·healthcare·John Mack·patient·Pharma·Pharmaceutical industry·science·SETI@Home·Trends
At ePharma Summit 2011, in February, Thomas Goetz, Executive Editor of WIRED Magazine, discussed how technology can help people make better decisions about their health, and explains the concept of Information with Feeling, or I.W.F., as a way to communicate messages more efficiently through good design.
Did we see this happen? Is the best yet to [...]
Tags:Compliance·Health·IWF·technology·Thomas Goetz·Tim Goetz·wired
by Sven Larsen
Twenty-three years ago, World AIDS Day dedicated the first of December to focusing attention on the fight against the disease: raising awareness, fighting to lower infection rates and boost survival rates, and honor those who have been part of the fight.
On a personal level, you can more about World AIDS Day and how you can [...]
Tags:"Getting To Zero"·#worldAIDSday·AIDS·communication·Disease Prevention·diseases·Education·Health·healthcare·HIV·inspiration·World AIDS Day
by Dennis Portello
Everywhere you turn, a wave of seemingly ever-accelerating technology changes impact our world. From computers to communications, from basic research to go-to-market products, technology has increased productivity and, most would argue, increased our standard of living.
Against that backdrop – not to mention the backdrop of individual lives, full of smartphones, computers, iPads and [...]
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by Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz)
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the healthiest one of all?
Imagine if looking in the mirror could reveal more than just the lines on your face or the state of your hair. What if the mirror was magic and could know what medications you needed to take or whether your blood sugar [...]
Tags:Compliance·Design·Digital Tools·Education·engagement·future·Health·Health care·healthcare·information·innovation·magic mirror·RFID·technology·User Experience·user needs
by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl)
Here’s the question: How do we help people get healthy and stay healthy?
With all the information that’s available, you’d think it would be a no brainer, right? There are warning labels and public service announcements and calories posted at point of purchase. Yet, people seem not to care. When, for instance, was [...]
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Jane Sarasohn-Kahn of THINKHealth talks about the digital skill sets required to change health related behavior and how the Fast Forward film festival addresses those topics.
Tags:#uniched·behaviors·Health·innovation·Jane Sarasohn-Kahn·THINKHealth
Joe Hogan of Epion Health talks about putting tablets at the point of care at Digital Pharma East 2011.
Tags:#digpharm·Conferences·Digital Pharma East·digital pharma east 2011·engagement·Health·Health care·healthcare·innovation·patient·Patients·tablets·Trends·User Experience
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn (@healthythinker) talks about how macro and microeconomics affect people’s attitudes towards healthcare.
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