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Information Technology for Health Advocacy: American Cancer Society's Social Media Strategy
Health: One constantly voiced theme for marketing or advocacy in social media: Listen, dont just talk. (Also, perhaps not coincidently, good advice in effect
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Pharmaceutical Data-Mining, Health Care Privacy and "Free" Speech: Sorrell vs. IMS Health
Health: Today the US Supreme Court is due to hear arguments in Sorrell vs. IMS Health, a pharmaceutical data-mining case that has potentially far reaching im
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Sustainable Health IT: A Plan for Healthcare-Generated e-Waste?
Health: As American and world health care systems move towards increased reliance on health information technology, theres a corresponding need arising for r
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Leveraging EMR to Embed Comparative-Effectiveness Research into Clinical Practice
Health: A new approach to health care delivery may well provide a first taste of the value that can be realized when health IT is integrated into systems for
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Despite Positive Findings, Uncertainty around Evidence Behind Electronic Medical Records
Health: A new review of recent literature on the effectiveness of electronic medical records (EMR) from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Inf
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Do Incentives for Electronic Medical Records Outweigh the Costs?
Health: Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are receiving a lot of attention as well as investment. The federal government has earmarked some $20 billion to get
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Japan Earthquake on Twitter: Social Media Trends During Disaster
Health: The tragic magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck Japan at 12:46 a.m. EST this morning has not only left its mark on the people, infrastructure, societ
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Personal Health Records In Action: Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault
Health: Personal Health Records (PHRs) offer an interesting way for patients to access an electronic health record, or at least selected portions of it. Whil
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Weathering the Health Impact of Climate Change With Social Media Technology
Health: Two new papers point to the pressing need for public and clinical health efforts to pay attention to the effects of climate change when working to pr
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Are Primary Care Docs Ignoring Treatment Guidelines?
Health: A small survey from Germany raises interesting questions about how well primary care physicians follow the latest practice guidelines. Pondering thos
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Use Mhealth and Personal Health Records to Reduce Adverse Drug Events, Harms, and Costs
Health: New research from Vancouver, published this month in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, underscores the complexities, costs and harms of managing pres
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Would mHealth Profit From Cost-Effectiveness Research?
Health: A respected health economist from the University of Chicago argued recently that cost-effectiveness research should be part of the scrutiny that new
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Facebook for Health: Could Social Media Lead to Functional Personal Health Records?
Health: This months issue of Health Affairs discusses a representative survey of physicians reporting that 64% had never used personal health records, but 42
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Is Fee-for-Service Better Than Free for Global Health and Development?
Health: Mhealth innovator and Sproxil.coms CEO Ashifi Gogo has asserted that even in low income countries, people will pay for value. As evidence he points t
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Does Pay-to-Publish Threaten Health Science Integrity?
Health: A couple of recent postings, about Tracking Disease with Twitter and a review showing that theres no evidence that electronic medical records improve
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Tracking Disease With Twitter: Social Media Epidemiology
Health: In health, as in many other sectors, social media such as Twitter are attracting lots of interest. The possible applications for the various technolo
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eHealth News: Review of Evidence for Electronic Medical Records
Health: A lot of hope is being placed on the ability of electronic medical records (EMR) to bail the US out of the health care mess it finds itself in. They
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Tests to Predict Disease: The Future of (Your) Health?
Health: A study published in Health Economics has assessed consumers willingness to pay for predictive tests that tell them whether theyre likely to develop
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Electronic health records may not improve quality
Health: With some $30 billion in federal spending earmarked for electronic health records (EHR, also called EMR for electronic medical record), and health re
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Protect your health from climate change with Mediclim
Health: Can a weather report protect your health from climate change, or more specifically avoid a medical emergency caused by an exacerbation of your chroni
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