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We are data-generating and language-generating machines
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Articles
Communicating With the Internet Generation: Challenges and Opportunities
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E-patients and their hunt for health information
Some interesting data in the following presentation by Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, on how patients and their caregivers seek health information in the digital age and crucially how that information informs their healthcare decisions.
Doctors’ tweets ‘unprofessional’, study shows
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SWEDISH researchers have issued doctors and medical students a fresh reminder to “think before you tweet”, following a study examining physicians’ use of the social media site Twitter.
Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:
This report underlines yet again the need for a greater awareness of and adherence to professional standards online
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Kaiser Permanente Updates Flagship App For Managing Health Care
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Kaiser Permanente launched today an updated version of its flagship mobile app, featuring a leading-edge interactive design, more native functionality to boost speed and overall performance, and has an ADA-compliant user interface for the hearing…
Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:
Download the updated app at appstore.com/kaiserpermanente.
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Mayo Clinic Leads Social Conversations About Healthcare
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Lessons on leveraging through social media a reputation as a trusted source of information.
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Doctors and Patients Need to Understand the Ground Rules
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Should doctors communicate with their patients via email?Excellent communication between physicians and patients is a core requirement of effective medical care.
Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:
Jeffrey Flier, Dean of Harvard Medical School offers his views on e-mail communication between patients and doctors
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Doctors grow more comfortable with their patients’ online medical searches
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As Internet Symptom-Checkers Improve, Health-Care Providers Say It’s OK to Search
Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:
As Internet symptom-checkers improve, many health-care providers say they feel fine with patients doing their own homework ahead of an appointment.
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Study shows social media’s potential to increase organ donations
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We often think of social media as a way to connect with friends, family or customers, but new research shows it can also enable us to help others.
Patients as Collaborators
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Using Focus Groups and Feedback Sessions to Develop an Interactive, Web-Based Self-Management Intervention for Chronic Pain
Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:
The results of this study suggest the potential value of self-management for chronic pain patients and the potential acceptability of web-based delivery of intervention content. Focus group and feedback methodologies highlight the usefulness of including potential program users in intervention development.
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