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Health2Dublin May Online Discussion with Rainer Herzog (Director, mHIMSS Europe)

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On Monday May 6th we will host an online dicussion with Rainer Herzog, the director of mHIMSS Europe, the globally-focused mobile initiative offered by HIMMS. We will be discussing the role of modern health technologies, and the role of mHIMMS for the upcomping eHealthWeek held here in Dublin on May 13th -15th.

 

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

Rainer Herzog is a renowned expert in e- and m-Health and spent over 20 years of his professional career in the pharmaceutical, medical technology and ICT industries. He worked with Roche Diagnostics as Product Manager for the company’s laboratory tests product line in France and also held the position of Head of International Marketing Cardiology at Schwarz Pharma in Germany.

 

Rainer then joined Ericsson as Head of Strategy & Business Development for the company’s e- and m-health business and later on was with Siemens Enterprise, where he worked as Global Segment Leader Healthcare.

 

He started with HIMSS Europe in November 2012 as Director of mHIMSS Europe and assumed the position of Managing Director of HIMSS Analytics Europe in March 2013.

In addition to his roles at HIMSS Europe, Rainer is a Managing Partner at HealthActiveConsulting in Germany.

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Thoughts On Patient Engagement, Patient-Centeredness and Communication-Centered Medical Records

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Sometimes I come across a post that I absolutely must share… such is the case with this re-print of a post by Rob Lamberts, MD, a primary care physician practicing “somewhere in the southeastern United States.” He blogs regularly at More Musings (of a Distractible Kind), where this post first appeared.

“Patient engagement.”

What is “Patient Engagement?”  It sounds like a season of “The Bachelor” where a doctor dates hot patients.  It wouldn’t surprise me if it was. After all, patient engagement is hot; it’s the new buzz phrase for health wonks.  There was even an entire day at the recent HIMSS conference dedicated to “Patient engagement.”  I think the next season of “The Bachelor” should feature a wonk at HIMSS looking for a wonkettes to love.

Here’s how the Internets define “Patient engagement”:

  • The Get Well Network (with a smiley face) calls it: “A national health priority…

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How the Internet and social media are changing healthcare

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The Internet offers more than WebMD searches to find out what that headache really means. But how should we – and doctors – navigate this tricky space?

 

You wake up feeling a slight tickle in your throat. You try and shake it off and drink lots of water. After a few hours, it’s still there. Instead of calling your mom or making a doctor appointment, you head to the Internet. 

 

Today, anyone with a computer and a connection can get online and find a variety of results, ranging from simple sore throat to the more serious, like bronchitis and asthma.

 

But just because we can doesn’t mean we should. In a world where almost everyone is online and can easily find and provide medical solace, is it really, truly a good idea to consider social media and the Web a reliable source of healthcare?

Doctors and hospitals are on the social media bandwagon

Today, more and more members of the medical profession are embracing social media for sharing helpful medical information and providing patient care.

 

A Pricewaterhouse Cooper conducted survey asked over a thousand patients and over a hundred healthcare executives what they thought of the way many healthcare companies are utilizing social media and the Web, and results show the most trusted resources online are those posted by doctors (60 percent), followed by nurses (56 percent), and hospitals (55 percent).

 

See on www.digitaltrends.com