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As technological innovation empowers consumers to take greater control over their lives, the health industry has taken particular advantage of emerging internet and mobile devices.
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Researchers have released a new study that uses statistical data to help understand the motivations behind Pinterest activity, the roles gender plays among users and the factors that distinguish Pinterest from other popular social networking sites.
Interesting research on Pinterest from Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota. I have written extensively on how healthcare organizations can leverage Pinterest for marketing and the data in this study backs up my own research.
See on www.sciencedaily.com
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Whether you like it or not, you are either crowdsourcing or being sourced. The information we are generating in a big data world is starting to funnel into tightly curated areas of interest to companies and people.
See on socialmediatoday.com
Augie Ray reminds us: “Before you click “submit” to your next social media post, do not simply ask if it will achieve its goal, fits best practices and suits the brand. Ask yourself if it is honest, transparent and ethical. That is a much higher standard, but higher standards are what consumers want and what brands increasingly wish to deliver, aren’t they?”
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This blog, as you have probably noticed, is mainly a content curation site, mixed with some original content. So, I am always interested to find new ways to curate healthcare news.
My latest find – Twitter-RSS.
Twitter-RSS is a free web service which allows you to get the RSS feed for any active Twitter account.
Here is how it works.
Enter the details of a specific Twitter account you have chosen. This brings up the RSS feed of their latest tweets.
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Infographic Summary – What is the Impact of Health IT (iHIT)? Our report moves beyond the acute care setting to determine how HIT impacts the communications of clinicians in a multitude of care delivery settings, including outpatient facilities.
See on www.himss.org
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“I strongly believe that if physicians are scared of transparency or if they ignore it, they’re not going to thrive.”
See on www.symplur.com
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If you’re not blogging, your community is missing out.
When you want to maintain control of your online social media content, blogs are the perfect tactic for reaching your target audience. But the community hospital marketer should be forewarned that they take time and commitment.
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Abstract
Aims
To investigate the progression of the illness and opioid journeys of people who are taking opioids for chronic non-cancer pain.
Methods
In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 people who were taking opioids for non-cancer pain. A purposive sample was drawn from patients attending two pain clinics in Melbourne, Australia. Transcripts were analyzed within case, as individual narratives, and across case, as a thematic analysis. Conceptual explanatory variables were developed.
Results
The experience of taking opioids for chronic non-cancer pain varies greatly between individuals and these diverse narratives—chaos, restitution, and quest narratives—raise questions about why and how some individuals find a way forward, while others remain in situations of chaotic and worsening ill health. We offer an explanation for this variability in terms of four key influences: support from individual health professionals and the health system; medical explanation or solutions; social support and social responsibilities; and the use of non-pharmaceutical interventions and self-help strategies. A unifying theme was the importance of maintaining hope.
Conclusion
The four key factors influencing the progress of people taking opioids for chronic non-cancer pain are rooted in the provisions made by society for caring for this patient group and involve relationships between patient and provider, between patients and their social world, and between different providers and their professional knowledge. In our patient sample, effective support involved the provision and maintenance of hope, and professionals who are knowledgeable about opioids and chronic pain, good communicators, and cognizant with their patients’ social support and responsibilities.
See on onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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In the age of austerity you can pretty much boil healthcare policy down to the maxim ‘doing more with less’.
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