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mHealth: Prevention is Better Than Cure | HealthWorks Collective

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However, today, as we walk around with smartphones, equipped with cameras, internet access and modest processing power, we may be carrying the future of diagnosis in our pockets.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

What’s interesting is that this new tech is another way in which digital media is enriching and evolving the healthcare landscape. For a while now, digital communications have been used to reach healthcare professionals and patients, while social media allows peer-to-peer connectivity, disease awareness and support. Now a new channel of opportunity and safety could be opening up.

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Posted in #BCCEU, HCSM, Patient Empowerment, Twitter

The Power Of The Tweet!

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I logged on to the #BCCEU twitter timeline to find the following tweet @bcceu – In Aus. Health profs gave no info re Living Well courses. Have now emailed to book attendance. Thanks!!! #breastcance…

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

Confirmation if ever I needed it that social media is changing the face of healthcare and empowering patients.

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Cognitive Dissonance: Why Social Sharing Creates Employee Advocates | Social Media Today

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Getting employees to participate in social media not only has the benefit of amplifying your content marketing, but also improves employee morale.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

How can you get your employees to start acting like brand ambassadors?  Focus on the fundamentals: make it easy, motivate them and measure it so you can recognize brand advocacy.

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Posted in HCSM, Patient Advocacy

Two reasons to make patient engagement a priority

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Patient engagement should be a priority not just from a clinical perspective but from a cost perspective too. 

Patients who are engaged in their own healthcare not only have better clinical outcomes but have also lower costs of healthcare, according to new studies published in HealthAffairs.

By analyzing more than 30,000 patients, researchers at Fairview Health Services, a Minnesota health system, found that patients who were “least activated” — less involved in managing their health — had 8 percent higher costs than those who were actively engaged. While average costs were 8 percent higher in the first year, that figure shot up to 21 percent in the second year.

A separate study also found that patients who received help from their providers such that they could share in decision making saw 12.5 percent fewer hospital admissions and lower healthcare costs.

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