Cyberchondriacs, and Why We Should Stop Calling Names. New concepts need gimmicks. Proven concepts do not. The phenomenon of using the internet to gather and share health information is now mainstream. It’s time to change how we talk about it, revising and maybe even retiring certain terms. Carlos Rizo and I invite you (everyone!) Some history to build our case: In 1998, only about one-third of American adults had access to the internet. In 1999, Tom Ferguson, MD, came up with the term “e-patients” to describe individuals who are equipped, enabled, empowered and engaged in their health and health care decisions. In 2000, Lee Rainie and I wrote the Pew Internet Project’s first health report, The Online Health Care Revolution, using the phrase “health seeker” to describe someone who used the internet for health information. Just to remind you of the sea change we’ve been through, in the year 2000: Over the last 10 years, using the internet to get health information has become an assumption, not an exception.
Older Adults and Social Media. Findings: Older Adults and Social Media Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled—from 22% to 42% over the past year. While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Although email continues to be the primary way that older users maintain contact with friends, families and colleagues, many users now rely on social network platforms to help manage their daily communications—sharing links, photos, videos, news and status updates with a growing network of contacts.
Half (47%) of internet users ages 50-64 and one in four (26%) users age 65 and older now use social networking sites. Half of online adults ages 50-64 and one in four wired seniors now count themselves among the Facebooking and LinkedIn masses. By comparison, social networking sites have gained a much larger foothold in the lives of older Americans over time. Sutte Health offers mobile app to help patients find provider data - Comments - eHealth SmartBrief. Medical bracelets go high-tech and gain more users - Comments - eHealth SmartBrief. Patients Are Splitting Pills To Cut Healthcare Costs. September 2nd, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Research Patients are pill-splitting more to trim back healthcare costs, according to a poll by Consumer Reports. In the past year, 39 percent took some action to cut costs. The poll of more than 1,100 people found that 45 percent of people take at least one prescription drug and average four.
But 27 percent said they didn’t always comply with a prescription, and 38 percent of those younger than 65 without drug coverage didn’t fill prescriptions at all. Just over half of patients felt that doctors didn’t consider their ability to pay when prescribing a drug, while nearly half blamed drugmaker’s influence for physicians’ prescribing habits. How to Create a Pill Card. This guide was designed to help users create an easy-to-use "pill card" for patients, parents, or anyone who has a hard time keeping track of their medicines. Step-by-step instructions, sample clip art, and suggestions for design and use will help to customize a reminder card. To create your own pill card, download the Microsoft Word version - 796.5 KB (Plugin Software Help). Follow the directions to create and use your personalized pill card.
Select to download print version ( How to Create a Pill Card [ - 292.88 KB] KB). Plugin Software Help. Go to the Pharmacy Health Literacy Center for both technical assistance and information on related AHRQ tools. Contents How to Create a Pill CardWhy Create a Pill Card? How to Create a Pill Card Use this guide to find out how you can create an easy-to-use "pill card" for your patients, parents, or anyone you know who has a hard time keeping track of their medicines.
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Best content in Health literacy and patient education resources. Improving Health Literacy: It’s About Empowerment. In my last post, I noted some considerations for improving health literacy. In the next several posts, I’ll consider some instructional design issues that arise when developing health-related educational materials for learners who are not health care professionals and who may or may not have taken a biology course since high school. I’m avoiding using the term “patient” in this discussion because while we’re all patients at one time or another, it’s not a continuous state and generally people don’t view themselves as patients in their daily lives.
The term “health consumers” implies that learners are some marketing demographic. “Health activist” is also a term I considered, but it implies a level of engagement that I’m not going to assume all learners have. Why the words matter Why am I spending so much time explaining terminology I’m not going to use? I think it’s an important example of what should be in the forefront of our minds as we design health-related learning.
Like this: Health. Top of the Class, but Not Straight "A"s. Health care social media. Can a Medical Practice Learn From an Airline? « Pediatric Inc. I got a chance to fly JetBlue for the first time last week. Since I had heard so many good things about the airline, I was looking forward to experiencing the JetBlue, well, experience. I took four flights in total with them. While outbound, they lost my bag. While inbound to Chicago, my last leg was delayed about 2-hours. Would I fly them again? 1) Service with a Smile. – All JetBlue employees have a smile on their face. This one seems like an obvious one. 2) Less Scripted. – I can’t verify this, but it seems to me that JetBlue employees don’t follow scripts when they are announcing things the same way other airline employees do.
In a single day, we can encounter hundreds of people at a practice. 3) Personable. – On a couple of my flights, I noticed that the captain actually stands outside the cockpit, faces the passengers, and addresses the passengers on how long the flight is going to last, if there are any delays, or how soon we’ll be off the ground. We’re all busy. Like this: Legal Issues (Part 3): General Thoughts on Developing Your Social Media Policy « Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. Case Study: Using Social Media to Promote Organ and Tissue Donation « Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. Posted on July 31st, 2010 by Admin Motivated by gratitude for the gift of life they have received, and by a desire to help others, patients who have had a transplant are among the most eager to share their stories and to demonstrate the importance of organ donation.
In addition to just celebrating life, that's a major reason behind the National Kidney Foundation's Transplant Games which are held every two years. This year the games are being held in Madison, Wisc., and during the registration period over the last two days, prior to tonight's opening ceremonies, Mayo Clinic has had a booth offering anyone involved with transplantation an opportunity to share their stories. Here are a few: Joe Stott, a heart transplant recipient from Georgia, told of meeting the family of his donor, Brian, and the special bond they now have: [youtube= [youtube= And Brenda and Evan Donahue told about their experience as she gave him one of her kidneys:
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