Christina Thielst is a hospital and healthcare administrator who has been blogging since 2005. Topics covered on her popular blog, Christina's Considerations, include hospitals, health information technology and exchange, social media, and telehealth.
March 20, 2013 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety
Imagine checking Facebook to identify the quality of care provided at your hospital or to assess patient satisfaction with the experience. More
January 08, 2013 | Christina Thielst | Privacy and Security
t’s time for some New Year’s resolutions; and they have nothing to do with eating right, losing weight or exercising. Instead, they have everything to do with protecting against the organizational... More
December 31, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Telehealth
The Federation of State Medical Boards has produced an overview of telemedicine licensure across the US. More
October 04, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless, Privacy and Security
Since I keep track of this stuff, I need to include this BBC story on my blog. It involves a patient in a hospital ward taking a picture of another patient and posting it on Facebook along with an... More
May 24, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless
The Federation of State Medical Boards has released Model Policy Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice. More
May 02, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless, Privacy and Security
The Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board released a second report on outcome investigations involving social media that were submitted by regional offices and it underscores... More
April 19, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless
Earlier this year I was invited by the eHealth Initiative to participate in a focus group for PwC Health Research Institute's newly released report entitled, “Social media likes healthcare: From... More
March 01, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Health Information Exchange (HIE), Mobile/Wireless
The San Diego Beacon eHealth Community is one example of how we are starting to see the convergence of health information exchange (HIE) and social media technologies. More
February 17, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless
The executive summary of the HIMSS Mobile Technology Survey report had a somewhat alarming statistic -- only 38% of respondents noted that they have a mobile technology policy in place that regulates... More
February 02, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless, Workforce Management
Mobile Health (mHealth) also involves managing the mobile workforce, but I don't often hear this administrative function being discussed. More
January 05, 2012 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless, Privacy and Security, Quality and Safety
When will our employees learn not to identify patients on Facebook or any other social media site? More
December 15, 2011 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless
As I've mentioned before in posts, my background includes service as a hospital risk manager. So, I'm an advocate of techniques to minimize risk. However, I've learned of one that... More
November 02, 2011 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless
A new Sermo report, Yes, MDs are Facebooking their Patients, reveals how physicians are using social networks to connect with patients in new ways. More
October 20, 2011 | Christina Thielst | Workforce Management
A study published in the Journal of Rural Health finds that rural hospitals lag behind urban institutions in nearly every measure of meaningful use; and the differences are particularly large and... More
September 06, 2011 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless
The July/August issue of Government Health IT had an article about tablets making their way into healthcare workplaces and it suggests that we respond by harnessing these assets - cautiously. More
