One in five Americans use social media websites as a source of healthcare information, according to National Research Corp.'s Ticker survey, which bills itself as the largest, most up-to-date poll on consumer healthcare opinions and behaviors.
News sites still remain the most trusted online healthcare resource (68 percent), while user-generated contributions on Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blogs are used less frequently (54 percent), according to results from a national consumer survey conducted by Makovsky + Company.
YouTube user ACMI2008 posted this 1966 clip in which Akron, Ohio-based Akron Children's Hospital touts its 1961 electronic medical record. It was cutting-edge at the time...
According to a new study, just one in three hospitals or health systems has a formal social media plan in place – something researchers say is key to using such media successfully.
Medical professionals — not just doctors — have discovered some creative (and not-so-creative) ways to apply the technology to many different aspects of their field, meaning savvy, Internet-literate patients should stay on the lookout for what might lay ahead.
Donna Katen-Bahensky, president and CEO of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, discusses how the full adoption of an EHR can make a difference in patient care and medication management in this video from the HIMSS YouTube channel.
You can read about the shift happening. You can see the shift happening. You can sense the shift happening. In all of this, there is still an understanding that we have a long way to go in order to achieve a true connected health care system, yet we know the movement is happening.
Although social networking sites can be useful tools to disseminate healthcare information, some sites fall short of providing patient-centered resources and even provide misleading data, according to two studies that were presented Monday at the American College of Gastroenterology's ACG) 76th Annual Scientific meeting in Washington.
Before the Obama administration set aside billions to accelerate the dissemination of EHRs, providers were slow to adopt them. As recently as 2 years ago for example, a study published in the NEJM revealed that only 4% of non-hospital based providers had fully implemented an EHR, and only 13% more had a partial installation.
Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of Informatics at HIMSS, and co-chair of the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI), discusses a recent report on the criteria needed to transform the nursing profession.
John P. Hoyt, executive vice president of HIMSS Organizational Services, discusses the Stage 7 hospital concept, which HIMSS Analytics considers the pinnacle of the paperless environment.
There was a time --not too long ago, in fact-- when it seemed safe and reasonable to define health information technology narrowly: the acronym encompassed the management of health information and its secure exchange between patients, providers, and insurers.
In earlier blog posts I've touched on the importance for both employers and job seekers to maintain their online reputation because the internet and social media offers a whole level of transparency when it comes to the recruitment process.
The HIMSS Annual Conference promises to be the must attend event for Health IT in 2012. It is loaded with 300+ education sessions focused on the industry's hottest topics being talked about and experienced today.
On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), unveiled a new GOP budget plan, "The Path to Prosperity Budget." With a YouTube video circulating, an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, and various on-camera interviews, Republicans are calling the proposal the "real solution" to the debt crisis.
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 two main points.
Remember in high school how it didn’t take long for a rumor or juicy piece of gossip to run rampant through the halls and spread faster than a wildfire fueled by 80 MPH winds? Well, social media is the new word of mouth.
