By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA [Original post, “Too Much Hype in the Mobile Health App World?” published on The Huffington Post on 7/23/12 in the Healthy Living/Health News Section.] The Wild West of mobile health (mHealth) is taking the health care industry by storm, but “there are no rules to the game,” said Joseph C. Kvedar, M.D., founder and director at the Center for Connected Health in a recent interview. Mobile health is a…
Read More...Social Media and Health IT – List of HIT100 Winners
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Healthcare IT News recently published the winners of #HIT100. The #HIT100 is a crowd-sourced list of the most influential individuals or organizations who contribute to the advancement of health care technology through social media. Nominated by their peers, winners are Twitter users active in the health IT (#HealthIT) and social media (#HITsm) space. Michael Planchart, enterprise healthcare architect at Perficient, and blogger at The EHR Guy is the creator…
Read More...Engage With Empathy
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Original post, “Engage with Empathy” published on The Huffington Post on 6/27/12 in the Healthy Living/Health News Section. Do you feel connected with your doctor or other health care providers? Do you partner with your providers? How important is patient engagement to you? What words do you use to define patient engagement? Do you consider yourself an empowered patient or health care consumer? What is patient engagement? Here is…
Read More...3 Rapid-Fire Health Care Social Media Networking Tips
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Lead, listen and learn how to engage in health care social media networking. 1. Leadership – Innovation is only possible with leaders willing to challenge the status quo. True leaders are the ones who passionately step out of the boundaries, willing to take action. In order for social media to flourish in any organization it needs motivated leaders at the helm who are ready for action. Leaders must have…
Read More...3 Best Health Care Tips – mHealth to Social Media Networking
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA As a registered nurse, here are three of my top health tips for taking charge of your health. These aren’t the typical how-to-tips; rather, they help empower you by getting you involved in a hi-tech and social world. 1. Get involved. You are the most important member of your health care team. You are the biggest stakeholder in your health care, and you have the choice to live a…
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