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ORLANDO, FL - The debut of HIMSS' HIT X.0 mini-conference at last month's HIMSS11 Conference and Expo in Orlando drew hundreds of attendees to a keynote featuring Aneesh Chopra, the nation's technology czar, and John Glaser, CEO of the Health Services Business Unit at Siemens.
NEW YORK - Hospitals aren't taking advantage of the opportunities Facebook creates to better engage patients, build healthcare communities or develop their brands, according to a new study.The study, touted as the first to look at how hospitals are using Facebook, was conducted by Verasoni Ah Ha! Insights, a new research arm of Verasoni Worldwide, and business consulting firm Simon Associates Management Consultants.
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.The survey found that 94 percent of respondents have used Facebook to gather information on their healthcare, 32 percent used YouTube, 18 percent used Twitter and MySpace and 2 percent used FourSquare, a location-based website.
More effective use of information technology after a major disaster could significantly improve patient outcomes, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the University of California, Davis. A control tower-style telemedicine hub that can manage electronic traffic between first responders and remote medical experts could boost the likelihood that critically-injured victims will get timely care and survive, according to the research team's computer simulation model.