Info about a mobile health best practices guide, tele-ICU monitoring
Five reasons virtual doctor visits might be better than in-person ones [MobiHealthNews)
Of course, virtual visits can’t do everything that a doctor can do in-person. But in the average primary care checkup, a patient sees a doctor for about 7 minutes. In that context, it’s not hard to see the advantage of cutting out the extra time and making the most of a short visit. Many speakers at ATA said that virtual visits aren’t just a “good-enough” replacement for when a “real” visit isn’t possible. In many ways, virtual visits are actually superior.
Your next doctor could save your life from hundreds of miles away [Forbes]
Collaborating with colleagues through a telepresence robot, taking notes while the teacher lectures to your avatar while you remain comfortably at home, and receiving a prescription from a doctor you’ve only met on a video screen are all realities today. But certainly caring for the critically ill and their need for immediate attention still requires face-to-face, hands on interaction, right? Wrong.
New guide offers best practices for choosing mobile health apps [iHealthBeat]
The American Health Information Management Association has released a best practices guide to help consumers evaluate mobile health applications, Healthcare IT News reports. The guide focuses in part on ensuring the privacy and security of personal health data.
Half of U.S. physicians use Epocrates on tablets [MobiHealthNews]
One again, Epocrates tops the list as the most popular app for physicians, according to Manahattan Research’s Taking the Pulse 2013 survey results. Of the 2,950 physicians surveyed, Epocrates was used by 70 percent of physicians via their smartphones and 50 percent via tablet devices.
For what types of health care services have consumers read or written online reviews? [iHealthBeat]
Thirty-one percent of U.S. consumers have read online reviews of doctors and 13% have written such reviews, according to a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute. The report found that 28% of U.S. consumers have read online reviews of hospitals and 14% have written such reviews, while 16% of U.S. consumers have read online reviews of insurers and 5% have written such reviews. Twelve percent of U.S. consumers have read online reviews of pharmacies and 5% have written such reviews, the report found.
Twitter for the engaged patient: A curated stream of new evidence [KevinMD.com]
Every weekday, I tweet a carefully curated stream of new evidence, analysis and commentary that covers all the health and health care angles that we – sick or well – might need to know about. I tweet material from major news outlets, peer-reviewed literature, blogs and magazines in the belief that to the extent possible, thoughtful consideration of emerging information and understandings about health and health care will serve us best. Here’s why I tweet what I tweet:
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