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Patient 2.0 Sproutal

Jerry the Bear has been designed for kids with Type 1 Diabetes The bear educates children and also sends info to the parents as how children engage with the bear The bear is a subscription model plus 200$ for the bear upfront the company may in future work with pharmaceutical companies jellyfish is another app that helps kids behave change in this area The bear can also help parents engage with their children and start discussions … [Read more...]

Patient 2.0 HealthClipsRx

Milner Fenwick's product is a hd digital video library and prescribable mobile app allowing patient education to be delivered at the point of care The videos were created with physician and nurses input Goal was to have consistency in education it's easy to navigate and you can bookmark particular items It works on a tablet There is a comments or feedback element on each of the videos Where patients can comment The hospital can use the app and they can manage the playlist or content that … [Read more...]

Patient 2.0 – Mayo Clinic myCare app

App for patients while they are in hospital They can do self assessments each day but also they can get information for their recovery programs while in hospital. It is cloud based and the patient can give access to the information to family members It is not connected to electronic health records currently To motivate the patients the physicians can see if they are using the app and if not they can encourage them The app has a care plan so patients can see what thei expected hospital … [Read more...]

Patient 2.0 FuturaMobility

David Gulian showcases product where patients report their daily COPD symptoms using a smartphone or tablet The information is collected regularly throughout the day allowing the doctor to see the info The issue of compliance is asked and they believe that it will be peer pressure from the patients family They also have a special rewards program for each patient that participates so this drives engagement Also their family gets to see if they are using the system Cost - 140$ per month … [Read more...]

Patient 2.0 – live blog – intro session

The first session of the health conference starts today and is Patient 2.0 In this session a variety of innovations will be showcased that deal with the health sector and patients. The innovations are being rated by the panel on elects such as patient user experience data handling, engagement and retention and others. There are six innovations being showcased today. We have a very able panel here today that will be assessing the tools. The title of the session is called Patient Shark Tank … [Read more...]

Social Media in Health Care Conference Highlights

Recently  I was asked to chair the inaugural Social Media Health Care conference in Sydney.  It was great to see a local conference focusing on social media and health - a passion of mine. The two day event developed by Informa had an excellent range of speakers and these are just a few of the highlights (please note I was only in attendance day one) The Ramsey HealthCare presentation  -  Damon did an excellent job at expressing the breadth of social integration at Ramsey HealthCare. … [Read more...]

PwC Report: ‘Social media “likes” healthcare – From marketing to social business

Recently PwC Health Institute released a report entitled 'Social media “likes” healthcare - From marketing to social business.  The report examined how healthcare in the US and Social Media interacted. These were some of the Findings: PwC believes that Social Media typically consists of four characteristics thathave changed the nature of interactionsamong people and organizations:user generated content,community, rapid distribution, and open, two-way dialogue. According to HRI’s survey, … [Read more...]

Boost Facebook Fan Engagement with the right questions

As I am currently teaching Social Media and doing research with the UTS I am always keen to see what other academic institutions are publishing in this area. Recently WaveMetrix produced a report looking at Millenials and Facebook online engagement produced by a range of academics. They found that  questions that include the following  elements can help increase online community engagement: 1. Appeal to fans' expertise - crowdsourcing ideas and information 2 Make it inspirational  -  asking … [Read more...]

Consumer Health Site Launched in Australia

This month a new Australian website entitled Patient Opinion was launched. The site asks health consumers to submit their experience good bad or ugly to the site. The owners of the site are were founded in the UK in 2005 and since then has grown to be the UK's leading independent non-profit feedback platform for health services. Patient Opinion Australia (POA) was established in 2012 and, similar to its UK counterpart, is registered as an independent not-for-profit charitable institution. The … [Read more...]

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