Access, Use and Consequences of ICT in Network Society
Internet users and mHealth in Europe
Following Social determinants of Health and ICT for Health (eHealth) conceptual framework and the results from Citizens and ICT for Health in 14 EU countries: results from an online panel survey I have been exploring the difussion of mHealth in Europe. Internet users were asked about the use of health/wellness application on their mobile phone:
77% [...]
Meaningful use of eHealth in Acute Hospital in Europe - Benchmarking eHealth deployment
A few months ago I posted about a report titled A Composite Index for the Benchmarking of eHealth Deployment in European Acute Hospitals Distilling reality into a manageable form for evidence-based policy co-author with Cristiano Codagnone. On 23th March I was invited by the Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality to present the [...]
Social determinants of Health and ICT for Health (eHealth) conceptual framework
Lately I have been designing, launching and gathering an online panel survey to a representative sample of Internet users in 14 European countries (approximately 14,000 responses). To ground the questionnaire I have developed a conceptual framework inspired and based on the two main sources. On the one hand, the Marmot Review team:
Solar O & Irwin [...]
Innovation, Active patients and Diabetes
Yesterday I participated in a workshop about Innovation, active patients and Diabetes. I would like to share some of the scientific references I used for my presentation
Glasgow, R. E., Kurz, D., King, D., Dickman, J. M., Faber, A. J., Halterman, E., et al. (2011). Twelve-month outcomes of an Internet-based diabetes self-management support program. Patient Educ [...]
Health-related Information as Personal Data in Europe: Results from a Representative Survey in Eu27
On behalf of my co-authors, Wainer Lusoli, Margherita Bacigalupo, Ioannis Maghiros, Norberto Andrade, and Cristiano Codagnone from Information Society Unit - European Commission, DG JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), Seville, Spain, I’m presenting “Health-related Information as Personal Data in Europe: Results from a Representative Survey in EU27″ at Medicine 2.0′11 (Stanford University, USA).
Health-related [...]
Evaluation of Integrated Care: From methods to governance and applications - Economics of eHealth
Based on The Economics of eHealth (I) and some inputs from my colleague Cristiano Codagnone I have developed my presentation to “Recent Developments and Future Challenges of Integrated Care in Europe and Northern America” - 11th International Conference on Integrated Care organised by The International Network of Integrated Care, The Julius Center of the University [...]
eHealth Literacy as a catalyst to overall digital literacy among the elderly
Susannah Fox has invited Jessica Mark to post on www.e-patient.net:
This is a guest post by Jessica Mark, healthfinder.gov and Outreach Program Manager, Health Communication and eHealth Team in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The result of this invitation is entitled Making Strides Toward Improving [...]
Thoughts, comments, news, and reflections about healthcare IT from Microsoft's worldwide health senior director Bill Crounse, MD, on how information technology can improve healthcare delivery and services around the world.