eHealthRecord.info Archives

eHealthRecord.info Archives 5 May 2008

| Vol. 5 No. 9 May 14, 2008 |

FACTS AND STATS

An estimated three million Canadians (Internet World Stats 2007) visit a hugely popular social networking site, Facebook, on any given day. This Web 2.0 universe was created just three years ago and is today the most popular website among Canadians. While there, users connect with people as friends or confidantes; they participate in communities where members share similar concerns and ambitions relating to politics, culture, art - and chronic illness. As of August 2007, there were roughly 1,200 Facebook communities advocating for cures for different chronic illnesses. The Canadian Cancer Society's Facebook community included, as of the time of this writing, 14,730 members from around the world; 3,732 Facebook users had registered as members for the cause to find a cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Source: Web 2.0 and Chronic Illness: New Horizons, New Opportunities
Date Published: January, 2008


AROUND THE WORLD

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NEWS FROM CANADA

Industry Leaders Form Task Force to Align on Electronic Health Record Standards

Clinical Information System Now in Use at All Island Hospitals


LATEST IN THE FIELD

Technology to Allow Automated Medical Information to Transmit, Store Through Wireless System

Push to E-Health Records Takes Away from Compliance Efforts, Survey Says

Q&A with Mike Leavitt


INDUSTRY SPEAK

IBM and Siemens Healthcare Team to Help Community Hospitals Reduce Operating Costs and Energy Consumption

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions


INFOWAY UPDATE

Find Out What's New and Happening at Canada Health Infoway


WORTH NOTING

WHIN Annual General Meeting and Symposium: Envision Improvement: Integrative Thinking & Connectivity in Health Quality & Safety

New Delivery Models in Healthcare

US National Health IT Week

9th International Conference on System Science in Health Care

Medicine 2.0™ Conference: Web 2.0 in Health and Medicine


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