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Consumer Informatics. Topol Book Study Monday, January 28, 2013 Victoria Aceti Chlebus. Agenda. Case Study Presentation Consumer Informatics & the Engaged Patient Consumer Informatics & the Wireless Revolution Mobile app exercise Blog Assignment. The Engaged Patient.
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Consumer Informatics Topol Book Study Monday, January 28, 2013 Victoria Aceti Chlebus
Agenda • Case Study Presentation • Consumer Informatics & the Engaged Patient • Consumer Informatics & the Wireless Revolution • Mobile app exercise • Blog Assignment
The Engaged Patient • Non-provider versus provider controlled • Population versus individual information • Information available may not always be pertinent or presented in an accessible way • Are there more effective ways to engage patients? • Are mass-population measures effective?
Direct-to-Consumer Ads • Legalized in US in 1997 – not yet legalized in Canada • First to be marketed, Viagra • 127m Americans are taking statins, or 25% of individuals over 45
The Wireless Revolution • Technology available today is changing the way (or should be changing) consumers receive/approach healthcare • Topol discusses the opportunity for more personalized tracking of health data through mobile apps
There’s an app for that! CPR Game WRIST REPAIR REACTINE
Blog Assignment 2 • Taking one of the apps we talked about in the activity, discuss the potential for increased patient engagement through its use. Due Friday before class