Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthcare. Show all posts

Friday, 25 March 2016

How Can Technology Make You Healthy? Find Out With This Free Online Course

How Can Technology Make You Healthy? Find Out With This Free Online Course

eHealth refers to the use of technologies to improve well-being, health, and healthcare. It is an umbrella term that captures concepts about the health context, technology, and people. In the free online course “eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology and Health” you can learn about the design, application, implementation and evaluation of eHealth.

eHealth: Combining Psychology, Technology and Health

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Saturday, 24 October 2015

Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

Smartphones communicating through their apps - Modern personal communication concept

Social media has emerged as a new channel for both seeking information, and for creating and exchanging user-generated content among peers. But as the amount of information being uploaded to social networks such as Facebook, Whatsapp or YouTube continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly difficult to discern reliable health information from misleading content.

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Tuesday, 7 August 2012

New malaria vaccine target found

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Researchers have made a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria by finding a protein of the disease that a vaccine could target.
“A vaccine against malaria is urgently needed to reduce this disease globally and currently there is no licensed malaria vaccine available.”

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Tuesday, 17 July 2012

A nursing program shows promise for reducing deaths from chronic illnesses

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“A community-based nursing program delivered in collaboration with existing health care services is more effective in reducing the number of older people dying from chronic illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, than usual care according to a study by US researchers published in this week’s PLoS Medicine.”

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Friday, 13 July 2012

A Career in Healthcare Management



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What Does a Medical Manager Do?


“Whether the title is manager, medical practice manager, physician practice manager, administrator, practice administrator, executive director, office manager, CEO, COO, director, division manager, department manager, or any combination thereof, with some exceptions, people who manage physician practices do some combination of the responsibilities listed here or manage people who do…”


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Sunday, 1 July 2012

Online Gerontology Programs

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Online gerontology provides students with an understanding of aging and its effects on society. This page provides details of programs, schools, and more …

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Sunday, 24 June 2012

Mobile App Overload for Doctors [Infographic]

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With smartphones and apps quickly gaining popularity in healthcare, there are now thousands of medical apps available in the app store. This infographic illustrates the app overload challenge faced by doctors today.



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Saturday, 16 June 2012

Health Care Administration Degree Programs

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A health care administration degree can help you strengthen the medical and operational administration of an organization. This page gives you more details.

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Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Massachusetts Police Start Campaign to Equip Elderly with Tracking Devices

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Police in Brookline, Massachussetts have kicked off a program to equip seniors, Alzheimer’s patients and those with other cognitive disorders with tracking bracelets.

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