http://blog.hansoh.com Information, musings from a PhD student, and all things ehealth Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:13:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Government Health IT published an interesting article titled, "The quest for value". The author, Nancy Ferris, reports on some of the challenges, difficulties, and frustrations with trying to demonstrate a return on investment (ROI) or tangible cost savings when using information technologies within health care settings. My own research and experience ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/09/02/ehealths-elusive-return-on-investment/ For your information: a link to the WHO definition of health. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Reference info: Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/08/29/who-definition-of-health/ Just a quick reminder to those who aren't aware, but there is a very interesting conference being hosted in Toronto, Canada titled "Medicine 2.0 Conference: Web 2.0 in Health and Medicine". Medicine 2.0® is an international conference on Web 2.0 applications in health and medicine, organized and ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/08/26/upcoming-medicine20-conference-web-20-in-health-and-medicine/ A recent article in the Toronto Star (August 2, 2008) reported on some future thoughts, opportunities, and challenges to the housing market from an ehealth perspective as presented by Alex Jadad. It's an interesting read and provides a glimpse into the mind of Alex and how he thinks. Powered by Qumana http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/08/06/smart-homes-and-health-some-thoughts-from-alex-jadad/ I came across an interesting conference site titled "Making the eHealth Connection". The goal of the conference is to "to raise the profile of eHealth, form new partnerships and identify promising new areas of work for the Global South". Unfortunately, this month-long conference is invitation only.  Powered by Qumana http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/08/05/interesting-conference-making-the-ehealth-connection/ Now that I've had a few weeks under my belt in my 'industry role', I've been able to do some more thinking about my previous post.  Here are some of my thoughts: ehealth is NOT ehealth:  Industry and government operate using a completely different definition of ehealth ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/08/05/when-ehealth-is-not-ehealth/ For those of you who aren't already aware, Informaticopia is a great blog run by Rod Ward and colleagues.  The blog presents "eclectic news and views on health informatics and elearning" and is based in the UK, but reports on worldwide issues.  I've been following Informaticopia for a few years ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/07/03/informaticopia/ Apologies for not writing much lately, but things are very hectic.  I do, however, have several posts planned and some drafts written up.  I just haven't too much time to sit down and flesh out my thoughts. In the meantime, I would like to suggeset another blog that came to my ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/06/29/writing-to-come-a-new-blog-of-interest/ It's interesting to see how differently ehealth is viewed by academics and industry.  To one, ehealth is the potential of using new mediums to explore ideas and possibilities, while to the other, ehealth is more of a means to an end. For the past few years, I've been in the academic ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/05/13/worlds-collidingindustry-vs-academia/ I know I haven't written anything in quite some time.  I've been caught up in a few projects that have been taking up my time, but I plan on posting some thoughts based on the recent experiences I've had. I hope to do some posting about my ... http://blog.hansoh.com/2008/05/09/an-update/