Christina's Considerations

Health Literacy Resources

I recently looked for some reference materials on health literacy and came across the documents listed below. Each had some valueable information or insight into health literacy and the impact on patient safety and outcomes. Hopefully, a few of my... Read more →

New Tools for Emergencies: Social Media

Sometimes graphics really can say it all... To view the full survey and infographic: Full Survey PowerPoint Infographic as jpeg Infographic as PDF By the way, I saw this in action here in California during the last hurricane to roll... Read more →

Hospitals: Take down those walls!

A new article in HealthcareITNews highlights the hospitals of the future and their need to become more virtual. I love the five key design elements for hospitals of the future -- without walls: The ability to design a digital profile... Read more →

ShakeOut: Drill in your community or from your computer!

Ever been in an earthquake? It can be pretty scary. On October 18th, Shakeout.org is hosting the largest ever earthquake drill. In as little as 90 seconds you can learn and practice what steps to take to protect yourself and... Read more →

Health Information Technology for Healthcare Leaders

For the last two years I've been presenting a six-week online seminar exploring health information technologies for the American College of Healthcare Executives. This followed an invitation from them to write a column on technology for the 2007 issues of... Read more →

Age of the Healthcare Consumer

A recent Harris Poll had some great data, but one point struck me as particularily funny. Well, it really isn't funny, but it is ironic. The data point is that of 84% of Americans who visited a doctor's office within... Read more →

Patient to Patient Insults on Facebook

Since I keep track of this stuff, I need to include this BBC story on my blog. It involves a patient in a hospital ward taking a picture of another patient and posting it on Facebook along with an insult.... Read more →

Health IT Promotion - for Patients and Families

The Office of National Coordinator released a video to help promote health IT. It is the newest resource on their patients and families page. Engaging patients and families in their healthcare is also about educating them on the changes in... Read more →