Comments on: PHRs, EHRs and Social Media – Where are We Headed? http://ehealth.johnwsharp.com/2010/02/02/phrs-ehrs-and-social-media-where-are-we-headed/ John W. Sharp on eHealth and Health IT Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PHRs in the News | RememberItNow! Blog http://ehealth.johnwsharp.com/2010/02/02/phrs-ehrs-and-social-media-where-are-we-headed/comment-page-1/#comment-3009 PHRs in the News | RememberItNow! Blog Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:45:58 +0000 http://ehealth.johnwsharp.com/?p=1035#comment-3009 [...] PHRs, EHRs and Social Media – Where are We Headed? Source: eHealth Two coincidental articles were published today. First, in iHealthBeat, John Moore and Matthew Holt talk about why ”Consumers Not Ready for Do-It-Yourself PHRs.” In response to the decision by Revolution Health to discontinue their PHR, the experts comment that “the direct-to-consumer market for PHRs just doesn’t work.” But they say that… [...] [...] PHRs, EHRs and Social Media – Where are We Headed? Source: eHealth Two coincidental articles were published today. First, in iHealthBeat, John Moore and Matthew Holt talk about why ”Consumers Not Ready for Do-It-Yourself PHRs.” In response to the decision by Revolution Health to discontinue their PHR, the experts comment that “the direct-to-consumer market for PHRs just doesn’t work.” But they say that… [...]

]]> By: Steve Wilkins http://ehealth.johnwsharp.com/2010/02/02/phrs-ehrs-and-social-media-where-are-we-headed/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Steve Wilkins Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:36:53 +0000 http://ehealth.johnwsharp.com/?p=1035#comment-531 This topic was recently addresses on LinkedIn in response to a post I wrote for the blog Mind the Gap. http://healthecommunications.wordpress.com/ In fact there are "road signs" that give an indication of where we are headed with new media like Twitter, Facebook, etc... 1) Consumer use of health plan/hospital health web portals (which have now been around awhile) suggests that use/uptake is slow. Many of the large health plan web portals, including those with decision support tools, report repeat use is 10% or less. 2) Not everyone is equally predisposed to seek out health information using any media. About 30% of US adults just aren't that interested or involved in their own health. 3) Neither consumers nor providers are particularly excited about exchanging confidential information via social media. Frankly there is no evidence yet to support significant expenditures (perhaps other than marketing) in linking social media to EMRs, etc. despite all the vendor hype. This topic was recently addresses on LinkedIn in response to a post I wrote for the blog Mind the Gap. http://healthecommunications.wordpress.com/

In fact there are “road signs” that give an indication of where we are headed with new media like Twitter, Facebook, etc…

1) Consumer use of health plan/hospital health web portals (which have now been around awhile) suggests that use/uptake is slow. Many of the large health plan web portals, including those with decision support tools, report repeat use is 10% or less.

2) Not everyone is equally predisposed to seek out health information using any media. About 30% of US adults just aren’t that interested or involved in their own health.

3) Neither consumers nor providers are particularly excited about exchanging confidential information via social media.

Frankly there is no evidence yet to support significant expenditures (perhaps other than marketing) in linking social media to EMRs, etc. despite all the vendor hype.

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