Conferences

Attended Medicine 2.0'08 (Toronto, Canada)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 to Thursday, September 4, 2008
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Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA)

Implementation of Veterans Affairs (VA) Mobile Health (Panel)
Thomas K. Houston*, Kathleen Frisbee*, Ron Moody*, Wyatt Smith*, Susan S. Woods*, Neil Evans*, Barrett D. Phillips*

Panelists Organizer: Thomas Houston, MD, MPH is the Director of the eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) that evaluates eHealth as a model of care for augmenting efficient, safe, high-quality, continuous, coordinated delivery of evidence-based services to Veterans and their families. His research is focused on the evaluation of mobile applications that could be placed in the ‘VA App Store’. Kathleen Frisbee, MPH, PhDc is the Director of Web and Mobile Solutions in ...

Crave-Out! A Smartphone Game to Prevent Relapse after Quitting Smoking
Rajani Shankar Sadasivam*, Wayne S Chan, Kavitha Balakrishnan, Kathryn Delaughter, Barrett D. Phillips*, Thomas English, Thomas K Houston*

Background: Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death. Cessation programs have had success; however, most smokers relapse. Strategies to prevent relapse include active management of cravings. Distraction is a key behavioral tool to manage cravings. We designed a smartphone game available at the point-of-need that can be used to distract cravings when they arise and remind smokers of the benefits of quitting smoking. Objective: Describe the development and launch of Crave-Out! ...

Share2Quit: Web-Based Peer-Driven Referrals for Smoking Cessation
Rajani Shankar Sadasivam*, Rebecca Kinney, Sowmya R Rao, Erik M Volz, Thomas K Houston*

To reach the Healthy People objectives of reducing smoking prevalence in the United States, cessation methods must be readily available. Easily disseminated interventions such as Quitlines and smoking cessation websites can potentially reach a greater number of smokers. Yet, these interventions are under-utilized. Outside healthcare, we see several examples of products going “viral” as friends refer their friends to these products. For e.g., Farmville, a social networking game launch...

Full Paper Publications

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Users of Internet Health Information: Differences by Health Status
Thomas K Houston, Jeroan J Allison
J Med Internet Res 2002;4(2):e7

Unmet Needs of Primary Care Patients in Using the Internet for Health-related Activities
Christopher N Sciamanna, Melissa A Clark, Thomas K Houston, Joseph A Diaz
J Med Internet Res 2002;4(3):e19

Doctors Who Are Using E-mail With Their Patients: a Qualitative Exploration
Madhavi R Patt, Thomas K Houston, Mollie W Jenckes, Daniel Z Sands, Daniel E Ford
J Med Internet Res 2003;5(2):e9

Internet Delivered Support for Tobacco Control in Dental Practice: Randomized Controlled Trial
Thomas Houston, Joshua Richman, Midge Ray, Jeroan Allison, Gregg Gilbert, Richard Shewchuk, Connie Kohler, Catarina Kiefe, DPBRN Collaborative Group
J Med Internet Res 2008;10(5):e38

Development of an Interactive, Web-Delivered System to Increase Provider–Patient Engagement in Smoking Cessation
Rajani S Sadasivam, Kathryn Delaughter, Katie Crenshaw, Heather J Sobko, Jessica H Williams, Heather L Coley, Midge N Ray, Daniel E Ford, Jeroan J Allison, Thomas K Houston
J Med Internet Res 2011;13(4):e87

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