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Medicine 2.0'14 Summit & World Congress (Maui, Hawaii, USA)

Health Conditions on Facebook: A Descriptive Analysis of Page Content and User Engagement
Timothy M Hale, Akhilesh S Pathipati, Shiyi Zan, Stephen Olusegun Agboola, Clare Flanagan, Joseph C Kvedar*, Kamal Jethwani*

Background: The Internet has become a primary source of health information, with 72% of adult Internet users reporting to have searched online for health information in the past year. Although the majority of online health information seekers report beginning their search on a search engine like Google, the emergence of Web 2.0 has fueled the growth of social networking sites (SNS) as a new way to not only find, but share information. Facebook (FB) is the most widely used SNS with a rapidly-e...

Engaging Adolescent Asthmatics in Symptom Control and Self-Management Using an Online Peer Social Network: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Shiyi Zan, Clare Flanagan, Meghan Searl, T. Bernard Kinane, Timothy M. Hale, Stephen O. Agboola, Kamal Jethwani*

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic condition affecting American children under the age of 18, with more than 10 million (14%) having been diagnosed. Compared to adults, children are at a greater risk of having an asthma attack and asthma-related hospital visit, and account for an estimated $56 billion in healthcare costs annually. Healthy People 2020 objectives highlight the need to improve patient education to recognize early signs and symptoms, and have physicians assess asthma c...

Tablet Computers in the Waiting Room: Patient Attitudes Towards The Use Of Tablet Computers For Clinic Based Personalized Healthcare Information
Kamal Jethwani*, Vishal Patel, Timothy M Hale, Shiyi Zan, Stephen Olusegun Agboola, Clare Flanagan, Joseph C Kvedar*

Introduction: Annual national healthcare expenditure in the United States is expected to surpass $3 trillion by 2013. The majority of this cost will be related to the management of preventable chronic diseases. To reduce the economic burden of chronic disease and deliver efficient, higher quality care, new approaches are needed to disseminate health information, actively engage patients, encourage lifestyle changes, and promote effective self-care. To achieve these goals, better use could be ...

Full Paper Publications

JMIR Research Protocols

“Real-World” Practical Evaluation Strategies: A Review of Telehealth Evaluation
Stephen Agboola, Timothy M Hale, Caitlin Masters, Joseph Kvedar, Kamal Jethwani
JMIR Res Protoc 2014;3(4):e75

Prescription Tablets in the Digital Age: A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring Patient and Physician Attitudes Toward the Use of Tablets for Clinic-Based Personalized Health Care Information Exchange
Vishal Patel, Timothy M Hale, Sandeep Palakodeti, Joseph C Kvedar, Kamal Jethwani
JMIR Res Protoc 2015;4(4):e116

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Representation of Health Conditions on Facebook: Content Analysis and Evaluation of User Engagement
Timothy M Hale, Akhilesh S Pathipati, Shiyi Zan, Kamal Jethwani
J Med Internet Res 2014;16(8):e182

A Remote Medication Monitoring System for Chronic Heart Failure Patients to Reduce Readmissions: A Two-Arm Randomized Pilot Study
Timothy M Hale, Kamal Jethwani, Manjinder Singh Kandola, Fidencio Saldana, Joseph C Kvedar
J Med Internet Res 2016;18(5):e91

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