Boing Boing » epatient http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:54:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Open medical knowledge saves lives: Oppose H.R. 3699 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/14/open-medical-knowledge-saves-l.html http://boingboing.net/2012/01/14/open-medical-knowledge-saves-l.html#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:41:01 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=139129 Here's a terrific article by Gilles Frydman at e-patients.net advocating for opposition to H.R. 3699, aka The Research Works Act (RWA).]]> Here's a terrific article by Gilles Frydman at e-patients.net advocating for opposition to H.R. 3699, aka The Research Works Act (RWA). The bill before Congress would seriously impede "the ability of patients and caregivers, researchers, physicians and healthcare professionals to access and use critical health-related information in a timely manner." (@timoreilly via @epatientdave)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/14/open-medical-knowledge-saves-l.html/feed 5 Empowered health through technology: video contest with cash prize http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/empowered-health-through-techn.html http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/empowered-health-through-techn.html#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:05:01 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=138151 The US Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is hosting a Healthy New Year Video Challenge with cash prizes of up to $2,000.]]>

The US Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is hosting a Healthy New Year Video Challenge with cash prizes of up to $2,000. They're soliciting short videos with the theme of a New Year’s resolution for improving your health or the health of a loved one, through technology.

"Videos must show how you will use information technology to achieve your resolution and how you plan to maintain it," according to the contest website. The sort of topics one might address (one per video) include obtaining your health records from your doctors and learning how to read and understand their contents, finding online support communities for a specific illness, or direct health improvement actions like using an electronic pedometer to track physical activity, or an iPhone app to count calories or monitor sleep cycles.

Submissions are accepted through February 16. You have to be a US citizen over 18 to participate. More rules here. (thanks, Lygeia Ricciardi!) ]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/empowered-health-through-techn.html/feed 0