Recent surveys from the Pew Research Center indicate that a majority of U.S. adults use technology to engage in their health care: 63% of adult cell phone owners now use their phones to go online, a figure that has doubled since 2009. In addition, 34% of these cell internet users say that most of theirContinue reading “Health Data and patient-provider engagement using technology”
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Health data from Wearables can be an incentive for doctors
Decline in Adverse Drug Events Linked to Use of Health Information Technology Adverse drug events fell by 67,000 between 2010 and 2013 as the result of the federal “meaningful use” program that offered financial incentives to hospitals for using certified electronic health records, according to a new AHRQ study. Adverse drug events are harms experiencedContinue reading “Health data from Wearables can be an incentive for doctors”