The ability to communicate gratitude is an important thing in any relationship – professional or personal; it balances the line between both respect and motivation, no matter what realm. Think of when a famous athlete leaves one city to join a new team; sometimes they show their thankfulness on the road away with something like a full page ad in their old home paper, and, while a small gesture, it shows that the time spent was valuable.
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I’ve always thought that the “Year in Review” post is always a bit like cheating. That doesn’t mean I won’t do it.
Since the Check-Up has been around for more than a year, the holiday season is a convenient time to look back on some of the most talked about columns or other favorite topics. Sure, it’s a little bit vain, but if you haven’t read any of these clips from the HDCU vault, then they’ll be new to you!
Is one of the ones you remember from the archive missing from this list? Let us know which ones you found useful by commenting.
Thinking through the history of data-driven digital health application, one of the most memorable in recent years is something launched by Google in 2008. Back then, the company unveiled a tool that used the trends of searches related to flu to show where colds are hitting this year.
Since that tool, there have been different attempts to take data surrounding the flu and digitizing it to be useful for people around the world. Search is a key component – after all, we know how many people turn to search…
Earlier this year, we had some fun via a Lifehacker post about the Do-It-Yourself movement and where that fits into health. Courtesy of that great blog, here’s another intriguing idea worth considering in the health digital space: DDIY,…
The ability to check-in on location-based services anywhere under the sun means that there are a number of ways to possibly work in a relation to other issues or industries. This naturally could include health care, fitness, nutrition or wellness. The Check-Up has been ranting on this topic for some time, dating back to early summer when we first pointed out that there is an unexplored opportunity for healthcare facilities to tap into the power of…
There is a health space issue that I once jokingly channeled Journey’s Separate Ways to define: while conversations about health are happening, they tend to stay constrained within specific verticals. That is to say, patients talk with other patients, and health professionals are more likely to turn to their peers than the public. The challenge is that this is probably the opposite interaction of what is occurring in the real world, where physicians…
Twitter isn’t the only service out there that’s changed blogging in the last few years, and as long as there are some users dedicated to content longer than 140-characters, there will always be blogging. However, it doesn’t necessarily have to be “long-form” posts, and in the space between 140-characters and 1,400 words exists a service called Tumblr.
Tumblr allows many of the same things as both blogging and Twitter – posting videos, images, links – but the intent is to keep things short and within a relevant community. Since users can follow other Tumblrs,…
The collection of people who we follow, friend and like on social networks is likely an interesting cross-section between personalities, professional contacts and friends. Depending on the networks, of course, there may even be more personal ties (say, like on Facebook), and each different channel works a little differently.
One lesson that has come out recently is that the personal ties on some of these networks can also work as a little bit of a peer pressure to those who chose to air their vices publicly as a way to use the power of the hive as motivation.
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There are many new trends popping up here and there regarding where health communication and care is going thanks to digital technology. That’s NOT what this week’s Health Digital Check-Up is going to cover. Instead, let’s take a look at the opposite side: the places where digital still hasn’t taken hold.
That’s right, the Digital Check-Up is going analog for a week. Shocked? Well here’s five ideas and stories to consider for when it comes to the case for traditional tools in health care. Are these destined to change too?
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Earlier this summer, we took a look at a few different ways that hospitals have been using social media – or even what new networks could mean for future patient outreach. There are some hospitals and health centers that are ahead the pack, and the best example may be the Mayo Clinic.
The Mayo Clinic raised the bar in the past month, not only further committing resources to digital and social media efforts, but also by creating a first-of-the-field…
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