I have been reading Health, Technology & Society. A Sociological Critique written by Andrew Webster, who has also written other articles and books about this issue. I would like to share my notes about the first chapter titled Understanding Innovative Health Technologies, partially based on other author’s paper Innovative Health Technologies and the Social: Redefining Health,… Read more »
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Health Literacy in a Network Society
It has come to my notice that MedlinePlus has a new page on Health Literacy where Health literacy is defined as “the ability to understand health information and to use that information to make good decisions about your health and medical care. Health information can overwhelm even people with advanced literacy skills”. eHealth has been… Read more »
What do we really know about Web 2.0?
Do you remember the Time Person of the year 2006? We are almost ready for 2008 and little by little we know something more about IT: about this catch-all buzzword -Web 2.0- that people use to describe a wide range of online activities and applications; about how many people are avid participants in all that… Read more »
PROJECT INTERNET CATALONIA HEALTH (PIC Salut)
After two years of hard working, I’m glad to announce the research Project Internet Catalonia about Health directed by Prof. Castells and titled “Technological Modernisation, Organisational Change and Service Delivery in the Catalan Public Health System” has been published (PIC Salut) This study analysed the interaction between organizational change, cultural values and technological change in… Read more »
Open Government Policies
Ethan Zuckerman, fellow of the Berkman Center for Interent and Society at Harvard Law School, is posting about Open Government Principles workshop at O’Reilly and Associates: Tools for open government Towards the principles of open government data The aim of this meeting was to draft a set of principles to define what constitutes open government… Read more »
Blogpulse: The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) vs. Digital Natives
Just two trends done by Blogpulse. Does they mean Digital Natives are interested in International Student Assessment?
The OCDE Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Digital Natives?
I wonder how many social researchers are thinking about The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Digital Natives – Blog? About The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA): Are students well prepared for future challenges? Can they analyse, reason and communicate effectively? Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout life?… Read more »
Health and Social Care Information: the role of the Internet and the pharmacist
Health and Social Care Information: A review of provision in the North East is a research report written by Suzanne Lockyer and Elizabeth Blenkinsopp. The authors state “There are currently many drivers for change in the provision of health and social care information to the public” and mention that “the aims of this review were… Read more »
Public Sector Information and Web 2.0
Tobias Escher has posted What Web 2.0 means for Public Sector Information talking about a number of challenges to the way governments provide their information (visibility, competition, control and license) and providing some basic steps government should take in order to make Public Sector Information 2.0 (provide structure formats, leverage the wisdom of the crowds,… Read more »
Personal Health Record discussion
As he did with Google’s PHR, talking even about trust issues, Vince Kuraitis analyzes Microsoft’s HealthVault and four misconception about it: Misconception #1: HealthVault is a personal health record (PHR). Misconception #2: People don’t trust Microsoft, so they won’t sign up for and use HV. Misconception #3: Patients don’t understand PHRs, don’t want them, and… Read more »