ePatient 2010

Have You Joined the e-Patient Revolution?

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:35:21 +0000

Our second annual conference focused on reaching, engaging, and educating today’s digital health consumers draws near, we’re reminiscing about a video from last year. We think its still relevant – let us know what you think!

For the first time in history, more people are searching the Internet for health information than asking doctors. Digital health consumers, known as e-patients, are now empowered, equipped, engaged, educated and connected to others electronically.

3 Weeks to go – Whoa!

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:16:30 +0000

Its coming up quick. Register for e-Patient Connections and reserve your seat today. Our price of $1995 will be good through September 10th – its a bargain considering what you get:

Top notch speakers
Fast-pased, insightful, and inspiring presentations
Case studies
Networking opportunities (and cocktail party!)
Coaching sessions
Demos and the chance to play with some cool new gadgets
A way to share your epatient story
A well-appointed conference bag

And so much more.

Join us at the end of the month. You won’t regret it!

The Unofficial End of Summer

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:49:58 +0000

Many of us are heading off today to celebrate the unofficial end of summer – a last weekend at the beach, a family reunion, or just a long weekend at home to regroup and enjoy the weather since we know it won’t always be this nice (in the northeast anyway).

Time will start going very fast very soon and before we know it we’ll be celebrating the start of 2011. And as you head off into the weekend, we hope you are able to slow down and enjoy it – here’s to health, happiness and relaxation for all.

- the e-Patient Connections Team

FDA to Provide an Update

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:33:45 +0000

Barbara Chong, Pharm.D., BCPS, FDA DDMAC has graciously agreed to come to the conference and provide us with a brief overview of the presentations made at the November 2009 Part 15 public hearing held by the FDA on “Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools” and the subsequent comments that have been submitted. Dr. Chong will also provide expert insight into how the information is shaping policy development on Internet and social media promotion of FDA-regulated medical products.

We are thrilled to have Barbara with us to help us learn and navigate within the guidelines. Find her on Day 2 during the Social Pharmer Specialty Conference.

Welcome Barbara!

Capturing Images of e-Patient Connections 2010

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:28:07 +0000

We are proud to announce that Mark Harmel will be capturing images at our conference this year. Mark has years of experience with medical photography as well as other forms of visual storytelling. Read his bio to hear all about his experience with photojournalism, medical photography and other interests … including social media and mobile health solutions.

Mark will be attending the conference not only to photograph, but to expand his capabilities into social media and mobile health solutions. The insights he documents at conferences are used to design programs for organizations and clinical trials in the diabetes field.

To date Mark has developed two social media programs for diabetes groups. A patient focused approach for Taking Control of Your Diabetes, and a professional member connection program for the American Diabetes Association. Social media and mobile health are now parts of two clinical trial programs he is developing with researchers at the University of Southern California.

Mark can be found through his blog http://www.markharmel.com/blog and on twitter @MarkHarmel.

Welcome Mark!

Can Your Cell Phone be Your Psychologist?

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:09:20 +0000

We’re guessing it’s more accessible than traditional in-person therapy, just given the fact that your cell phone is available whenever you are.

Come hear Dr. Margaret Morris, clinical psychologist and senior researcher at Intel, discuss her work in Mobile Therapy. She’ll explain how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy was translated into mobile interactions and share case studies to illustrate how people used mood mapping and mobile therapies to improve emotional self-awareness and coping in everyday life.

Sounds like something we could all use a little of now and then!

Day 1 (AM) Speakers – You’ll Be On the Edge of Your Seat!

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:57:30 +0000

Only 4 weeks away and we’re getting excited now – we can’t wait to meet (or see again) all our friends in the e-Patient Connections Community.

The agenda is getting locked down and our day lineup includes some heavy hitters, like:

Victor Stretcher, PhD, HealthMedia/UMSPH, who will teach us about the power of storytelling in behavior change
e-Patient Dave, who will tell us his own story, themed with the title of his book Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig
Susannah Fox of Pew Internet will share research insights on those with chronic disease and help us answer the question: What would happen if mobile access allowed everyone to participate in gathering, sharing, and creating health information?
Bill Tancer, of Hitwise, and author of the book Click: What Millions of People are Doing Online and Why it Matters, will share insights into what search tells us about health.
Brooke McMillan of LIVESTRONG will talk about managing a facebook community of over 950,000 people
Sona Mehring of Caringbridge will deliver a casestudy about how to connect friends and family when health matters most

And all of that, including a couple super-hot demos, will happen before lunch.

Come be inspired, learn to tell a good story, and take home some stuff you can use. You won’t regret it!

Let’s Talk Smartphones

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:46:14 +0000

People love them – and why not! You can do pretty much anything on your phone these days – if mine could double as a TV remote control I would never see a reason to put it down. And these fantastic devices will be the topic of much discussion at this year’s conference.

Margaret Morris, PhD, of the Intel Digital Health Group will kick off the day talking about changing health behaviors with smartphones, (among other things). And then we’ll hear from Elena Chouw from Pfizer and Mark Hadfield from Klick, who will tell us all about using smartphones for healthy habits.

Welcome Margaret, Elena, and Mark!

Smart Phones for Healthy Habits
Elena Chouw, Pfizer | Mark Hadfield, Klick

Learn about Exergaming!

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:33:06 +0000

Elizabeth Lyons, a postdoctoral fellow in the Interdisciplinary Obesity Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be telling us about exergaming and her work to help young adult gamers replace sedentary television watching with physical activity

Who knows, maybe she’ll even be able to get us up on our feet!

Welcome Elizabeth!

Can Video Gaming Help Victims of Stroke?

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:16:30 +0000

I dunno, but I’m guessing that Judith E. Deutsch, PT PhD of UMDNJ does. The Games for Health specialty conference is proud to announce that she’ll be telling us all about it in her talk; Interactive Video Gaming and Virtual Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation. Come see Judith speak on September 29!

A little more about Judith – she received her BA in Human Biology from Stanford, her MS in Physical Therapy from USC and her PhD in Pathokinesiology from NYU. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Rehabilitation Research at UMDNJ and she’s a Professor and Director of the Research in Virtual Environments and Rehabilitation Sciences (Rivers) in the Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ. Her current research includes the development and testing of virtual reality rehabilitation, and off-the shelf gaming systems to improve functional mobility and computer assisted clinical reasoning.

Welcome Judith!