CDC: eHealth and mHealth Data Briefs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has useful fact sheets with updated data on how various communications and Continue reading →

Consumer Health Information Corporation: Motivating Consumers to Use Smartphone Health Apps

This report of the results of an online survey conducted by the Consumer Health Information Corporation includes some interesting findings Continue reading →

First Quantified Self Conference May 28-29, 2011

The first Quantified Self Conference will be held on May 28-29, 2011 in Mountain View, CA.  The term “quantified self” Continue reading →

National Telecommunications & Information Administration: Digital Nation – Expanding Internet Usage

This report from the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration provides updated data on internet and broadband access Continue reading →

Kaiser’s Permanente Journal: Social Media and the Health System

In this commentary published in Kaiser’s Permanente Journal, the authors describe the potential uses of social media to disseminate and Continue reading →

World Health Organization: eHealth Country Profiles 2010

This report from the World Health Organization contains self-reported profiles from 114 countries (59% of WHO member states) about their Continue reading →

Federal Government Prizes for Mobile Health Applications

The federal government now sponsors a variety of “challenges” for mobile technology application developers on the http://challege.gov website, maintained by Continue reading →

Greenlining Institute: Digital Inequality

This 2009 report from the Greenlining Institute describes how “digital inequality” creates barriers to access to and use of information Continue reading →