Comments on: Why Technology is No Longer Optional in Public Health http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/ Highlighting New Ideas and Innovation in Public Health Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:52:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Can Your Cell Phone Change Lives? http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-16273 Can Your Cell Phone Change Lives? Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:57:37 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-16273 [...] week. I’m really interested in how mobile technology is transforming public health and have written about it before with some of the key players mentioned [...] [...] week. I’m really interested in how mobile technology is transforming public health and have written about it before with some of the key players mentioned [...]

]]> By: Healthy Competition: The Importance of Contests for Health Innovation http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-7157 Healthy Competition: The Importance of Contests for Health Innovation Wed, 27 May 2009 03:01:23 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-7157 [...] and innovators will most likely emerge using these tactics and the ones who do not begin to at least attempt to get on board with a cursory knowledge will be shipwrecked on the SS [...] [...] and innovators will most likely emerge using these tactics and the ones who do not begin to at least attempt to get on board with a cursory knowledge will be shipwrecked on the SS [...]

]]> By: Candy West http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-5072 Candy West Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:33:30 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-5072 Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

]]> By: Pulse + Signal » Blog Archive » Presentation: The Advance of mHealth - A look at the intersection of health and technology http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-4935 Pulse + Signal » Blog Archive » Presentation: The Advance of mHealth - A look at the intersection of health and technology Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:23:59 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-4935 [...] convince people on technology’s usefulness. Prior to my visit, I let the group chew on my recent post on the importance of technology in public health - I think that helped as well, to let them know where I’m coming from. Pretty much that [...] [...] convince people on technology’s usefulness. Prior to my visit, I let the group chew on my recent post on the importance of technology in public health – I think that helped as well, to let them know where I’m coming from. Pretty much that [...]

]]> By: Carol http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-3194 Carol Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:35:29 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-3194 Andre - Really great post - I couldn’t agree with you more. One of most powerful tools for health education and empowerment will be mobile devices. As BJ Fogg notes, we don’t adopt mobile devices; we marry them. We typically spend more time with our mobile phones than with our spouse or partners. - Carol Andre -

Really great post – I couldn’t agree with you more. One of most powerful tools for health education and empowerment will be mobile devices. As BJ Fogg notes, we don’t adopt mobile devices; we marry them. We typically spend more time with our mobile phones than with our spouse or partners.

- Carol

]]> By: Carey http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-3100 Carey Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:45:51 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-3100 Andre, thank you for the innovative post! I like much how you describe that this new age of digital empowerment lies not in the technology or the tools, but in the people who are rallied around using them for great purposes. Extending the conversation further towards health and technologies that are creating something new and the uniqueness that unfolds seeing it work as people use them is a step in the right direction. Yes, technologies have failed but so, too, have they been visionary in part because of the ideas people hold together while engaging in such technologies. And in light of your highlighting that the empowerment lies with the people, I think it's also important to underscore how much of the innovation also lies in people taking risks, together, about things that matter to them in an enduring way. The technologies that are bringing actual people - like physicians- together in new and important ways to post clinical cases and receive unique feedback has certainly been significant in regards to the empowerment of medical practitioners; the significance of designing technologies collaboratively by people who are actually using them, as well as the expansion of quality patient care matters for our current healthcare situation as you well describe... Thanks for the inspiration! Andre, thank you for the innovative post! I like much how you describe that this new age of digital empowerment lies not in the technology or the tools, but in the people who are rallied around using them for great purposes. Extending the conversation further towards health and technologies that are creating something new and the uniqueness that unfolds seeing it work as people use them is a step in the right direction. Yes, technologies have failed but so, too, have they been visionary in part because of the ideas people hold together while engaging in such technologies. And in light of your highlighting that the empowerment lies with the people, I think it’s also important to underscore how much of the innovation also lies in people taking risks, together, about things that matter to them in an enduring way. The technologies that are bringing actual people – like physicians- together in new and important ways to post clinical cases and receive unique feedback has certainly been significant in regards to the empowerment of medical practitioners; the significance of designing technologies collaboratively by people who are actually using them, as well as the expansion of quality patient care matters for our current healthcare situation as you well describe… Thanks for the inspiration!

]]> By: Andre http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-3045 Andre Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:19:00 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-3045 That article was great Amy! Love to see these technologies being applied to everyday situations in health. Diabetes is especially a special interest of mine so I was even happier to read. Thanks so much for stopping by and looking forward to what the future holds! That article was great Amy! Love to see these technologies being applied to everyday situations in health. Diabetes is especially a special interest of mine so I was even happier to read. Thanks so much for stopping by and looking forward to what the future holds!

]]> By: Andre http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-3044 Andre Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:17:30 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-3044 LaDonna, thanks so much for checking out the post and writing one of your own! The future impact of public health depends on these technologies and our willingness to go above and beyond to serve the people. LaDonna, thanks so much for checking out the post and writing one of your own! The future impact of public health depends on these technologies and our willingness to go above and beyond to serve the people.

]]> By: Andre http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-3043 Andre Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:15:25 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-3043 Thanks for the comment Susannah! Looking forward to the updates and thanks for the additional information. We are without a doubt living in an age where the directions are many...exciting! Thanks for the comment Susannah! Looking forward to the updates and thanks for the additional information. We are without a doubt living in an age where the directions are many…exciting!

]]> By: Andre http://pulseandsignal.com/events/why-technology-is-no-longer-an-option-in-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-3042 Andre Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:14:11 +0000 http://pulseandsignal.com/?p=295#comment-3042 Patricia thanks so much for stopping by! It definitely is apparent that cell phones are more useful in these places, most notably because we underestimate the computing power in our cell phones today! I am actually reading Rheingold's Smart Mobs and learning a ton. Thanks for the resources! Patricia thanks so much for stopping by! It definitely is apparent that cell phones are more useful in these places, most notably because we underestimate the computing power in our cell phones today! I am actually reading Rheingold’s Smart Mobs and learning a ton. Thanks for the resources!

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