Consumers Tapping Social Media To Access Health Information

A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey finds that about one-third of consumers use social media to access health information. Nearly 90% of survey respondents ages 18 to 24 say they would trust health information on social media websites and more than 80% of that age group say they would use social media to share health information. Computerworld's "Government IT," Health Data Management.

Researchers Create Prototype Firewall To Protect Medical Devices

To prevent hackers from manipulating wireless medical devices, researchers from Princeton and Purdue universities have created a prototype firewall that would monitor data sent and received by medical devices and block malicious code. United Press International, CMIO.

Medical App Developers Struggle To Prepare for Regulation From FDA

Developers of mobile medical applications are facing difficulties preparing for FDA regulation. Many mobile app developers are used to working in the somewhat unregulated Internet sector and are worried that FDA oversight could hinder innovation in the creation of medical apps. Politico.

Are Federal Training Programs Meeting the Growing Need for a New Health IT Workforce?

Tim Andrews of Booz Allen Hamilton, Helen Figge of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Norma Morganti of the Midwest Community College Health IT Consortium spoke with iHealthBeat about federal efforts to bolster the health IT workforce.

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What Social Media Websites Are Health Care Providers Using for Professional Networking?

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Forty-one percent of surveyed health care providers said they are using the social media website Facebook for professional networking purposes, while 29% say they are using YouTube and 23% say they are using LinkedIn, according to a survey by health care staffing and recruitment firm AMN Healthcare.

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