Instructions
Create a blog website to share insights and discuss important topics and policies related to healthcare information systems and related technologies.
Begin by creating your blog using a free website editor like Wix.com.
For this first course project assignment, please create two new blog posts addressing the following questions:
- Apps - Identify at least three healthcare-related tools (apps, devices, etc.) and/or other resources available today for consumers (patients/caregivers) of healthcare services and describe how they can increase patient engagement.
- Telehealth - Healthcare is going to people where they are with telehealth, remote monitoring, and even acute care at home. Share promising practices for using digital health tech, continuity of care, and more connected health tech. What is working and worth sharing?
See below the steps for setting up your Wix blog. Part 2 Assignment:
- If you haven't already done so, add an "About" tab and include a biography of yourself and a picture. Include information about why you are getting your Master's degree and what career goals you may have. Include information on the purpose of the website/blog. Here is an example from the ONC Health IT Blog About Us tab: https://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/about/
- Review your website blog in detail - check/fix any formatting errors, spelling or grammatical errors, etc. Make sure all the links on all pages are working properly. Have someone else (friend, family member, colleague, etc.) review it as well. Sometimes it helps to have a second set of eyes or a second opinion.
- Add another new blog post in week #3, that describes at least 3 types of aggregate healthcare reports/dashboards that you believe would be commonly used by healthcare executives/administrators in a healthcare system or other healthcare setting, including public health agencies
- For your 2nd blog post in week #3, connect healthcare delivery and public health. Discuss how syndromic surveillance is used during epidemics or pandemics, such as the recent coronavirus outbreak. Identify specific systems used by the CDC or WHO. What information systems and technologies are promising practices to connect healthcare delivery and public health?