If you are a healthy individual or a patient, or if you work in healthcare, you may realize that many options for preventative or rehabilitative care exist online. But, the top 25 free and freemium (basic services for free, charges for advanced or special features) Web apps listed here also provide means for patients and their healthcare providers to communicate online, to share health records and to collaborate for health and wellness. Additionally, doctors or clinics can tap into these resources to streamline office operations. [click to continue…]
Technology is making it easier to get the information you need at your fingertips. This is especially useful when it comes to healthcare professionals. Whether you are a doctor, nurse practitioner, nurse or assistant, it can help to have access to information quickly. Smart phones, like the iPhone, provide you the information you need almost immediately. Even the most highly trained and experienced healthcare professionals can use a little reminder, and access to reference information. Not only that, but devices like the iPhone can even offer nurses and others access to charts and x-rays.
If you are a healthcare professional, you might consider getting an iPhone to help you in your work. Here are 33 iPhone apps that healthcare professionals can use to help them provide better care to their patients: [click to continue…]
It seems the only topic on people’s minds lately is health care, including Health 2.0, health care reform and headlines about new diseases and disease treatments for individuals of all ages. One way for citizens and health care professionals to stay on top of the news is to follow health care news correspondents, health publications and Health 2.0 advocates on Twitter. To that end, this list of top 50 health care pundits worth following includes individuals and news publications that focus on various health issues. [click to continue…]
