Online and Mobile Tools that Empower the Chronically Ill to Manage Their Care

Linda shared a wonderful resource, Participatory Health: Online and Mobile Tools Help Chronically Ill Manage Care, that discusses the development of online and mobile tools that can help individuals manage their chronic conditions.  The 27-page PDF (Adobe Reader) file was developed by the California Healthcare Foundation and is available at http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/ParticipatoryHealthTools.pdf

Included are examples of computer applications that have been successfully used in chronic care beginning on page 10. The tools were categorized as:

• Health video games
• Medication management
• The "other" medical home
• Diabetes care
• Weight management 
• Wellness

Examples are provided for each of the categories.  It is an interesting read.
(Added to Chapter 22 on the textbook  web site at  http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Informatics.html )


Sarasohn-Kahn, J. (2009, September). "Participatory Health: Online and Mobile Tools Help Chronically Ill Manage Care. Retrieved from http://www.chcf.org/documents/chronicdisease/ParticipatoryHealthTools.pdf