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The traditional model for web applications (left) compared to the Ajax model (right). (Image courtesy of Adaptive Path LLC.)

The Ajax-trend welcomes users to Web2.0 and Internet’s evolution. Seen by many as a development methodology for providing interactive and desktop-like applications, Ajax is here to reveal a more enjoyable web experience.

Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) is not a technology, it is a term coined in February 2005 by Jesse James Gareth to describe a set of technologies that constitute some of the key elements of Web 2.0. But is this new?

Good question….I delve further in the technology behind this We 2.0 facade to figure out how the NHS can achieve a customised social network page (SN)

Hope to see you all Health professional there for some networking and grilling….

e-health Insider Live 2009

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Website:

http://www.nhs.uk/

Company Overview:

NHS Choices is a comprehensive information service that aims to put you in control of your healthcare.

Since the integration of the online arm of NHS Direct in October 2008, NHS Choices provides a single public “front door” to all NHS online services and information through the country’s biggest health website.

Products:

Medical advice now
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSDirect/Pages/nhsdlanding.aspx
Information for those with an immediate medical worry, including:

* The self-help guide – a quick and easy way to check symptoms and decide whether to seek medical help,
* Common health questions – get answers to topical and frequently asked health questions, and
* The online enquiry service – submit questions and receive answers by email on non-urgent health matters

Find Services
http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
Find telephone numbers and full details for all the health services in your area – everything from GPs and dentists to carer services and gyms. There are around 30 national directories you can search by simply entering your postcode.

Health A-Z
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pages/bodymap.aspx
This section explains more than 750 conditions and treatments in an easy and comprehensive way in words, pictures and video. Top doctors and health professionals share their knowledge and advice while patients give an insight into coping with particular conditions and treatments.

Compare hospitals
http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ServiceSearch.aspx
If you are referred to hospital to see a specialist or to have treatment, you can compare hospitals you might go to by various criteria covering such things as cleanliness, experience of a particular procedure and, in some cases, survival rates, through to car parking arrangements, general facilities, or availability of A&E departments.

Live Well
http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/Pages/Livewellhub.aspx
Live Well is a lifestyle section that provides guides, tips and high-quality information on how to live a healthier life. Covering around 80 broad topic areas, there’s always something new to find, with articles, videos and interactive tools being continually added.

Behind the headlines
http://www.nhs.uk/News/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx
Provides an unbiased and evidence-based daily analysis of the science behind health stories that make the news. It aims to respond to stories the day they appear in the media.

NHS Talk
http://talk.nhs.uk/
Read blogs with the latest views, news and tips on a range of topics and conditions from more than 100 patients, carers and medical professionals. This is an expanding area which will soon include a range of discussion forums and an “Ask the doctor” feature where GPs will select the most interesting questions and publish the answers.

Your comments
Add your comments to the site in several areas. One of the main features allows you to comment on hospitals, saying what you did or didn’t like and what you think could be improved. Your comments will eventually become part of an overall “ranking” showing the public’s opinion of every hospital that does NHS work in England. Share your hospital feedback at http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/HospitalCommentInput.aspx?searchtype=hospitalcommentsearch

You can also add comments to a wide range of articles and blogs across the website. For more information on how to comment on NHS Choices, read our ‘comments policy’ at http://www.nhs.uk/Commentspolicy/Pages/Moderationrules.aspx .

Get your own account
https://www.nhs.uk/Personalisation/Registration.aspx?returnurl=http://talk.nhs.uk
Creating an account will let you tailor NHS Choices to your interests, save information such as details of your GP and dentist, index pages that interest you and receive emails on your chosen topics and health goals.

Videos, multimedia tools and links
https://www.nhs.uk/video/Pages/MediaLibrary.aspx
http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Toolslibrary.aspx
https://www.nhs.uk/Pages/LinkListing.aspx
All NHS Choices video and audio content, along with a growing range of interactive tools – symptom checkers, quizzes, calculators and information features – are collected in a multimedia library. And the Links library offers more than 1,200 addresses of health-related websites offering specialist support and information.

NHS Choices mobile
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSChoicesmobile/Pages/NHSChoicesmobile.aspx
NHS Choices mobile is a joint service run by NHS Choices and DirectGov. The text service enables you to find local NHS services, such as hospitals or dentists. It also offers several interactive tools, for example, you can check your alcohol intake, the costs of smoking or see if you are healthy weight.

NHS Choices magazine
Published quarterly, this lifestyle magazine contains many of the NHS Choices online features and more. Download the latest issue (PDF) here – http://www.nhs.uk/aboutNHSChoices/Documents/Magazine_Nov08%20Issue.pdf

However if you are interested in some stats about the use of online health too by users. A PR firm in america clled Edelman conducted this research:

• People are becoming more engaged on health issues
• People are becoming more engaged with companies and
  organizations involved in health … and want even more
• People are becoming more engaged with health products and
  services … and want even more
• 4 out of 5 people say they are Health Involved
• 1 out of 3 people believe themselves to be Health Informed
• 2 out of 5 people are health Engaged
• 1 out of 5 people can be categorised as Health Info-entials (Edelman’s term for the people who self-report to being involved, informed and engaged).

I suppose this applies to the US only, the UK are too reliant on their GP for information. He who seeks knowledge gains knowledge, ignorance is not an option!

Time is upon me now, the deadline for my project is approaching thick and fast..I need to get in the race and complete it…Panic time!!!

Graffitti of logos..

Here it goes…
NHS Choices
RateMDs.com 

The argument for the US having more choices:


“Healthcare in the US is an expensive commodity and, as a result, providers are always seeking to streamline operations. Allowing members to manage their own healthcare portfolio services online helps them to achieve this, as well as raising levels of customer satisfaction. It’s a win-win situation,” said David Lavenda, vice president of marketing and product strategy at WorkLight.

COOL!!! Just stumbled upon this site Feedmyapp which holds an archive of all your Web 2.0 technology in one place.

Great applications!!!

More events to come hosted by my very own health informatics lecturer at City university, still awaiting her email response.

eHealth 2009

Second International ICST Conference

on

Electronic Healthcare for the 21st century

September 23-25, 2009 – Istanbul, Turkey

Welcome by the General Chair, Patty Kostkova

Dr. Ünal Hülür, Head of the Department of Information Processing of the Ministry of Health of Turkey, our honoured guest and invited speaker, will open the event. –>

I saw this image which puts together what Twitting is all about and it got me thinking about how to engage people to my research..Twit, Twit all the WAY……follow me

Please continue my journey with me on http://healthsocialnetwork.blog.com

Let me know your thoughts..the difference is clear!!

Ta-ra