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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop on health literacy, new technology, and health. The workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions.
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The proliferation of consumer-facing technology and personal health information technology has grown steadily over the past decade, and has certainly exploded over the past several years. Many people have embraced smartphones and wearable health-monitoring devices to track their fitness and personal...
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An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop on health literacy, new technology, and health. The workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions. The topics may include health literacy and the use of technology (e.g., social media) to inform health decision making, sharing health information via technology, or examples of health literacy best practices as they apply to the use of technology for health decisions. The committee will define the specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and other participants, and moderate the discussions. An individually authored summary of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines
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Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Private: For Profit
Private: Non Profit
Major units and sub-units
Center for Health, People, and Places
Lead
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Institute of Medicine
Lead
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Lead
Health Care and Public Health Program Area
Lead