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Blogs As Channels For Disseminating Health Technology Innovations, Ashish Joshi, Rinzin Wangmo, Chioma Amadi
Blogs As Channels For Disseminating Health Technology Innovations, Ashish Joshi, Rinzin Wangmo, Chioma Amadi
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Objectives: The objective of this study was to describe the features of health informatics blogs on the Internet.
Methods: A search was conducted in August, 2016 using the search engine, Google, and key words: ‘mobile health blog,’ ‘telehealth/telemedicine blog,’ ‘Electronic Health Record blog,’ ‘personalized health record blog,’ ‘population health decision support system blog,’ and ‘public/population health dashboard blog.’ The first 24 blogs resulting from each key word search were recorded, generating 144 blogs. A total of 109 unique blogs resulted after removing duplicates and non-functional sites.
Results: Blogs with ‘.com’ extensions were most prevalent (72%, n = 79). More than …