The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has a number of "Text4Health" projects that are health text messaging programs. Some of those programs include:
Text4Baby: a public-private partnership that provides pregnant women and new mothers with free health text messages.
TXT4Tots: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is collaborating with the American Academy of Pediatrics to develop a text message library on nutrition and physical activity, based on the Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
SmokeFreeTXT: The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB) has designed SmokeFreeTXT as a free mobile smoking cessation service designed for teens and young adults across the United States.
QuitNowTXT: The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB) has developed an interactive text messaging library and delivery algorithm for adults in the United States who wish to quit smoking.
SmokeFreeMoms: SmokeFreeMoms is a cross-HHS coordinated pilot project focused on providing pregnant women who wish to quit smoking with personalized, interactive and evidence-based health text messages.
Health Alerts On-the-Go: CDC's health information is now available on your mobile device.
Learn more about these Text4Health programs here.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Videos from the Mobile Devices Roundtable are now available
Did you miss last week’s Mobile Devices Roundtable event? Did you attend the event and want to share the experience will colleagues? Do you know a health care provider or health IT professional who may find the discussions useful?
Event videos and materials from the Friday, March 16, 2012, Mobile Devices Roundtable are now available online.
Background: One of the key goals of the Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan is to inspire confidence and trust in health IT and electronic health information exchange by protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of health information. ONC’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO), along with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently launched a privacy and security mobile device project. The project builds on the existing HHS HIPAA Security Rule - Remote Use Guidance and is designed to identify privacy and security good practices for mobile devices. The identified provider use case scenarios and good practices to address those scenarios will be communicated in plain, practical, and easy to understand language for use by health care providers, professionals, and other entities.
Event videos and materials from the Friday, March 16, 2012, Mobile Devices Roundtable are now available online.
Background: One of the key goals of the Federal Health Information Technology Strategic Plan is to inspire confidence and trust in health IT and electronic health information exchange by protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of health information. ONC’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer (OCPO), along with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently launched a privacy and security mobile device project. The project builds on the existing HHS HIPAA Security Rule - Remote Use Guidance and is designed to identify privacy and security good practices for mobile devices. The identified provider use case scenarios and good practices to address those scenarios will be communicated in plain, practical, and easy to understand language for use by health care providers, professionals, and other entities.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Don't miss the Mobile Device Roundtable on March 16
From the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC):
The Mobile Device Roundtable is free and open to the public and will focus on safeguarding health information and provide participants with real world usages and real world privacy and security practices.
Friday, March 16, 2012
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
The purpose of the roundtable is to gather leading individuals in health and technology to bring about awareness and understanding to those in the clinical sector regarding securing and protecting health information while using mobile devices. The roundtable will cover a wide variety of initiatives, including:
· The current privacy and security legal framework for mobile devices accessing, storing and/or transmitting health information.
· Everyday usage of mobile devices by providers and other health care delivery professionals to understand their expectations, attitudes, challenges and needs.
· Gathering input from providers and other health care delivery professionals regarding the information (and format) they want and need to help them safeguard health information on their mobile devices, as well as input on existing and emerging privacy and security good practices, strategies and technologies.
The Mobile Device Roundtable will take place in Washington, DC and will include three panels of federal agency representatives, practicing providers and representatives of research, provider and industry organizations. You and your readers are welcome to attend in person or via webcast.
For more information, please visit the Mobile Device Roundtable webpage.
The Mobile Device Roundtable is free and open to the public and will focus on safeguarding health information and provide participants with real world usages and real world privacy and security practices.
Friday, March 16, 2012
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
The purpose of the roundtable is to gather leading individuals in health and technology to bring about awareness and understanding to those in the clinical sector regarding securing and protecting health information while using mobile devices. The roundtable will cover a wide variety of initiatives, including:
· The current privacy and security legal framework for mobile devices accessing, storing and/or transmitting health information.
· Everyday usage of mobile devices by providers and other health care delivery professionals to understand their expectations, attitudes, challenges and needs.
· Gathering input from providers and other health care delivery professionals regarding the information (and format) they want and need to help them safeguard health information on their mobile devices, as well as input on existing and emerging privacy and security good practices, strategies and technologies.
The Mobile Device Roundtable will take place in Washington, DC and will include three panels of federal agency representatives, practicing providers and representatives of research, provider and industry organizations. You and your readers are welcome to attend in person or via webcast.
For more information, please visit the Mobile Device Roundtable webpage.
Friday, March 09, 2012
Mobile Devices Roundtable: Safeguarding Health Information
From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Mobile Devices Roundtable: Safeguarding Health Information
Next Friday, March 16, 2012, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Great Hall
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC
The Roundtable event is free and open to the public, through in-person or video webcast participation, but you need to register online.
The Roundtable will include three panels comprised of federal agency representatives, practicing providers, and representatives of research, provider and industry organizations. The event will be an interactive discussion with moderators encouraging interaction between the panelists and the audience. Questions will be accepted in person, through email, and via Twitter.
Mobile Devices Roundtable: Safeguarding Health Information
Next Friday, March 16, 2012, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Great Hall
200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC
The Roundtable event is free and open to the public, through in-person or video webcast participation, but you need to register online.
The Roundtable will include three panels comprised of federal agency representatives, practicing providers, and representatives of research, provider and industry organizations. The event will be an interactive discussion with moderators encouraging interaction between the panelists and the audience. Questions will be accepted in person, through email, and via Twitter.
Monday, September 12, 2011
HHS, American Association of Diabetes Educators and AT&T Announce mHealth Initiative to Deliver Diabetes Self-Management Training
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Minority Health, the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) and AT&T* today announced an initiative to evaluate the use of mobile devices to deliver Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT) within an underserved minority community in Dallas, Texas.
DSMT is a collaborative process through which people with or at risk for diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related chronic conditions. DSMT must be prescribed by a Medicare beneficiary's healthcare provider in order to be eligible for Medicare reimbursement.
DSMT is a collaborative process through which people with or at risk for diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify behavior and successfully self-manage the disease and its related chronic conditions. DSMT must be prescribed by a Medicare beneficiary's healthcare provider in order to be eligible for Medicare reimbursement.
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