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What's New | December 09, 2009

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Social media applications ranging from text messaging to social networking are increasingly being used by health care providers to improve patient care. 

The featured innovations describe mobile phone and text messaging programs to improve self-management of chronic diseases and increase awareness and testing for sexually-transmitted diseases. 

The featured QualityTools describe a range of Web sites offering health information and resources.
Featured Innovations:

•  Daily Patient-Provider Communication and Data Transfer Using Mobile Phones Improves Outcomes and Reduces Costs for Teens With Chronic Asthma

•  Monthly Text Messages Increase Compliance With Recommended Blood Glucose Testing in Medicaid Managed Care Enrollees With Diabetes

•  Text Messaging Program Increases Awareness and Concern About Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among At-Risk Youth, Particularly African Americans

Featured QualityTools:

• AskDrWiki.com
Developed by DrWiki

• DoubleCheckMD
Developed by Enhanced Medical Decisions, Inc

• iGuard.org
Developed by iGuard

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Innovations >

• Comprehensive Orthopedic Surgical Program to Improve Patient Experience Increases Satisfaction, Reduces Length of Stay, and Allows More Patients to Be Discharged Directly Home

• Coping Skills Training Helps Adolescents Improve Quality of Life and Ability to Manage Their Diabetes

• Counseling and Testing Process Makes HIV Screening a Routine Part of Primary Care, Increasing  Testing Rates and Identification of Infected Individuals

• Laboratory Redesign Improves Staff Productivity, Leading to Reduction or Maintenance of Turnaround Times at Greater Specimen Volumes and Cost Savings

• Nurse Home Visits Improve Birth Outcomes, Other Health and Social Indicators for Low-Income, First-Time Mothers and Their Children

• Patient-Centered Redesign Improves Patient and Staff Satisfaction at Outpatient Cancer Center

• Unit-Based Safety Program Improves Safety Culture, Reduces Medication Errors and Length of Stay

QualityTools >

• On the CUSP: Stop Blood Stream Infections - Resources
Developed by Johns Hopkins University Quality & Safety Research Group