Chronic Disease and Social Networks

Chronic Disease and Social Networks

by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, MA (Econ.), MHSA, Member, HIMSS eConnecting with Consumers – Social Media Task ForceChronic disease accounts for $3 in every $4 of health spending in the U.S. Four lifestyles – smoking, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, and poor diet – contribute to the non-communicable disease burden which kills 2 in 3 people. At the same time, the U.S. spends more on health care than any other nation in the world. Although the U.S. adopts the most innovative new-new medical technology (from aortic valves to CT scanners), Americans’ health outcomes are generally sub-par. In the U.S., we’re getting a lousy ROI on health spending.

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  1. Ves Dimov, M.D.

    162.0 days ago

    Chronic Disease and Social Networks http://t.co/RXLIh7Z5

  2. HIMSS

    162.0 days ago

    Can #socialmedia engagement better health outcomes & #chronicdisease management? @healthpopuli discusses http://t.co/4oHzIv4A

  3. healthythinker

    162.0 days ago

    Nice to see my post on social media chronic disease & #health live on the HIMSS blog http://t.co/Cq9hsFyd #mhealth #socialhealth #hcsm

  4. Blausen Group

    162.0 days ago

    MT @jbselz: Chronic Disease & Social Networks -by @healthythinker http://t.co/CUHIdyth #hcsm #mdchat #socpharm #epatient

  5. Huntington Hospital

    162.0 days ago

    How can we use #socialmedia to influence better #lifestyle choices and help reduce chronic disease? http://t.co/Ke25bXGi #hcsm #publichealth

  6. Susannah Fox

    162.0 days ago

    RT @naveen101: Chronic disease accounts for $3 in every $4 of health spending in the U.S. http://t.co/yPspkNyW

  7. KentBottles

    162.0 days ago

    Chronic Disease and Social Networks http://t.co/L4TyIxLt

  8. Berci Meskó, MD, PhD

    162.0 days ago

    Chronic Disease and Social Networks http://t.co/1lbgz10R #hcsm

  9. Harry Greenspun, MD

    162.0 days ago

    Chronic disease: $3 of every $4 of #healthcarecosts in the U.S. - what can social networks do to curb this? http://t.co/jBxkfNXv #HCSM

  10. Rich Meyer

    162.0 days ago

    Chronic Disease and Social Networks #socpharm #pharma http://t.co/gVf52HHo

  11. iHealthBeat.org

    162.0 days ago

    Chronic Disease and Social Networks (@healthythinker in @HIMSS blog) | http://t.co/qa6X3Nz5 #hcsm

  12. Joel Selzer

    162.0 days ago

    Chronic Disease and Social Networks - great post by @healthythinker http://t.co/72QU5Ve7 #hcsm #mdchat #socpharm #epatient



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