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The Digital Dilemma: How Social Media Impacts Youth Mental Health and What We Can Do To Help

HIT Consultant

Lindsay Oberleitner, PhD, Education Director at SimplePractice In the current digital landscape, the impact of social media on youth mental health is becoming an increasingly pressing concern. teenagers aged 13-17 report using a social media platform. Social media is also where cyberbullying happens.

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Walking the TikTok Tightrope: Social Media Use by Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare IT Today

Aglieco, APRN, FNP-BC What compels established, well-respected healthcare professionals to post insensitive, ridiculing content on social media with no regard for the patient or family? Social media has successfully infiltrated nearly every industry, and healthcare is no exception. It’s not going away.

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The Filter Effect: What Does Comparing Our Bodies on Social Media Do to Our Health?

Bill of Health

Filters on social media apps such as Instagram and TikTok are great to take silly pictures alone and with friends, and they often give us a good laugh. The use of social media does appear to be correlated to body image concerns and low-self esteem. By Sarah Gabriele.

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HIMSSCast: Whole person care and data interoperability drivers

Healthcare It News

Social determinants of health – the food, shelter and security attributes of patients that exist outside of care settings – contribute disproportionate risks for disease, hospital readmissions and a lack of access to quality healthcare among vulnerable populations, including people on Medicare. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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AWS adds $20M to cloud-based health equity initiative

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AWS is looking for applicants that are developing cloud-hosted technologies to increase access to health services, leverage data to promote equitable and inclusive systems of care, advance equity in diagnostics and screening and reduce disparities by addressing social determinants of health. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Solving the 'empathy gap' with social media analytics

Healthcare It News

At the same time, notes Fran Ayalasomayajula, president of the social impact organization REACH, it's important to acknowledge another pervasive problem in the healthcare industry: the so-called empathy gap. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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How AI and machine learning can predict illness and boost health equity

Healthcare It News

seeks to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, many who survive the initial illness suffer debilitating long-term health impacts, especially those with underlying health conditions. population, including claims, encounters, social determinants of health and various other types of clinical data. Even as the U.S.

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