Medical Professionals Put The Ask Me About Digital Badge Into Action Worldwide

70, 22, 380, 6 – Can you guess what these figures stand for? No, unfortunately, we have no clue about how to win the lottery. These are our magic numbers when it comes to the Ask Me About Digital campaign. 70 medical professionals asked The Medical Futurist team to send out 380 badges and/or pins to 22 countries worldwide in the course of the last 6 months. That’s what we call a boost to the patient-doctor communication! What’s the Ask Me About Digital campaign all about? We cannot believe how time flies. We launched the Ask Me About Digital campaign in June 2018 with the goal to bridge a communication gap between patients and primary care physicians, nurses or other healthcare professionals regarding topics related to digital health: Googling symptoms, online patient communities, data from health trackers or genetic tests, the usage of health sensors or wearables. Although numerous patients use online tools to get medical advice, they are often reluctant to discuss their findings with their doctors out of fear or embarrassment as they don’t know whether they would be open towards that conversation. While a study found that, for example, three-quarters of unwell Brits google their symptoms to get better, that’s an alarming attitude from doctors, but it’s not unfounded fear of patients. Medical professionals usually don’t like online information gathering as patients could fall prey to cyberchondriac thoughts, believe falsehoods or imagine they know much more...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: From Chance to Choice Medical Professionals Policy Makers Ask Me About Digital badge campaign digital health doctor-patient doctor-patient relationship health communication Source Type: blogs