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How to use video to get people to care about boring, complex topics

The video starts with an image that everyone understands – a game board. It focuses on the viewer’s stake in the game: what the government has to do to get copies of an individual’s email or web browsing history. The narrator uses movement around the board to illustrate a bureaucratic process. He uses humor. “Nice […]

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New paper crunches “likes,” mortality rates, patient recommendations to assess hospital quality

Healthcare consumers’ rapidly growing use of social media platforms has transformed the way hospitals and their communities interact. According to a new hypothesis-generating HIT Lab study published online in the American Journal of Medical Quality, abundant data from social media activity may serve as tool for public health researchers to evaluate traditional measures of hospital quality. […]