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🔔 WEBINAR TOMORROW: The e-Patient Evolution: How Digital Health is Redefining Patient Engagement. How are engaged, educated, and empowered patients leveraging digital tools for self-care? Join Dr. Amy Price MS, MA, MS, DPhil, Dr. Danny Sands, MD, MPH, Denise Silber, Gilles Frydman, and Dave deBronkart tomorrow at 11 AM ET to explore the future of patient-centered care. The discussion will draw on insights from the paper “From Internet to Artificial Intelligence (Al) Bots: Symbiotic Evolutions of Digital Technologies and e-Patients” → https://lnkd.in/etac5fvd 📅 Hosted by the Journal of Participatory Medicine & Society for Participatory Medicine 🗓️ October 22 ⏰ 11 AM ET 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gi9FwEN4 #ePatient #DigitalHealth #PatientEngagement #Webinar #FutureofHealthcare #ParticipatoryMedicine

Our new #infodemiology study on the interplay of public and social media is out in JMIR Publications. In this work, our PhD student Silvan Wehrli searches for evidence of information pathways and voids between X/Twitter, Telegram channels, and public news. We look back on the COVID-19 era with a special focus on the online vaccination discourse. When have specific topics have emerged online? How were related news shared and discussed on social media? We tried to answer these and other questions with the help of #NLP, text clustering, multitopic classification, and thematic analyses. Find the paper here: https://lnkd.in/dfwA_smu Currently, we expand our work on NLP in the #publichealth domain and search for experts to join our AI centre at Robert Koch Institute: https://lnkd.in/dktm-cxh

ℹ️ Where does information... go? And how does it flow? We tracked the COVID-19 #vaccination discourse from government actors to critical communities (such as Querdenken), using four years of media data — spanning social media platforms (Telegram, Twitter/X) and established public media outlets. While most studies focus on a single data source, we compared patterns across platforms and identified critical #InformationVoids. These information pathways and voids are essential to understand for improving crisis and risk #communication. Check out the details in our latest publication, by our bright PhD student Silvan Wehrli et al: 📄 https://lnkd.in/esDCViCy #InfodemicManager #SocialListening #infodemic #communication #rcce #InfodemicPreparedness Anna-Maria H. Bert Arnrich Christopher Irrgang Robert Koch Institute Imperial College London Hasso Plattner Institute GGD Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam Public Health Amsterdam UMC - Amsterdam institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases JMIR Publications

Our Digital Navigator, Carla Gorban, was superb as a panellist on the recent Society of Digital Psychiatry’s live Symposium webinar in partnership with JMIR Publications Mental Health. Carla presented her original research as a Digital Navigator with lived experience across three youth mental health services in Sydney. As Carla says, “It’s hard for people with lived experience to get their foot in the door to work in mental health services, but the Digital Navigator role empowers this previously disenfranchised group with a new career option in mental health.”   Our leading work in Digital Navigation is another example of how we are redefining what including lived experience means.   You can watch Carla in action by clicking the link https://lnkd.in/g4TWYh9q University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre Ian Hickie AO Yun Ju Christine Song Harvard Medical School John Torous, MD MBI

The response from ZB MED - Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften librarians to our Flat-Fee Unlimited OA Publishing Partnership has been great! Like many other countries, German research librarians are working to help their researchers with open access mandates from funding agencies while managing limited budgets. The Institutional Publishing Fee from JMIR Publications is delivering Gold Open Access publishing at a sustainable cost for our partners. I wrote a blog post about how all institutions could see those same benefits, including the slide deck from the webinar with KGL Accucoms Europe a few weeks ago. https://lnkd.in/gaXX8TdK #openaccess #goldopenaccess #germany #digitalhealth #openscience

🏥 New Publication in JMIR Publications! I’m excited to share our recently published paper:
“Acceptability of the RecoverEsupport Digital Health Intervention Among Patients Undergoing Breast Cancer Surgery: Qualitative Study.” Our qualitative study explored how women experienced RecoverEsupport: A digital health intervention designed to support adherence to Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) guidelines following breast cancer surgery. Findings show RecoverEsupport was highly acceptable and perceived as a valuable adjunct to standard care. It filled key gaps in perioperative care, improved self-efficacy, and complemented clinical guidance. These insights highlight how thoughtfully designed digital tools can enhance patient recovery and optimise perioperative care within busy health systems. 📖 Read the full paper here : https://lnkd.in/geNXEkAK Thank you to my co-authors and participants for their invaluable contributions. 
#DigitalHealth #CancerRecovery #Oncology #BreastCancer #JMIR #PatientCentredCare #ImplementationScience #PatientSupport #ERAS

I look forward to moderating this interesting panel, co-hosted by the Journal of Participatory Medicine/JMIR Publications/Society for Participatory Medicine, on e-patients and their evolving use of technology over time. Join Dave deBronkart Gilles Frydman Denise Silber, editor Amy Price MS, MA, MS, DPhil, and me. Register at https://lnkd.in/eCu-7qeK

Huge congratulations! We're incredibly proud to see you celebrate this well-deserved achievement. Your commitment and hard work are inspiring. Keep up the fantastic work! 

Webinar Announcement! How can we create digital mental health tools that truly meet the needs of young people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)? Join Dr. Laura Ospina Pinillos MD PhD and Dr. John Torous, MD MBI for an essential discussion on ‘Co-Designing Digital Mental Health with Youth: From Global Principles to Local Platforms.’ They will explore how co-design and participatory platforms can advance equity, cultural relevance, and youth empowerment in mental health care. 📅 Hosted by the Society of Digital Psychiatry & JMIR Mental Health 🗓️ Date: October 31, 2025 ⏰ Time: 12 PM EST 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gWpY5jwQ #CoDesign #DigitalMentalHealth #YouthMentalHealth #GlobalHealth #LMIC #Webinar #DigitalPsychiatry #HealthcareInnovation