First posted on Kaiser Health News on 8/1/12 There is a corner of the health care industry where rancor is rare, the chance to banish illness beckons just a few mouse clicks away and talk revolves around venture deals, not voluminous budget deficits. Welcome to the realm of Internet-enabled health apps.

An older article but the key finding is 2hen you hand someone a smartphone they are more likely to share, to create - to participate in, not just consume information. As Susannah Fox said in a recent speech (http://e-patients.net/archives/2012/07/health-care-hackers.html) "Imagine what that could do for health care."

Dorland Health has a new report titled Social Media in Healthcare: The Modern Link to Effective Patient Engagement and it is approved for continuing education credit. Mobile health is one of the topics.