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Mobile Health and Pharmacy Practice is currently closed.

Mobile health has become increasingly accessible to pharmacists, providers and patients as a means to gather and organize health data. This health data is critical to optimal health decision-making and can be organized into motivational tools and games for patients. In this CE module, trends in mHealth applications and other available Health Information Technologies (HIT) are presented. Specific apps will be illustrated and discussed. This brief course provides a cutting edge discussion of the electronic toolbox for pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives (Pharmacists):

1. Identify Health Information Technologies (HIT) and tools for pharmacists to use in their patient care practice;
2. Analyze trends in continued advances in health information technology and the impact on pharmacist effectiveness; and
3. Assess advantages and disadvantages of various health information technologies.

Learning Objectives (Pharmacy Technicians):

1. Identify health technologies (HIT) and tools for pharmacist to use in their patient care practice;
2. Analyze trends in the continued advances in health information technology and the impact on pharmacist effectiveness
3. Assess advantages and disadvantages of various health information technologies

CE: 1.0 Contact Hour
Universal Activity Number (UAN):
0025-0000-13-120-H04-P
0025-0000-13-120-H04-T
Expiration Date: 10/28/2016
Course Number: KE-CN#TECH001
Instructor: P. Kenyon Crowley, MBA, MS, CPHIMS, Deputy Director, University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business' Center for Health Information Decision Systems
Fee: Free

This program is the result of a collaboration among the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business' Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS), the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy's Center for Innovative Pharmacy Solutions and Connect for Education.

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