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Health Literacy, eHealth, and Communication: Putting the Consumer First: Workshop Summary

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ating a positive social change is the predominant driving force” (http://
www2.fhs.usyd.edu.au/arow/arer/004.htm). Accessed July 1, 2008.

PDA. A personal digital assistant is “a handheld device that combines
computing, telephone/fax, Internet, and networking features. A typi-
cal PDA can function as a cellular phone, fax sender, Web browser, and
personal organizer” (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PDA.html).
Accessed August 11, 2008.
Personal Health Record (PHR). “An electronic Personal Health Record
(ePHR) is a universally accessible, layperson comprehensible, lifelong
tool for managing relevant health information, promoting health mainte-
nance, and assisting with chronic disease management via an interactive,
common data set of electronic health information and e-health tools. The
ePHR is owned, managed, and shared by the individual or his or her legal
proxy(s) and must be secure to protect the privacy and confidentiality of
the health information it contains. It is not a legal record unless so defined
and is subject to various legal limitations” (Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society. http://www.himss.org/asp/topics_phr.
asp). Accessed August 11, 2008.
PODcast. “An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3
file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player.
Although many podcasts are played in a regular computer, the origi-
nal idea was to listen on a portable device; hence, the ‘pod’ name from
‘iPod.’ Although podcasts are mostly verbal, they may contain music,
images, and video” (http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/
0,2542,t=podcast&i=49433,00.asp). Accessed August 12, 2008.
Prevention Research Centers. “A network of academic researchers, public
health agencies, and community members that conducts applied research
in disease prevention and control” (http://www.cdc.gov/prc/). Accessed
July 1, 2008.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feed. “A syndication format that was
developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregat-
ing updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for “Rich
Site Summary” (http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=
RSS&i=50680,00.asp). Accessed August 11, 2008.
SOAP. The initials, SOAP, stand for subjective, objective, assessment
plan. The SOAP format is used to document observations and care
provided.
SSL. Secure sockets layer which is a technology used to protect
websites.

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