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CDC’s FluView App
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have updated “FluView,” their Influenza-Like Illness Activity mobile application for the 2012-2013 influenza season. With this application, you can: Explore Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Activity Levels across the US View ILI trends over several weeks Get on-demand access to state health department websites for local surveillance information Flu [...]
1,304 views | Comments OffDec 6th, 2012 | Filed under Gov News, Mobile Gov Products -
52 Weeks for Women’s Health App
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH), has created the 52 Weeks for Women’s Health application as a guide for women interested in learning more about their health anytime and anywhere. The app, available on the Android and IOS platforms, lists 52 alphabetical health topics, one for each week [...]
1,264 views | 2 commentsSep 27th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Challenges, Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
Events: Responsive Design and WIKITHONS!
You need resources, and we are here to help with excellent webinars and events to jump start your agency’s efforts. Mobile is heating up this summer, what with the implementation of the Digital Strategy kicking off and anytime, anywhere, any device content being a key tenet. So, mark your calendars. Responsive Design Webinar First up, [...]
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M.cancer.gov
The National Cancer Institute at the National Institute’s of Health created the mobile website, M.cancer.gov, to provide credible and current cancer information in both English and Spanish to cancer patients, their loved ones, and their caregivers—anytime and anywhere. According to NCI, the mobile website can be accessed via any device or platform and offers these services and information. A [...]
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MedlinePlus Mobile
In order to give people access to government health information anytime, anywhere on any device, the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the National Institutes of Health created the MedlinePlus mobile website. MedlinePlus brings free information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language people can understand. Acccording to NLM, the mobile website: allows [...]
1,121 views | 1 commentMay 10th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources, Uncategorized -
Trends on Tuesday: I Want It Now
Is mobile changing us? The rapid adoption of cell phones and, especially, the spread of internet-connected smartphones are changing people’s communications with others and their relationships with information. Users’ ability to access data immediately through apps and web browsers and through contact with their social networks is creating a new culture of real-time information seekers [...]
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My Dietary Supplements (MyDS)
My Dietary Supplements is a web-based mobile application that enables consumers to keep track of dietary supplements and other products they use and access them anywhere via any device. The mobile product was developed by the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. MyDS is accessible through web browsers and it is device agnostic–working on all [...]
1,279 views | 2 commentsMay 3rd, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile StrategyTags: dietary supplements, mhealth -
“Bring a Friend” Mobile Gov Wikithon!
Bring one, bring all! Bring a colleague to our “Bring a Friend” Wikithon next week on Tues., Jan 31, 2010. We will be holding this wikithon in two locations–D.C. and Maryland! Wikithons are gatherings of Mobile Gov professionals to create and develop content for the Mobile Gov Wiki. All attendees who bring friends will receive [...]
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