Learned this week about a contest some of you might be interested in entering. Truth is, I hear about contests from time to time - in fact, whoever is sponsoring them contacts me asking me to share the information with my readers. But I always turn them away, because in almost every case, what they ask you to do creates plenty of plusses for them, but not much, if anything, for you.
But this one is different, because it has real prize money associated with it AND because it's an initiative of the federal government. Yes - you read that clearly - the words "initiative" and "federal government" aren't usually found in the same sentence, are they? But today, they are.
The ONC - Office of the National Coordinator (Health Information Tech, meaning, electronic health / medical records and improving medical care delivery through the use of technology) invites you to submit a video about your experience using technology to improve your health. Some examples are: creative and innovative ways of e-mailing your doctor, using an online patient-portal to manage your health information, or downloading a mobile application that sends medication reminders.
There are a few rules, of course, such as: no longer than 2 minutes, ties to a New Year's resolution, shows how you use technology to achieve your resolution, etc. You'll also need to link your video to the website at www.HealthIT.gov.
The rules, prize explanations and disclaimers are all described at the ONC's Healthy Challenge website. Submissions must be in by February 16, 2012, and all you do is upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo, and fill out the form on the challenge website.
So - this post is actually two invitations to you! The first is for you to make that video and submit it to the contest. Then, when you do, will you come back here and link to it (at YouTube or Vimeo) for the rest of us to see?
Good luck! I'd love nothing more than for one of my patient empowerment readers to win!
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How exciting, Trisha! Thank you for sharing!
Such an inspirational “adventure” to take! It sounds like a lot of fun!