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Christina Thielst Patient Expert

Santa Barbara, California
Christina received a Bachelors degree in Social Science/Management from Louisiana State University... Full Bio
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Stimulating the NO Economy Continued by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living In 2005, I posted on the subject of stimulating the New Orleans economy after hurricane Katrina devastated the area. Since then I've thought of a few more of my favor ... Read on »
Final CA HIE Strategic Plan by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living How did I spend my summer? Aside from writing my book, I worked with California's new Deputy Secretary for Health Information Technology and stakeholders around the s ... Read on »
Social Technologies in Healthcare Survey by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living A new HIMSS Vantage Point Survey (five questions) explores the topic of the use of social technologies in healthcare. Please take this short survey and share it with your con ... Read on »
Pandemic Toolkit for Human Resources by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I've been trying to find the time to outline some of the HR issues related to a pandemic, but first things first. In the meantime, one of my connections here in Calif ... Read on »
La Grâce du Ciel by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living My parents sent me a YouTube video that is amazing! It is one of my very favorite songs -- Amazing Grace -- and it is sung in Cajun French. My all time favorite version is ... Read on »
Medpedia by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living A few months ago I was invited to be part of the Medpedia Project, a technology platform for the worldwide health community. The goal is to create a repository of up-to-dat ... Read on »
CAeHC webinair on FBI's Cyber Program by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Those who are interested in health information exchange (HIE) privacy and security may want to check out the next CAeHC webinar on Tuesday, November 10 at 1:00 PST. The spe ... Read on »
H1N1 Mis-information and Flu Film Festival by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Someone from a local college sent me an email that is circulating among the faculty and students with some prevention advice for the flu. While it might sound like it could w ... Read on »
Geaux Saints! by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Wow!!! Another football game that kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through. I don't know if my heart can take another Saints game. Last night -- two hear ... Read on »
Looking for a great new boss! by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Jury duty (all six weeks of it) is over, final edits are being made on my book and the big push to get California's strategic plan(s) completed for accessing the ARRA ... Read on »
Disruptive Behaviors in Healthcare Environments by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I'd like to suggest that one important piece of health reform is the elimination of disruptive behaviors by healthcare professionals, because it ties in directly with ... Read on »
H1N1 Public Service Announcements: California by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living The California Hospital Association has released some PSAs on H1N1 for children and adults in English and Spanish. The PSAs feature hospital emergency room physicians who desc ... Read on »
Workplace Health and Wellness: H1N1 by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I've been monitoring the traffic to my posts and am happy to report that there are more searches for information related to "business" and "workplace&qu ... Read on »
Macro trends in possible healthcare legislation? by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Mark Frisse shares his thoughts about some possible macro trends in healthcare legislation and I agree that these are needed and likely. I especially believe there needs to ... Read on »
How 'bout them Saints? by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I've been watching Manning quarterbacks for many years and really enjoy the games of the two younger ones. However, when it comes to a Manning vs. the New Orleans Sai ... Read on »
Do hospitals need to enter the world of social media? by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living I've been following Tony and Hospital Impact for several years now and it is great to see he is having success with the contributor format. One of his contributors p ... Read on »
Most Severe Cases of H1N1 by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living The SBCPHD has a new press release that includes some stats I'd like to share.Over half (58%) of the 26 Santa Barbara County residents hospitalized with complications ... Read on »
Po boy's & Muffuletta's by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Leidenheimer has been making bread for po boy's and muffuletta's since 1896 in New Orleans and I've been missing their french and muffuletta bread. S ... Read on »
Where Healthcare Workers Work by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine had a great diagram and article summarizing where healthcare workers work in their September 2009 issue. I'm sharing it here ... Read on »
Santa Barbara County H1N1 Information Line by Christina Thielst Patient ExpertHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Living If you live or work in Santa Barbara County and have questions about H1N1 flu (swine flu) you can call the Public Health Department Information Line (1 888 722-6358) and speak ... Read on »