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what’s on

forum where healthcare experts shared some (such as the ‘Publish or Perish’ symposium and
useful health tips; with topics ranging from the ‘Developing eHealth Interventions (Web/
‘How to search for reliable health information’ Apps)’ workshop). The organizer was hugely
to ‘Top 10 mobile health apps’. Throughout encouraged by the overwhelming response and
the Carnival, experts stressed the importance intends to organise more similar ehealth and
of engaging users in the development of research workshops in the future.
eHealth interventions (user-centred design);
this will help researchers and app developers The Organising Committee would like to
understand users’ needs and develop apps that take this opportunity to acknowledge all the
are more likely to be used and change users’ speakers, sponsors (Microsoft), lecturers,
behaviours. students and Faculty of Medicine management
for supporting this event.
Overall, the response has been beyond the
organiser’s expectation: the post-event survey For more information on the UM eHealth Initiative,
showed very positive feedback and some please visit: http://ehealth.dicc.um.edu.my
symposia and workshops were over-subscribed;

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