Evaluating Digital Health Media: Analysis of Blog, Radio, Podcast

This report analyzes various digital health media platforms, including the TEDTalks Health podcast, Harvard Health Blog, and Drivetime radio, from a nursing perspective. The analysis focuses on their contributions to health education improvement, clinical quality, and evidence-based practices. The TEDTalks Health podcast is recognized for its role in supporting healthcare improvement through expert insights, while the Harvard Health Blog is valued for its evidence-based content and contributions to clinical quality. Drivetime radio is assessed for its potential in health education, but its limitations regarding clinical quality and evidence-based practices are noted. The report concludes by highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each platform in supporting healthcare professionals and the general public.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The TEDTalks Health podcast series..............................................................................................1
Health education improvement....................................................................................................1
Clinical quality.............................................................................................................................1
Evidence base..............................................................................................................................1
Link to posting.............................................................................................................................1
Harvard Health Blog........................................................................................................................1
Health education improvement....................................................................................................1
Clinical quality.............................................................................................................................2
Evidence base..............................................................................................................................2
Link to posting.............................................................................................................................2
Drivetime.........................................................................................................................................2
Health education improvement....................................................................................................2
Clinical quality.............................................................................................................................2
Evidence base..............................................................................................................................3
Link to posting.............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

The TEDTalks Health podcast series
Health education improvement
Yes, this digital media posting directly helps in providing support to general public,
healthcare professionals by supporting healthcare improvement with the help of podcast. Main
host of this podcast Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider share her ideas with their listeners about ways in
which an individual can live happily as she feels that media is one of the best ways of raising
awareness about one’s own health and bringing improvement within it.
Clinical quality
Posting on this digital media do help in supporting clinical quality this is because all the
posing done on this podcast are done by healthcare workers themselves. It is a highly credible
source; this is because it consists of experience of professionals. All the posting done on this
podcast have unbiased objectives. one of the main objectives of this podcast is to help
individuals and doctors so that they can manage their stress, anxiety, depression etc. Due to this,
it can be considered as a credible source that can directly help professionals to use this
knowledge and implement it within their clinical practice for enhancing overall quality of their
practice.
Evidence base
There is no doubt that best practitioners and experienced people participate in this TED
Health podcast but it cannot be considered as evidence base. But it can be considered for as a
source of literature and can be used to enhance knowledge due to this, this podcast contributes in
best practices.
Link to posting
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/ted-health
Harvard Health Blog
Health education improvement
Harvard health blog is one of the well- known blogs in which experts cover variety of
health topics and perspective medical field. All the posting on this blog can directly help in
supporting health education improvement from which both general public and healthcare
professionals can learn. Experts from healthcare settings cover different topics related to
healthcare such as cardiovascular safety from prostates cancer drugs, effect of alcohol etc. IT is a
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kind of educational bog that can not only help people in educating themselves but can further
help them in identifying ways in which they can bring improvement within their overall health.
Clinical quality
Yes, this Harvard health blog do support clinical quality and all the posing done on this
blog have unbiased objectives. This is because all the experts who write on this blog post on
different topics. These blogs are written by expert healthcare professionals from world famous
hospitals by referring national guidelines and policies. Not only this, reference sources used by
these experts are also from credible sources such as government website, legislation etc. As a
result, it can be used by healthcare professionals for enhancing overall clinical quality.
Evidence base
Yes this digital media can definitely be considered as an evidence base and do contribute
in best practices as it is one of the most trusted source of medical education in which most of the
blogs are written by highly qualified doctors and other healthcare professionals for top reputed
hospitals. Not only this, many findings from this blog post are used by other professionals to be
implemented within their best practices as well.
Link to posting
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog
Drivetime
Health education improvement
Drivetime radio can be considered as a source of health education improvement as in this
various healthcare professionals with experience can become a part of broadcasted radio
program. These radio programs can be accessed by both general public ad healthcare
professionals. It is one of the best source of health education improvement because listeners are
also given a choice for selecting their choice of program such as radio program based on allergy,
diabetes etc.
Clinical quality
This radio program is purely based upon experienced shared by healthcare professionals so
no such posting is done on this program which is based upon unbiased objectives. but it cannot
be used for supporting clinical quality as in this interview only information is shared by
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professionals on the basis of their personal experiences and no verification of information is done
i.e., whether it is relevant to clinical practice quality or not.
Evidence base
All the posing done in this ration interview cannot be considered as evidence and cannot
contribute in best practices. But it can definitely be considered as a source of information that
can be used for carrying out future research information provided in this radio interview can
further be used as a posting that can be used as a base for finding evidence but cannot be used
evidence itself.
Link to posting
https://www.drivetimeradio.com.au/programs/medical/
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