ONC is working on a number of fronts to shift attitudes and expectations about consumers being more engaged in their health and leveraging health information technology tools and services to be partners in their care. To that end, ONC is launching a series of video contests in 2012 that will invite people to submit stories about how they've leveraged health IT to improve aspects of their health, such as making a New Years' resolution, managing a chronic condition, or caring for a loved one. These videos will be used to help motivate and inspire others to use to health IT to make improvements in their health and to encourage greater adoption and use of health IT tools.
Given the focus of the first challenge is on using technology to achieve a New Years resolution to be healthier in 2012, it is imperative that the contest be announced as close to the New Year as possible in order to capitalize on the associated media buzz about this topic which wanes as you get further into 2012. It is also imperative that the submission requirements for the contestants be adequate to accommodate the disabled and to allow the public to sort/filter videos for the purposes of public voting and judging.
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