This talk in our MGH Institute of Health Professions Healthcare Data Analytics Invited Speaker Series will focus on Emoji.
Emoji occupies the same status as the English letter A, or pictorial Chinese symbols within a universal system called Unicode. This code allows common agreement and translation of language between all devices worldwide and is the common code for All Apple, Android, Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, and even most Electronic Medical Records today.
In 2019, the heart Emoji were accepted into Unicode and are available on devices worldwide, but today there still is still no liver, kidney, or spine emoji. When we ask about sharp/stabbing, thunderclap, pounding, or fiery pain, we are communicating and transmitting meaning from one person to another. Emoji, and thus digital medicine, can help communicate with patients in a modern, inclusive, and accessible way. Come learn about the fight for the inclusion and representation of more medical Emoji, and how Emoji, as a pictorial communication method, can serve as a global open-source visual analog scale for digital information.
