Azienda ULSS Asolo developed "digital pockets" about health and sanitary education for the general population: pockets are small digital contents about the right things to do in case of adverse events such as a street accident, household accident, or chest pain or to live a healthy life on a day-to-day basis.

The goal is not to teach the theory of what is happening and let people decide what to do in particular situations. Pockets show what to do practically: every pocket is mostly a "how- to" rather than a course. Every situation and event is presented in two versions: the correct actions to take in case you are a witness of the situation or the victim.

Health education topics concern the entire population and all different age ranges: to reach the goal of a strong efficacy of the pockets and their messages, all the episodes are developed using 3D animations, audio, images, and written text. To avoid their diffusion, these e-contents are available for many devices and media such as mobile phones, iPod, the Internet, and digital television.

There is, of course, a specific way to access the contents for any device, and Azienda ULSS 8 has several channels for spreading and promoting the e-health pockets. They are available for personal computers in video format, and the diffusion modalities including CD ROMs, DVDs, and a web portal (for download and streaming). For mobile phones and smartphones, the media formats are text, audio, video, and static images, reachable through a web portal (download) and Bluetooth.

For pocket PCs, the media formats are text, video, and static images available on a web portal (for download and streaming) or reachable by wi-fi and Bluetooth. For iPods and similar devices, media formats produced are video, static images, text (only for devices with video), audio, and downloadables from a web portal or reachable through iTunes (only for iPod). Other media formats include video for television and contents that are spread through DVDs, videotapes, and television channels.

E-Health Pockets represents a powerful and flexible instrument to promote health culture, spread contents related to health, and establish a strong relationship between sanitary and social services and interested citizens not only in illness situations but also in everyday life.