MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'admin'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:58:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992925&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2Fthe-ma-legislature-has-finalized-a-budget-for-2012-cutting-15m-for-hivaids-services%2F Statement from Rebecca Haag, President & CEO, AIDS Action Committee: “We are deeply disappointed with the Conference Committee budget cutting $1.5 million in the HIV/AIDS line item. This is the third year in a row that the HIV/AIDS line item has been cut by $1.5 million or more. Last year’s cut of $2 million resulted in reduced prevention and screening programs, residential support services, non-medical case management for persons living with HIV/AIDS, and elimination of the regional Service Coordination Collaborative system. “The state’s investment in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention over the last three decades has paid off with a 59 percent reduction in new HIV diagnoses over the last 10 years, which will result in savings of more than $1.6 billion in health care costs. Mas... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992925 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:02:14 +0100 4992925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921597&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FsrpRRrbBg00%2F “If the greatest asset of a healthcare organization is its physicians, why then are so few resources put into retention and so many put into recruitment?  It’s a costly imbalance…”  So begins HealthLeaders Media’s recent article 6 Physician Retention Strategies. Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals “…estimated $50,000–$75,000 was spent per physician just on recruitment. Then there was the additional $200,000–$300,000 spent to train, credential, market, and onboard the physician. Total cost per new recruit came to roughly $250,000–$350,000.” Sobering figures in today’s stuggling healthcare economy.  Read the article to learn more about the 6 vital recruitment strategies that hospital leadership discovered; mentoring, leadership deve... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921597 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:28:20 +0100 4921597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902543&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2Frf-8jUbEjv8%2F James L. Madara, MD, takes over the position of Executive Vice President, CEO of the American Medical Association on July 1st.  Madara, 60, is a pathologist and the former CEO of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Having worked with physicians for many years, I rarely hear them even mention the AMA. It appears to be an organization that has largely failed to engage its members. Dr. Madara has his work cut out for him as the American Medical Association has struggled with declining membership over the past several years, especially after the organization’s decision to support healthcare reform. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902543 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:25:38 +0100 4902543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813464&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FJV1kjG1zpdg%2F The Joint Commission released a statement applauding the revised Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging requirements. The new rule, long supported by the Joint Commission, becomes effective on July 5, 2011. The rule, which applies to all hospitals that participate in Medicare, and inpatients at critical access hospitals (CAH), upholds The Joint Commission’s current practice of allowing the hospital or CAH to utilize information from the distant-site hospital or other accredited telemedicine entity when making credentialing or privileging decisions for the distant-site physicians and practitioners. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813464 Wed, 11 May 2011 12:25:08 +0100 4813464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789503&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F1Hd9KipioOo%2F Tweet As some you have probably noticed via a prior tweet and a LinkedIn profile change, I have a new role at AWS, getting back to my product management roots. This gives me a chance to get up close and personal with infrastructure, thinking about the types of applications and workloads people are running, high performance computing, etc. I love product, and it’s good to be back. Will definitely mean a reduction in travel and speaking engagements, but mostly result in being more picky about those. Maybe this means that c2cbio will make a semi-comeback. We’ll see. In the meantime, I am excited. (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789503 Fri, 06 May 2011 03:02:36 +0100 4789503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758934&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Fmassachusetts-house-passes-public-health-amendment-adding-25m-to-hivaids-funding%2F Statement by Rebecca Haag, AIDS Action President & CEO BOSTON, April 27, 2011—“The public health amendment passed by the House yesterday is a smart and focused investment in public health. Prevention and wellness programs are critical to long-term savings in health care. Over the last 10 years, the state’s investment in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention has paid off with a 59 percent reduction in new HIV diagnoses. This will result in a savings of more than $1.6 billion in health care costs. “Even as the rate of new infections has declined dramatically, the number of people living with HIV and AIDS has increased by 42 percent. Today, there are approximately 18,000 people living in Massachusetts with a diagnosis of HIV. Care is prevention and the House deserves praise for recog... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758934 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:56:59 +0100 4758934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742609&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2011%2F04%2F22%2Ffunding-the-fight-against-hivaids%2F It’s budget season, and as you’ve probably heard funds for health and prevention programs are on the chopping block nationwide. We’re busy reminding lawmakers that investing now in HIV prevention and care services will save billions in the long run. In Massachusetts alone, it is estimated that without the programs we had in place from 1998-2008 we would have seen an additional 4,085 HIV cases in our state, resulting in over $1.5 billion in health care costs, not to mention the challenges each of these people would have faced managing a life-threatening disease. In Massachusetts Last week, the Ways & Means Committee of the Massachusetts House of Representatives released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012, which begins July 1. The committee recommended $2 million in cuts to ... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742609 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:43:30 +0100 4742609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696735&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FwqafBt7EZeI%2F I spoke at a conference of medical staff service professionals Friday.  My time slot was towad the end of the two day program, and the topic, professional communication skills, was a little lighter fare than that of most of the other speakers.  It’s a topic I like to present because I get to tell stories, some of them wonderful examples of people who said or did just the right thing, at just the right time, like the father who knew what to say to his tired daughter.  Some of the stories focus on the fact that the way we dress influcences how people think about us.  Some are shared in the hopes of bolstering people up who handle an often difficult, sometimes thankless, job with grace and courage. Some of the other presenters at the two-day conference spoke about electronic me... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696735 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:36:06 +0100 4696735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4658458&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2Fyb7ER_dlp4k%2F March 30th is designated each year in the US as “Doctors Day,” a day set aside to acknowledge the benefit we all receive from the excellent work of the physicians who touch our lives. I have the privilege in my current position of working with many physicians who repeatedly demonstrate their willingness to “go the extra mile” for patients.  So to all of them, as well as the many other highly-skilled physicians who care for us, thank you, and Happy Doctors Day! (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4658458 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:39:49 +0100 4658458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389243&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FgVswygHYrAw%2F This study provides a timely reminder that we all need to treat one another with respect, even when we think a mistake has been made.  Patient safety is a key concern in today’s complex healthcare setting, and part of that safety plan must be that healthcare workers have access to the resources they need, whether that’s appropriate equipment, or confidential mental health counseling. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389243 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 12:50:36 +0100 4389243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4326902&cid=t_97452_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-energy-drink%2F2011.01.09 By Scott Gavura, BScPhm, MBA, RPh for Science-Based Medicine My stimulant of choice is coffee. I started drinking it in first-year university, and never looked back. A tiny four-cup coffee maker became my reliable companion right through graduate school. But since I stopped needing to drink a pot at a time, an entirely new category of products has appeared — the energy drink. Targeting students, athletes, and others seeking a mental or physical boost, energy drinks are now an enormous industry: From the first U.S. product sale in 1997, the market size was $4.8 billion by 2008, and continues to grow. (1) My precious coffee effectively has a single therapeutic ingredient, caffeine. Its pharmacology is well documented, and the physiologic effects are understood. The safety data isn’... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326902 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:00:48 +0100 4326902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302237&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FUGrZyowdb78%2F Tweet Here are the top five bbgm posts of 2010 based on actual views Massive Data The Biological Data Scientist Evaluating protein-ligand interactions One video every life scientist should watch Data Science roles and barriers Some others that I’d like to call out Data geeks and biology Searching scientific literature in the 21st century The hypocrisy of academia We have the data Not getting it Unzipping Genomes (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302237 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:41:34 +0100 4302237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4285227&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F23%2Fmeeting-again-for-the-first-time%2F It’s Friday afternoon, and that means clinic. It’s 1 p.m., and that means I’m walking to get Samantha from the waiting room for our therapy session. I take a deep breath before I open the door, and find myself looking forward to our session. “Hello, Samantha,” I say, “I’m Dr. Hufford. Come on back.” I always reserve the same room for our work, hoping that it will help her to remember that we’ve met before. Samantha and I have met many times before, but for her, every session is like meeting again for the first time. She is stuck in an unrelenting present, experiencing life about an hour at a time, before her anterograde amnesia — an inability to remember new events — sweeps the memories away, floating just out of her reach. “Cognitive difficulties”... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4285227 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:44:29 +0100 4285227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4253257&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FY6x6rAt-E2k%2F The January issue of Vanity Fair features an article by Buzz Bissinger about Mark Weinberger, an Indiana surgeon who spent three years in the Italian Alps evading millions of dollars in debt, family problems, and more than 350 malpractice suits. Evidence presented in the malpractice cases claims that Dr. Weinberger defrauded insurance companies and injured patients by recommending and performing numerous unnecessary surgeries. The Vanity Fair article brings forward the question, ’how can patients protect themselves from a fraudulent and dangerous practitioner?’  First, it is important to note that one of the reasons this case is newsworthy is because it is so rare.  Exceedingly few physicians engage in deliberately harmful patient care for profit.  However, there is... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4253257 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:37:12 +0100 4253257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4230214&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FH4pPWaLZaZk%2F A scan of recent tweets by various healthcare writers led to a couple of thought-provoking articles regarding the pitfalls of social media, one was via  Kevin Pho, the other Ves Dimov.  #1 - Human Resources and Medical Staff Credentialers Beware: The applicant looks promising, you think he/she may be a good fit for the organization.  Whether you’re seeking to hire a new employee or gather data on an applicant for medical staff membership and privileges, your next step may be to dig a little into the individual’s online life.  After all, if it’s on the Web it’s fair game, right?  So you’re off for a little browsing in Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. Due dilligence?  Perhaps, but as with many aspects of hiring and/or credentialing, there are some ... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4230214 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:08:00 +0100 4230214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207387&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2F3XE88GoJilw%2F Here are a few recent Joint Commission FAQ’s related to medical staff standards: Q. Are organizations required to verify affiliations at other health care organizations, and if yes, for how many years back must the verifications be done? Answer Q. Can organizations use data from outside organizations in lieu of collecting their own data to accomplish the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE)?  Can outside data be used for low volume practitioners? Answer Q: Are specific privileges to administer sedation required? Answer More FAQ’s from Joint Commission regarding hospital standards. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207387 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:16:48 +0100 4207387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200630&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FQndt_4xKAXA%2F This is a reminder to those who need to recertify this year with the National Association Medical Staff Services:  (Those who received initial certification in 1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004 or 2007. ) Deadline: December 1, 2010   Fees: Single Certification NAMSS Member $100 Non-Member $250 Dual Certification NAMSS Member $125 Non-Member $275 Required Credits: Single Certificants: 30 hours of continuing education; 15 of which must be NAMSS approved. Dual Certificants: 45 hours of continuting education; 25 of which must be NAMSS approved. Eligible CE Dates: November 1, 2007 through December 1, 2010 (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200630 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 15:12:09 +0100 4200630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175844&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FqhXuns7euUY%2F Emily Berry’s HcPro Credentialing Resource Center Blog asks an important question in a recent post: “It’s not uncommon for practitioners to hold privileges at more than one facility. But can a practitioner’s ambitions put patient care in jeopardy? Should medical staffs set a limit on how many different facilities they allow their privileged practitioners to practice at, or set limits on patient case load at each facility?” I have attended medical executive committee meetings where this very issue was debated, usually in connection with patient care.  As a rule, rather than setting any practice standards for the medical staff, the MEC votes to warn individual practitioners that they must see their patients more frequently, on a more timely basis, or must improve the... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175844 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:37:43 +0100 4175844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4168073&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FPBrUMjK_Z90%2F Most hospitals provide commercial software for their credentialing staff, and that’s good.  With so many deadlines, documents, providers, and privileges to track, trustworthy software is essential.   With the potential penalties for missing just one important document or deadline, keeping up with daily tasks can be daunting. In my role as a consultant I have observed that many medical staff professionals, particularly those with limited access to IT support staff, often do not use their software well.  The problem is understandable; there are only so many hours in the day and learning and using complex database software is a skill set all its own.  Most software companies offer good technical support, but users may not know what to ask, or may not want to take the ... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4168073 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:59:28 +0100 4168073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152001&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2Fcp7ajKs-8CU%2F November 7-13, 2010 is National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week. The Medical Staff Service Professionals in your organization are, as this year’s NAMSS Awareness week poster suggests, the front line for patient safety.  By staying abreast of current standards, regulations and laws, your MSP’s are able to thoroughly verify the credentials, education and training of the physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and others who apply for clinical privileges to care for your patients. But that is just the beginning of their role.  Once physicians and other providers are granted privileges to practice within your organization, much work needs to be done to assure that both ongoing and focused review of their skills takes place. Your MSP likely works with Quali... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152001 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:56:10 +0100 4152001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125193&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FmNXHj0LFQEI%2F TweetHow do I become a data scientist? Playing with some new functionality on Quora.  I wonder if this is my new way of doing a link blog.  Some really interesting nuggets there.  I can't help but point to Neil Conway's data science Venn diagram (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125193 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:53:16 +0100 4125193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074225&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FI_eH94mrMO0%2F The Ohio State Medical Association has posted guidelines for physicians who use social media.  “Social Networking and the Medical Practice.”  If your hospital or practice needs to develop or update a social media policy for medical providers, this guide is a great place to start. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074225 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:02:56 +0100 4074225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4027247&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2F_zyfwp2rgtc%2F Our days. or in some cases our nights, are spent with co-workers.  The desire to collaborate with compassionate, intelligent people led me to a career in healthcare, and over the past 25+ years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some phenomenal individuals. Some have been physicians; both those who have cared for family and for me, as well as those with whom I’ve toiled on projects, committees and boards.  I’ve been impressed time and again with the dedication and courage these men and women display in the face of daunting obstacles.  My expectations are high when it comes to leaders of the healthcare team, and rarely am I disappointed.  Some have been nurses, physician assistants, and therapists; front line warriors in the battle against illness a... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4027247 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:36:39 +0100 4027247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4002999&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2Fbo4jL9pE3Jo%2F Adverse actions taken against providers in healthcare often involve mandatory reporting to one or more agencies.  Many organizations fail to report, either because they are hesitant to report actions taken for fear of being sued over an error, or because staff members are not well educated about reporting requirements. It’s not just hospitals that struggle with keeping abreast of all the various requirements.  The National Association Medical Staff Services Blog recently reported that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) determined that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) failed to report some adverse actions that it took against providers to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB). The ... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4002999 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:27:39 +0100 4002999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3960031&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FJaP50lguPoc%2F Image via CrunchBase I have talked previously about approaches to blogging for geeks and developers and the potential role of git and github. My current approach which involves writing blog posts in HTML and putting them in a version control system, but I’ve always wanted to make use of a git/Ruby-based workflow. This opportunity finally seems to have presented itself as I begin moving the current deepaksingh.net over to a combination of a Jekyll-based portal and a Gollum-based wiki. The germ of this idea came when Github announced Git-backed wikis and the move to go in this direction was given a kickstart after Heather Piwowar talked about her Hapnotes Wiki. Over the next several weeks you’ll see deepaksingh.net disappear from it’s current home on the Mindtouch platfo... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3960031 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 04:30:45 +0100 3960031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929318&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FhVaTJsluZ5I%2F “Those surgeons have it made.  Sure, residency is tough, but once they’re in practice they make tons of money for just a few hours of work…” Buckeye Surgeon offers up a slightly different perspective.  If you work with surgeons, or just know one, you’ll want to read “It’s Never Easy. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929318 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:25:29 +0100 3929318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3913177&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2Fzy70aGWc-a8%2F This intriguing job ad was posted a few weeks ago by a large health system.  It would seem that this hospital is ahead of the curve when it comes to understanding the need for resources dedicated to the data requirements of the organized medical staff. Performs related functions for tracking and data analysis of JHH Medical Staff and Affiliate Staff as it relates to compliance with Hospital requirements and Joint Commission standards. Will track staff quality data, initiate requests on a scheduled basis for related information, perform high-level analysis through use of sophisticated database software and other tools, identify problems and perform all necessary follow-up to resolve problems.  Will independently be responsible for making sure that all appointed staff are in compliance wit... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3913177 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:38:40 +0100 3913177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907687&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FW23W2mjvEmM%2F I recently had the pleasure of working on a consulting project with Buchanan & Associates Consulting.  Lynn, and the consultants who work with her, have a wealth of knowledge about the ever-changing field of medical staff services.  This post is to help spread the word that the BAC web site has recently moved to a new location on the web and can now be found at   www.buchananassociatesconsulting.com (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907687 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:33:21 +0100 3907687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889168&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FMGfFECfX8OM%2F “I care for you, I care about you, and I know you in ways no one else does; I am your doctor. ” The physician patient relationship is unique, sensitive, and vitally important.  Imagine for a moment, that you are the physician who made the opening statement, and that the patient to whom you spoke those words has suddenly, unexpectedly, died. You grieve, and you have a right to.  That patient and those who love him matter to you. Now imagine that the death is attributable, at least in part, to a medical error that you made.  How do you deal with the stress of that knowledge? Most physicians want to do what you or I would want to do if we made an unintentional error that harmed someone.  We’d want to offer a sincere, heartfelt apology, and tell those left behin... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889168 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:08:04 +0100 3889168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876779&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FYJzOvP6n9OQ%2F Are you wondering what the Joint Commission’s thought process is for Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) or whether specific privileges are required for the administration of moderate sedation?  Those and many other topics are covered under the Medical Staff section in JC’s Frequently Asked Questions. DNV  and AOA’s HFAP accreditation programs also have FAQ’s related to questions about their Accreditation and Survey Processes. (Source: MSSPNexus Blog) MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876779 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:50:14 +0100 3876779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805916&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FhU-F0dX15FA%2F I’ve written before about the case of Anne Mitchell and Vicki Galle, RN’s who lost their jobs at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit, Texas after reporting concers to the Texas Medical Board about Rolando Arafiles, Jr, MD, one of the physcians on the medical staff.   What happened next  created a national firestorm, and is almost too strange to be believed. Now, Medscape Today reports that the Texas Medical Board has filed a formal complaint against Dr. Arafiles.  The Texas Medical Board (TMB) has charged a family physician at the center of a nationally publicized whistle-blower caseinvolving 2 nurses with poor medical judgment, nontherapeutic prescribing, failure to maintain adequate records, overbilling, witness intimidation, and other violations. The charges foll... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805916 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:31:08 +0100 3805916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3780453&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FDpcxfm2UXno%2F Prior to providing care, treatment, and services, the hospital obtains or renews orders (verbal or written) from a licensed independent practitioner. Sounds like a no-brainer right?  How difficult can it be for hospitals to comply with such a simple standard? Turns out, pretty difficult.  Nearly every hospital struggles to comply with at least one aspect of that simple-sounding CMS/Joint Commission requirement in today’s highly-mobile society.  Each day around the country, patient’s show up at hospitals wth orders for various laboratory or radiology studies.  If the physician or advanced practice nurse practices at the hospital, there’s no question that he or she is a licensed independent practitioner; the records are right there, usually available with just a... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3780453 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:57:07 +0100 3780453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3723371&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FwRHR7cbZOfg%2F The Joint Commission has released partial pre-publication standards updates for 2011, which will remain available on their web site until October 1, 2010.    The currently available pre-pubs include:   Hospital and Critical Access Hospital Standards – Language for the long-awaited MS.01.01.01 regarding Bylaws requirements - Effective March 31, 2011  Hospital Standards – Patient Centered Communication, which sets requirements for interpreters and translators for non-English speaking patients, as well as effective communication methods for patients with vision, speech, hearing, or cogitive impairments. – Effective January 1, 2011  Behavioral Health Standards - Revisions to the Care, Treatment and Services Chapter - Effective January 1, 2011  http://www.join... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3723371 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:56:35 +0100 3723371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699643&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F5LkDW2uZLAM%2F (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699643 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:38:20 +0100 3699643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3687219&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2Fwg9sleI9kHk%2F When jumbo jets collided in the Canary Islands on March 27, 1977, 583 passengers and crew died in the ensuing inferno; the worst aviation accident in history.  Investigation revealed mis-communication between the tower and cockpit, and the fact that the first-officer was apparently too intimidated by the more experienced captain to question his actions. The aviation industry responded by developing Crew Resource Management training, which focuses on the cognitive and interpersonal skills needed to manage a flight Recently, there has been considerable interest in developing methods to prevent intimidation and mis-communication in the healthcare setting, as evidence mounts that disruptive behavior is a significant patient safety issue.    Historically, disruptive behavior... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3687219 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:49:37 +0100 3687219 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678605&cid=t_97452_118_f&fid=34702&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmspblog%2F%7E3%2FvHMR77s6Hgg%2F The Happy Hospitalist is not so happy at the moment. What has stirred up Dr. Happy’s inner curmudgeon?  Physician Credentialing. As my experience is on the other side of that particular desk, I’ve excerpted a few portions of his recent post on the topic, and added some commentary below. “For physicians to do a hospital admission or daily visits or procedures inside a hospital they must first obtain hospital credentials.” Absolutely true.  “Every hospital has their own set of rules.” Mostly true.  There are some universal standards which guide physician credentialing in the U.S., many of which are set by CMS Hospital Conditions of Participation, but there are also a myriad of specific rules that organizations establish to assure safe patient car... MSSPNexus Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678605 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:17:11 +0100 3678605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342823&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FAoJatljYIi0%2F Warning: Rant ahead!!! Over the past decade, I have interacted with academia in various forms, as a collaborator, as a vendor, as a partner, and a few other ways not as easy to label. I’ve also been an observer and ardent supporter of open science, especially open data and open source software. It often appears that, as an open science community, we are often dismayed, or wonder how we can contribute. I won’t defend open science here, that is not the goal, and quite honestly, I am a pragmatist. While not all situations can work in an open world, I am convinced that under most circumstances science benefits from open sharing of data and protocols. Much of the challenges faced today are a function of an axis of publishing model, recognition model and funding model that needs to e... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342823 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:20:06 +0100 3342823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3204926&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D2043 I haven’t posted here for nearly three months, so hello. I’ve recently obtained a full-time lecturer post at Aston University, so the blog has been a low-priority. However, it seems a shame for the blog to die, since it will be seven years old in February. One of the issues this blog has followed fairly closely [...] (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3204926 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:23:30 +0100 3204926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3135660&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F6jECy6WAOHY%2F It is now four years to the day that this incarnation of bbgm was born. And it’s come a long way since then as have I. No longer do I feel the need to push out a blog post or more per day and it’s only partly due to a lack of time. The way I look at it, there is a time in the life of a blog where writing often is almost necessary if you want to build an audience, but you ultimately reach a place where unless blogging is your core output, there are other avenues (Twitter, Posterous, FriendFeed, etc) that are more appropriate for certain forms of discussion. Over those years, I’ve covered a number of topics and been involved in many communities, and it’s rather pleasing to see all the new blogs and new names in the online world that so many of us live in. I am more pa... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3135660 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:35:33 +0100 3135660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124661&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Fnew-comment-format.php A lot of people (including paying readers! kidding!) are complaining about the new commenting format. I'll be euphemistic and observe that it's suboptimal. But I don't have time to work on tweaking and beautifying it now, so please be patient. Over time it'll move up the stack of my priorities, and hopefully your awesome contributions to the discussion will be facilitated by a more elegant and user-friendly commenting interface by the end of January.Additionally, I am thinking that posting "admin" messages in this space is also suboptimal. It uses space which should be allocated to real posts about science and such. If you're in the minority of readers who actually cares enough about your blog-reading experience to gripe in the comments, I invite you to subscribe to/follow my twitter feed,... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124661 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:34:00 +0100 3124661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089471&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Fcomments.php Haloscan is forcing an upgrade something called Echo. I am not inclined to switch comment systems since this has worked since 2004. So commenting may not work for a bit. But blogging will be light from me for a bit anyway.Update: The new comment system is working, after a fashion. But I can't install it fully because if I do it will interrupt their migration of Haloscan era comments into the new system, so I will leave it be until they give me the go ahead via email. Despite the fact that the comments box states "0" comments, that is not necessarily so. The new comment system is rather flexible, and I've turned on the feature which allows for trusted commenters to go through the mod queue. That means that after an X number of comments over an Y period of time of approved comments you're li... Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089471 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:22:00 +0100 3089471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067241&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnxp.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F12%2Ftechnical-difficulties.php There were some difficulties with the site overnight. Probably best place to check for updates is my twitter feed, http://twitter.com/razibkhan. 99% of the stuff there are just re-posts of my blog content. If you don't have my email address, you can also contact me http://razib.com. Additionally, I set up an aggregator weblog a few weeks ago, which is basically all the stuff from GNXP.COM, ScienceBlogs GNXP and my posts from Secular Right (just a feed of the "David Hume" author archives). Mostly useful for its RSS feed, since the links all point back to the individual blogs and comments are off. (Source: Gene Expression) Gene Expression blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067241 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:40:00 +0100 3067241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894701&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FS2ewtnwFiis%2F One of the legacies of a blog that is now almost 4 years old is a lot of stuff that is difficult to change. For one, I experimented with a move to Squarespace, an experiment that didn’t work. I am really busy these days and figured that I didn’t want to deal with blog administration. Unfortunately, thanks to the legacy, the move would have required a lot of work to get things properly moved over, and that required time I didn’t have, so wordpress lives to see another day. The other change is in the category section of the blog. For one, the theme I am using is a magazine style theme and expects thumbnails. Secondly, I got this bright idea, one I should have had 4 years ago, but my brain is a little slow. The idea that the categories for bbgm should be business, bytes, gen... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894701 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:59:29 +0100 2894701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2772667&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FgCzeWjHwLao%2F If all goes well Dr Cerf says that by September there should be three nodes on the interplanetary network—including Earth via economist.com Just reading that sounds cool Posted via web from Flashing Neurons!!! (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2772667 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:01:02 +0100 2772667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2768794&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FIqppyG9Vc3M%2F Image via Wikipedia I subscribe to a mailing list of foo camp alumni, and there was a question around tagging. About systems where tags are added by the creator vs. systems where the tags are created by the consumer. Joshua Shachter pointed out that delicious’ core paradigm is to have someone else, not the content creator do the tagging. Got me thinking about intent and something a former colleague always talking about; “your point of view”. The creators intent and the consumers interpretation or context may not be the same. So the tags you might use might be different from those the content creator, or some other consumer, chooses. Not just because of a different tag convention, but because you have a different context from the creator or other consumer. You can exten... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2768794 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:55:53 +0100 2768794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758017&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FvIakfv5tDzI%2F Posted via web from Flashing Neurons!!! (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758017 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:50:18 +0100 2758017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725174&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F96GGEQ7mkfk%2F (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725174 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:30:34 +0100 2725174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2702461&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FlYDB50JCEMQ%2F I had talked about Posterous before and how I was planning to use it. My experiment is right now on phase 2. I have removed bbgm from my Posterous list, essentially using it more like Tumblr on steroids and making full use of the email features. In addition to using the site as a scrapbook (like I’ve used Tumblr to this point), I am also using it to add pictures and video to various sites. In addition, it’s always a good place to write small notes, etc. I have retired my Tumblr tumblelog (at least for now). A second administrative change is opening up deepaksingh.net, or at least part of it. You can now create accounts for the site, although for most pages permissions are still read-only. If you try and log in you can now create an account, which you can use to edit any pages u... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2702461 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:00:35 +0100 2702461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2683962&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FoiUr06R4pz0%2F Image via CrunchBase Presence, a word not quite often used these days.  I’ve always had a different interpretation of presence.  I have a portal/wiki, a blog, a tumblelog, and a presence on Twitter, Friendfeed, flickr, YouTube, and Soundcloud  Each serves a purpose.  The portal/wiki provides a more granular looks at my interests while allowing me to use a platform that enables contributions if I choose to do so and track changes.  The blog is the center of my online world in many ways, and where many of my thoughts on science and computing go.  The tumblelog is like a scrapbook, providing people a peek into non-so-random stuff that piques my interest, and so on. Then along comes Posterous, which I had initially looked as essentially as a different ap... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2683962 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:13:14 +0100 2683962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2614031&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2009%2F07%2F17%2Fupdate-questionable-aids-charity-still-wants-your-money%2F Back in March, AIDS Action Committee’s Dan Scanlan, Senior Development Officer, brought to your attention the questionable AIDS charity, Center for AIDS Prevention, operating out of Beverly Hills, CA. Journalists at ProPublica, a leading nonprofit newsroom for investigative journalism, had published an initial report calling the Center’s advertising and fundraising activities into question. Despite attempts to further investigate the Center since March, little has been done to regulate its activities, which include major, national media campaigns (soliciting donations) and a website that regularly features inaccurate information about HIV and AIDS. ProPublica recently published a follow-up report, highlighting in particular a recent Center gaffe involving Tiger Woods. In April,... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2614031 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:56:48 +0100 2614031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2602183&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2009%2F07%2F14%2Fwhy-is-hivaids-absent-from-the-cdcs-health-report-for-people-over-55-years-old%2F Last week, CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics issued a 32-page report entitled “Health Characteristics of Adults Aged 55 Years and Over: United States, 2004–2007.”The report summarizes overall health status, health care access and use, and a range of health behaviors among persons 55 years and older.  It also provides information about a number of specific health conditions, including hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, hearing and vision impairment, loss of natural teeth, psychological stress, and difficulty maintaining physical of social function.  The CDC researchers found significant health disparities, particularly among older persons who live near or below the poverty line.  Sadly, the words ‘HIV’, ‘AIDS’, or ‘hepatitis’ are not mentioned ev... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2602183 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:19:54 +0100 2602183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2593199&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FvQVf7RSer8U%2F I am back from two weeks in Europe, my first extended vacation in almost exactly four years. Budapest, Venice, Lake Lucerne, Vienna, they allowed me to refresh and not think about work and science for the better part, but now I am back and ready to plunge back to many of the tasks I enjoy, work, blogging, podcasting, etc. Will take a while to figure out what all I missed, since I made a conscious effort to stay away from much of the geek news, but here is a bit of what I did miss Hari put Coast to Coast Bio #21 online, which is a very special episode, our first ever interview with Ricardo Vidal. We talk about Mendeley and the world of science online, among other things. ISMB was once again a remarkable success story for microblogging. Neil points to the great work done by those attending, ... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2593199 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:51:39 +0100 2593199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2576575&cid=t_97452_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006346.html I just updated to MovableType 4.261. Unfortunately commenting broken when I did this. So if you can't view or make comments I'm aware of the problem. If any MT knowledgeable... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2576575 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2576575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512435&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F6emp2BBvsw4%2F Image by ynse via Flickr I’ve been meaning to write about Freerisk.org for a while now, but only got reminded yesterday as I read the Wired article about Toby Segaran’s (and Jesper Anderson’s) new project. Freerisk.org sucks in financial data from the SEC using the XBRL format, allows the community to add additional annotations, and then makes that data available to standard risk analysis algorithms and, this is the best part, available for others to apply their own algorithms. My first reaction was, this is what we want to be able to do in bioinformatics. Keep the data available, add annotations, and have this sandbox in which algorithms can be applied and developed. The finance geek part of it is interesting enough, but I got interested in Freerisk for the general id... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512435 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:20:47 +0100 2512435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464357&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2009%2F06%2F08%2Femory-university-looks-at-same-sex-civil-marriage-bans-and-hiv-rates%2F In an interesting story, bans on same-sex marriage can be tied to a rise in the rate of HIV infection a new study by two Emory economists has found. In the first study of the impact of social tolerance levels toward gays in the United States on the HIV transmission rate, the researchers estimated that a constitutional ban on gay marriage raises the rate by four cases per 100,000 people. You can read the full story here (Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog) AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464357 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:59:07 +0100 2464357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452992&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F_60_jnpBp-g%2F Server move is almost over. Have had some teething trouble with server memory limitations and my own lack of knowledge of optimizing Apache/MySQL etc performance. It’s been an interesting exercise to say the least, but things seem to be looking up. Hope to be back in the saddle by the weekend. (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452992 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:23:31 +0100 2452992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349469&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2009%2F04%2F17%2Fa-day-in-the-life-at-aids-action-committee%2F The money raised each year by AIDS Walk Boston supports a diverse and far-reaching range of programs and services. Here’s a snapshot of a typical day at AIDS Action Committee, to show the many ways AAC provides care for over 2,500 clients and reaches out to thousands of others in the community. 9:15 a.m. A client’s neighbors have become violent and threatening because of his perceived sexual orientation, and extreme anxiety is affecting his health. His client advocate and the Rental Start-Up Program Coordinator begin the process of finding him a new apartment and providing first and last months’ rental costs, to ensure his safety. 10:00 a.m. Through the Maria Talks website, the Massachusetts Sexual Health Helpline team gets an email from a teen seeking advice on how to deal with peer... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349469 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:00:26 +0100 2349469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222549&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2009%2F02%2F26%2Faids-action-applauds-jeffrey-crowleys-appointment-as-director-of-national-aids-policy%2F AIDS Action congratulates Jeffrey Crowley, an openly gay man with significant knowledge and experience in health care and HIV/AIDS for his appointment as Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP).  He joins a well respected and dedicated team in the Executive Office of the President’s Domestic Policy Council (DPC) and reports to Director Melody Barnes who has a long standing commitment to HIV/AIDS.    “Jeff Crowley’s appointment is the beginning of delivery on a promise made by President Obama to people living with, affected by and at risk for HIV/AIDS – that their needs will be included in the health care reform discussion and that a National AIDS Strategy will be developed which will establish outcomes, strategies and a timetables to end the domestic epidemic and ... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222549 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:20:04 +0100 2222549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2210676&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FpPj_MBtejJo%2F I just came back from an executive event where I heard a very interesting talk from the CIO of one of the more successful healthcare systems in the US. I am not sure I can talk about specifics, but that’s not the important part. He said a lot of interesting things in his talk, but one in particular made me both laugh and cringe. Laugh cause it’s something so familiar, and cringe, because it is a problem that should not exist. Based on recommendations from JAMA they developed an IT framework which monitored a particular condition in their ICU’s, which they had not done in the past (a particular indicator needed to be maintained within a fairly narrow window). By developing some pretty neat protocols, they were able to both decrease costs improve outcomes. Now they wanted t... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2210676 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:43:15 +0100 2210676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2121674&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2009%2F01%2F20%2Fjoin-united-we-stand-for-health-at-the-statehouse-this-thursday-january-22nd-at-1pm%2F Due to the difficult financial times we face, the Department of Public Health has suffered tremendous cuts to its budget and is expecting more in the next few weeks.  Public Health programs prevent illness and disease and serve our most vulnerable residents, including people with HIV/AIDS, children, elders and those who are low-income.   A coalition of Public Health programs called United We Stand for Public Health is holding a press conference this Thursday, Jan 22nd, at 1pm, at the State House to urge the Commonwealth to protect public health.  Please join us as we stand up for Public Health and protect these programs from further cuts!  For more information about how to participate, please contact Deb Fournier at dfournier@aac.org    .     (Source: AIDS Action Committee's ... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2121674 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:53:32 +0100 2121674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110680&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2FBDMOn6sin8U%2Fthis_is_a_good-bye_post.php This is the final post ever at evolgen. It was a fun 4+ years, the last three spent at ScienceBlogs, but it has come time for me to close up shop. When I first got into blogging, I did it as a way to share what was on my mind to the few people who would read what I had to say (usually in topics related to evolution and genetics, but not always). It was a fun hobby, and my blog gave me a public venue to talk about articles I was reading, concepts that I found interesting, and summarize important areas of research. However, the blog has begun to feel more like a burden. I no longer post because I feel like I have something I want to say, but rather out of obligation (to my contract with Seed, to the five readers who read this site regularly, to my own need to keep generating new content be... evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110680 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:30:00 +0100 2110680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2084010&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fmore-later.html Happy New Year and Happy Holidays everybody (whichever holidays they are, I hope they're happy!).I just wanted to say I'm not gone, or rather... I'll be back. I have my fellowship thesis defense in a week, so I'm drowning right now.Wish me luck? (Source: Midwife with a Knife) Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2084010 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:58:00 +0100 2084010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2065369&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FeIYekVV1OYs%2F 2008 has come and is almost gone and it’s time to shut down bbgm to do some housecleaning while all of you are out for the holidays, except Pierre of course, who will be writing some cool code. Dec 31 marks three years of bbgm as a self hosted blog, and every year brings with it something new and different. This year has been no different. I started off the year hoping to do a lot of video, screencasts, and incorporating all of that into bbgm, but that never materialized, mostly due to a lack of time, but also my style, where I tend to just throw stories together when I feel like it. I still hope to do incorporate more video, but not quite sure about how that might happen, and time is an even more precious commodity these days. But, while the video thing didn’t quite pan out, ... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2065369 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:06:55 +0100 2065369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1980892&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FoirWh0fOWqw%2F Not much posting lately, or for that matter a podcast. Busy at Supercomputing 08 where I was able to have some great meetings and meet some interesting people. Anyhows, will appear out of the woodwork this weekend. Need to sleep first. (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1980892 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:59:36 +0100 1980892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1968831&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2008%2F11%2F17%2Fstudents-from-smith-leadership-academy-visit-aids-actions-offices%2F 8th grade students from the Smith Leadership Academy paid a day-long visit the AIDS Action Committee offices in early November. They were accompanied by their homeroom teacher Laura Kacewicz and the head of Smith Leadership, Kamala Sherwood. While at the AAC office a number of staff members spoke to them, including Eric Brus in the HIV/AIDS Library, Tonia Hines & Emerson Miller from Peer Support, and Deb Fournier from Public Policy. Our BE SAFE Mass Promise Fellow Cara Mathews toured them around the offices and organized most of their activities. During the afternoon of their visit, the students made scarves out of fleece fabric that they brought with them.  When they had completed their project at the end of the day, the scarves were donated to Boomerangs to benefit AIDS Action.... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1968831 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:56:41 +0100 1968831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1951858&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2008%2F11%2F11%2Fa-doctor-a-mutation-and-a-potential-cure-for-aids%2F (Pictured Dr. Gero Hütter/photo:Sixten Koerper) Writer Mark Schoofs tells of the startling case of an AIDS patient who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia and how his story is stirring new hope that gene-therapy strategies on the far edges of AIDS research might someday cure the disease. The full text of the Wall Street Journal Heath story is here. (Source: AIDS Action Committee's Blog) AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951858 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:02:35 +0100 1951858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1905971&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2FYj5zU-tWmTU%2F The New York Times continues to innovate. They have announced the TimesTags API. What is this? The API returns official NYTimes.com tags that match your search string. Even better, it ranks the results from most commonly used tags to least. That means you can quickly see what’s making news, how a company’s name has evolved, or which Baldwin brother currently has the biggest spotlight. The Times has some powerful dictionaries underlying their data, which makes the metadata more powerful, e.g. it allows you to disambiguate tags like Turkey (the country vs. the bird). They also clearly have bigger fish to fry. As the blog post says We see our tags as a contribution to existing metadata discussions and efforts, such as Freebase, Topic Maps, Fuzzzy and similar projects. If TimesTags can al... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1905971 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:41:48 +0100 1905971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1837264&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F405784030%2Fwhat_posts_should_i_submit_to.php Every year, the best science blog posts are collected in a book, the Open Laboratory (here are the 2006 and 2007 editions). Last year's edition included my cartoon, The Lab Fridge. It wasn't my best post of the year, but it filled one of the niche categories published in the book. Bora has been soliciting submissions for this year's edition of Open Lab. I've dug through my archives and found a few posts that I think are worthy of submission. Unfortunately, I'm the worst judge of my own writing, so I need some help. I've provided links to the short list of my best blogging of 2008 (up 'til now). Go check them out and let me know which one you like best. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: evolgen) evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1837264 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:00:00 +0100 1837264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1754502&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1831 I appear to have accidentally block-deleted 20 or so comments, thinking I was clearing the spam in the moderation section. My apologies if you were deleted. (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1754502 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:37:42 +0100 1754502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668484&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F351144536%2F As a side note, I talked to a colleague who got harassed at the Ichs and Herps meeting for… gasp… downloading sequences from GenBank and using them without asking the author’s permission! Good lord, what is the world coming to? I’m surprised to hear of such active resistance to public availability of information. Paulo Nuin pointed to a blog post on Phylota on Friendfeeed earlier today. The post is interesting in itself, but paragraph above, which was an aside on the post, blew my mind away. There was a time when I had the naive opinion that academics were all about the open dissemination of science, especially the sharing of basic scientific data. Alas, it turns out that for some the public domain is not exactly that. I suppose that this is a minority opinion, but... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668484 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:58:35 +0100 1668484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1652383&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F344600354%2F OSCON is a very interesting meeting. Apart from opportunities to meet old friends and acquaintances, and talk to people like Damian Conway and Toby Segaran, and having a very productive conference, one also gets to get a pulse on some trends, more on this in a bit. Also please to find some life science types here, including people from Pfizer and 454. I still feel that one sign that academia and even commercial life science companies don’t quite get it when it comes to software development and engineering is that while we are quick to travel to any number of scientific conference, the attendance at programming and technology-centric conferences is limited. Which means you miss out on talks about XMPP and how it can be use to power and scale web services, and learn about the open web,... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1652383 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:11 +0100 1652383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1631044&cid=t_97452_135_f&fid=35277&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.aac.org%2Findex.php%2F2008%2F07%2F16%2Fmore-voices-from-the-frontline-susan-tannehill%2F We have created a new series called “Voices from the Front Line” for our blog and Update, our newsletter. With these profiles we’re letting you hear from AIDS Action’s people who do the work every day that prevents new infections and who connect people living with HIV to care, support and services. In this installment we check in with Susan Tannehill, AIDS Action’s Director of Client Services. What first brought you to AAC? It was 11 yrs ago, when a friend of mine who was HIV positive asked if I knew how to type, which I did. He said they needed help at AIDS Action and shortly thereafter, I took the job as the Assistant Coordinator for the Housing Program. It was a great fit Were you always with client services or did you work for other departments in the agency? From those... AIDS Action Committee's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1631044 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:38:34 +0100 1631044 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526313&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F314222872%2F I am mad too. No one is forcing you to buy into services from 23andme and the likes. And I agree with Thomas Goetz. This is my data and it’s my decision. Regardless of what you think about the services and their utility or lack thereof, it’s ludicrous to think that doctors, most of whom know less about genetics than I do, need to make a call on this. It’s a personal decision. If a genetic test is required as a predictive indicator or prognostic, then it’s one thing, but that’s not the case here. There are ramifications for long term healthcare and behavior, admittedly ramifications we don’t quite have sufficient information to make sounds decisions on, but that shouldn’t stop me or you from sending our spit to 23andme if that’s what we choose... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526313 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:09:57 +0100 1526313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1516578&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F310959767%2F Image via Wikipedia (The NIH needs to) continue to maximize the freedom of scientists to pursue high-risk, high-impact research Those words were spoken by Elias Zerhouni, Director of the National Institutes of Health (via Genomeweb, free sub reqd). I have many questions, but foremost I would like to understand what the NIH considers “high-risk” and “high-impact” The NIH really needs to start consider how to fund projects which could fail completely, and how to fast track funding. The funding process doesn’t work for teams that want to act fast, especially when you are a new group without too much of a track record. I am not an academic, haven’t been since I finished grad school, but would love to hear what your expectations are, and perhaps what you real... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1516578 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:43:16 +0100 1516578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1436718&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2F%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Famericancliche.mp3 Just testing Podpress. Risk-benefit discussion from American Cliche. (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1436718 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:43:21 +0100 1436718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433650&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1785 I’ve just updated to Wordpress 2.5.1. Glitches may occur, though it looks nice at this end. Behind the scenes at Black Triangle lies a well-oiled system (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433650 Sat, 10 May 2008 22:58:52 +0100 1433650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1426515&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F285144322%2F I have lost some recent posts. Will try and resurrect them from Google Reader. Once again I apologize for all these Wordpress issues. Please email me if you continue seeing problems … mndoci AT mndoci — DOT — com ShareThis (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1426515 Wed, 07 May 2008 05:57:00 +0100 1426515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1395146&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F276426481%2F Here are some blog headlines in my feed readermo Live Mesh: First look at Microsoft’s new platform A conversation with Ray Ozzie about Live Mesh Bungee Labs evolves to compete with Salesforce, Oracle, & others IBM’s new servers for cloud computing Data center makeover Earlier today, I received an email from Amazon with the subject Amazon Web Services: Lower Data Transfer Costs And here is a conversation that Michael Barton and I had on twitter. If you don’t know that we’re in the middle of a significant change in how we consume and access compute cycles, either directly or indirectly, it’s time. Heady stuff. Of course, that also means that the hype and crazy headlines are going to become unbearable Technorati Tags: Cloud Computing ShareThis (Source: ... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1395146 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:51:45 +0100 1395146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1334413&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1751 Since I do not have time, or the inclination, to respond to the reams of material that anti-vaccine advocates can cut and paste into comment boxes, any such comments will be deleted or treated as spam. While I defend your right to believe and propagate such nonsense, I have the right to choose who can [...] (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1334413 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:47:57 +0100 1334413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1332539&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F259400047%2F Source: WikipediaMy first job was at a startup, a little structural bioinformatics company, that no longer exists. At the time, SaaS was not exactly a common model for companies to deliver content to their customers, but when I think about it, we were ideally positioned to do that. The company was developed on top of technology to identify function based on low-resolution structural modeling. While that was cool in itself, I think where we excelled was the infrastructure that we developed for internal use. Access to all applications was via web services, with a well designed database architecture and excellent software development approaches. We also were fantastic at using ontologies and at addressing the often gnarly problem of ambiguity in public data sources (especially in those days).... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1332539 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:46:49 +0100 1332539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1311117&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F253653307%2F Some updates to the site you might have noticed. The bbgm.tv link contains two players. A player that contains all video recorded as part of the blog (i.e. specific blog posts), and the kyte.tv player, which is where I will keep all miscellaneous, somewhat spontaneous video related to bbgm. Right now, I am experimenting with a daily 1-2 minute clip. Conference reports and road reports will go there as well. bbgm live is where any live broadcasts will go. Right not, it’s empty. Hopefully that will change some day. Technorati Tags: bbgm.tv (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1311117 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:08:17 +0100 1311117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1256171&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1726 This blog is now five years old. Here is the first ever post, and here is a post about its various incarnations. (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1256171 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:47:51 +0100 1256171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1240216&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F237322974%2F Some blog related updates I am experimenting with the Viddler video comment plugin. There is a link below the comment box that allows you to record a video response using your webcam (or upload a pre-recorded video from Viddler). Those of you with a Mac have no excuse not to leave one. There is an example over here Also, if there are any topics that catch your eye and you have some strange need to bring them to my attention, you can always tag them as ‘bbgm‘ on del.icious or ‘for:mndoci‘. On the flip side, a lot of what catches my attention in the context of the blog gets saved to that tag, so feel free to keep an eye on that. Last, but not the least, don’t forget to check out the Wiki and the Tumblelog Technorati Tags: Viddler, del.icio.us (Source: business|b... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1240216 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:00:35 +0100 1240216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1220689&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F232487783%2F Had a bunch of links and random thought that get the dubious distinction of getting shoehorned into a single post Is Roland back? His presence as regular in the scientific blogophere is sorely missed Jeremy Zawodny talks about Research publications in the age of the web Some blogs I am enjoying these days (outside the usual suspects)NodalitiesMinding the planet Something that I found in my “write about this” archives from several months ago is docking.org, which in some ways seems to be inspired by nodalpoint, or maybe that’s just the Drupal. The site was started by the Shoichet lab at UCSF and acts like a resource for the community around applications coming out of the group. John Irwin maintains the docking.org blog. The site could, and perhaps already is, become commun... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1220689 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:03:58 +0100 1220689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1196728&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkyte.tv Just Science week is coming up, so time to try and clear up some backlog this weekend, so that one can focus on science for a few days. Lets start with some bbgm-related stuff. You’ve already heard about skillbit and the BioBricks workshop at UCSF. I also hope to make it to the BIL conference in Monterey on March 2, but the logistics are going to be a little tough. Some of you might have noticed the Wiki link up on navigation bar. It was supposed to go up some months ago, but I am running about 4-6 months behind schedule on a few things. A couple of things delayed the Wiki more than expected; choice of Wiki platform and how it was going to be used. I tried out 5-6 Wiki platforms, and some of them were really good. I was really enamored by Deki Wiki, Social Text and PBwiki, and almost... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1196728 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:16:27 +0100 1196728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1191269&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1707 Kevin Leitch’s LEFT BRAIN/ RIGHT BRAIN is back in business. There’s also a del.icio.us feed in my sidebar now. (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1191269 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:06:16 +0100 1191269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182851&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F224679106%2F Not quite bioinformatics, but of all the topics that came up on the rather chaotic first night of Seattle Startup Weekend, a “match.com for enterprises” was the one that appealed to me most of all. At the time, it was not the first option, but after our original idea crashed and burned, the team got to work on what ended up becoming skillbit (current version can be found at beta.skillbit.com), a service for small organizations to connect people with capabilities. I came back last night exhausted, satisfied, with lots of new friends and discussions around topics ranging from social experiments to running simulations on GPUs to the best place to have coffee. As a stockholder and co-founder of skillbit, I am definitely interested in watching the effort succeed, but regardless, for... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182851 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:54:30 +0100 1182851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1180125&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F224102961%2F Other points of emphasis over the next five years will include encouraging development of databases designed to handle genomics and other biomedical research information. NIGMS also plans to continue to support the creation of resources such as sample repositories, databases, interoperable software, and equipment used in exchanging data between various types of researchers. … if researchers can’t afford to provide the annotation themselves, they should at least return the data in a standardised format that makes it easy for participants to get that annotation from other sources. Over the next year or so we will see a profusion of private companies seeking to decipher our genomes for us, for a price; at the same time, I fully expect that online communities and publicly funded ... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1180125 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:17:19 +0100 1180125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1123717&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmndoci.com%2Fblog%2Fvideo%2F2007-12-31_1925.swf It’s New Years Eve and bbgm just turned two in its incarnation as a self-hosted wordpress blog. By now you’ve all seen the new (and still in progress) design. It harks to bbgm being more of a website and not just a blog. I hope to write some informational content this year and doing specific video material that is a driver for the change. So what else can we expect in 2008? For starters an emphasis on the three subjects shown on page one, specifically personalized medicine, the web as platform and open science/open data. I also hope to write more about molecular modeling and simulation and not just about informatics. Must of the focus will remain as before will the usual geeky stuff, but I want to try and do some more commentary around issues I have been thinking about for a... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1123717 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 03:57:39 +0100 1123717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1122168&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F208588205%2F Hi folks As you may have noticed, I have a new theme up at bbgm, Revolution. Will take me a few days to work out the kinks, but as you can see, the blog now has a landing page with an emphasis on video and regular columns (the three topics I plan to stick to in 2008). In other words I am making bbgm a little less bloggy and more of a website. Should have everything up and running smoothly in a few days, but the feeds, etc should be working fine. Comments, etc are always welcome on the new look. It’s quite a drastic change, but I do have plans down the road which fit this change. See you in 2008 (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1122168 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:48:47 +0100 1122168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1122169&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F208559659%2F Upgrading bbgm.  Comments are turned off as well (Source: business|bytes|genes|molecules) business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1122169 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:38:44 +0100 1122169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1115361&cid=t_97452_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Fkyte.tv This is probably my last blog post of the year. I had all these posts planned, but am going to defer them to the new year. December 31st will be the second birthday of bbgm, reflecting the day I moved the blog from Blogger to its own domain and decided to focus on science and technology. If you’d indulge me, I’d like to look back at some of the highlights of the year and reminisce a little. The highlight of the year for me would the launch of Bioscreencast. I am the least active member of the Bioscreencast team, focusing any efforts on the blogging side of things, but as one of the few sites on the web marrying video, new media and science, Bioscreencast is a source of great pride. Of course, the real people who make it happen are Suresh, Hari, Geeta and Shailja, so all credit ... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1115361 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:42:08 +0100 1115361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1051273&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F190759192%2F3qd_hates_me_they_really_hate.php In a list of the most overrated things, we're the Churchills of popular science: Popular science: ScienceBlogs. Politics gets more hits than science, so ScienceBlogs recruits screamers rather than interesting popularizers or important scientists. More here. Read the comments on this post... (Source: evolgen) evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1051273 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:15:00 +0100 1051273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1040064&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fhappy-thanksgiving.html I'm heading out for 4 days of relaxation with friends and family in about 24 hours. I don't know if I'll get much blogging done while I'm away, but I just wanted to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving (and if you're not an American, have a great week/weekend/happy Thursday!).I'm thankful for my blog, and the blog-readers. :) (Source: Midwife with a Knife) Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1040064 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:35:00 +0100 1040064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1017565&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1669 There have been some additions to the blogroll, mainly friends and comrades who for some obscure reason I have been too slack to put on before. Notably, General Theory of Rubbish, Fat Man on a Keyboard, Michael J Totten, Shuggy’s Blog, Chris Dillow’s Stumbling and Mumbling and Terry Glavin. On the political front I have [...] (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1017565 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:34:42 +0100 1017565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=874570&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fsick-of-being-sick.html Sorry for the dearth of posts. I've been sick... this virus turned pneumonia (at least moxifloxacin is a fun antibiotic to say! Try it!), the lingering fatigue and cough.Now another ulcerative colitis flare (for which I'm actually going to see my gastroenterologist on Monday) and another viral URI. I'm um... feeling a bit sorry for myself. None of these things are going to kill me, I keep telling myself that in the scheme of things, they're all just annoyances. But somehow, being sick, missing work to be sick, feels like a personal failure sometimes. Which I know is ridiculous. In all of residency, I missed 6 hours of work due to illness (I had pneumonia, and kind of fainted in the OR). In the last year, the amount of work I've missed due to illness is probably around 3-4 weeks. I'm not s... Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=874570 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:29:00 +0100 874570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=794226&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F143428548%2Fyou_call_this_a_blog_1.php Wow, posts at evolgen have been few and far between. A damn, dirty manuscript is to blame. I keep trying to get it write itself, but the sucker refused to oblige. Maybe it would help if I could finish the data analysis. But enough about me. Let's talk about me Steve Steve. The last time Professor Steve made an appearance on evolgen we were on our way back from the Fly Meeting (the other Fly Meeting posts can be found here: 1, 2, 3). After we got home, Steve Steve visited our lab, and I got a few pictures of him posing with Charles Darwin and hanging out in the fly room. You can see them all if you click through below the fold. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: evolgen) evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=794226 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:15:00 +0100 794226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=780656&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fmingle-2-phoenix-singles-i-kinda.html Mingle2 - Phoenix Singles I kinda figured this would happen... (Source: Midwife with a Knife) Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=780656 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:47:00 +0100 780656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=738978&cid=t_97452_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gideononline.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F07%2F16%2Fissn-numbers-assigned-to-gideon-publications%2F An ISSN is an identity number for a serial publication. It is mainly used by librarians, but also for vendors that deal with publications. GIDEON is categorized as a serial publication updated weekly (online) or quarterly (CD). For reference here are the ISSN numbers: GIDEON (ONLINE) ISSN 1938-6508 GIDEON (CD-ROM) ISSN 1938-6516 (Source: GIDEON blog) GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=738978 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:54:47 +0100 738978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=693239&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2F8-random-things-about-me-meme.html Having been tagged by Rob, I finally get around to the 8 Random things meme.1) I'm the third of five kids. We grew up in kind of a crazy home. My older brother practically raised me to the age of 10, so I send him a Father's Day gift almost every year. My mother is jealous of our relationship and will often ask me to not visit him when I have vacation time. I usually do it anyway.2) I have 2 cats of whom I'm inordinately fond. I look forward to coming home at the end of the day because I know that they'll be waiting for me. It makes me happy that they're happy to see me.3) I recently started jogging, and although I'm very bad at it, I'm finding that I really enjoy being outside in the early dawn (or predawn, depending on the day) light, the birds, my ipod. I'm even enjoying the sweating. I... Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=693239 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:58:00 +0100 693239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=601201&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Frandom-updates-and-other-stuff.html In this post, I will give updates about situations from other posts. In order to help with my sense of boredom, having been offered (?threatened with) hospital admission by my PCP if I didn't stay home from work at least until Monday. Needless to say, I declined (?refused). My cable's better than the hospital cable anyway. If I'm going to lay around feeling bad, I can do that easily at home.First off, in reverse chronological order, is unsettled. The update is that that mom died about a month after her c-section, before she ever woke up. The upside is that as she lay in the ICU getting sicker, and sicker her family was able to come to some amount of peace with her illness, and made appropriate, caring decisions about her end of life care. The other good news is that that baby is going home... Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=601201 Thu, 10 May 2007 19:51:00 +0100 601201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=603978&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F115663231%2Finternet_odds_and_ends.php Rick at My Biotech Life is organizing all the genetics feeds into a single Feedburner feed. The DNA Network is a collection of feeds from sites that blog on genetics. You can subscribe to the DNA Network Feed to get the web's best genetics content delivered to your newsreader. If you would like to join the network, leave a comment on Rick's blog. Via Neil Saunders I learned about Google's Image Labeler, in which you team up with another person to come up with labels for random pictures. I presume these labels will be used for smart searching in the future. Beware, this is an amazing time sink. Read the comments on this post... (Source: evolgen) evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=603978 Thu, 10 May 2007 18:00:00 +0100 603978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571352&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F112170951%2Faround_the_bioblogosphere.php Ever wonder what biobloggers are blogging about on their blogs? Here's what: Razib posts part of a paper by Jerry Coyne and others (which I can't seem to track down) which questions the role cis regulatory elements play in adaptive phenotypic evolution. This all part of Coyne's war on evo-devo. Another post at GNXP (this one by p-ter) describes a polymorphic deletion that is associated with resistance to retroviral infection. P-ter tries to throw me a bone by mentioning the relevance of Drosophila research, but ends up shooting himself in the foot (how's that for mixed metaphors?). Orac's got a long post (Orac's not good with concise, me not good with grammar) on a Scientific American article by Peter Duesberg about chromosomal aberrations and cancers. Interestingly, the article is wr... evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571352 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0100 571352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=565673&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F111356630%2Flinks_dump.php Because my browser consists of a growing forest of tabs containing stuff waiting to be blogged, and there is no way I can write a complete entry on each one, and I want to at least link to the relevant sites so that I can close those tabs, I give you a link dump with maximal run-on sentences: Remember my post on the evolution of zombie populations? If so, you've got a good memory. If not, who cares? Anyway, there's an article in arXiv about ghosts, vampires and zombies. (Via Ortholog). The evolution of snake venom genes. They make up part of the venome. Jonathan Eisen on the Human Microbiome Project. Share your presentations using Slideshare. (Via Neil Saunders.) Read the comments on this post... (Source: evolgen) evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=565673 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:30:00 +0100 565673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=539239&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F108533630%2Fhes_with_the_tralfamadorians_n.php Because everyone else is commenting on it, I must as well. After all, I'd jump off of a bridge if everyone else were doing it. I don't read science fiction. Sure, I've read a couple of the classics (ie, Ender's Game). And I was really into Stephen King for a couple of years, starting in fifth grade (which seems just about right considering the level of his writing), but he's not really a science fiction author. Neither is Dean Koontz, whom I became infatuated with after I abandoned King (whom I think I was most interested in because of all the sex in his stories). But here's where I'm going with this is: Kurt Vonnegut has passed away, but you probably already know that. You also probably know that he wasn't really a science fiction writer, even though he often got lumped in with them. Th... evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=539239 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:30:00 +0100 539239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=519313&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F106327880%2Fdarwin_does_indeed_sell_out.php GAME PREVIEW | PRESS CENTER We are merely (a) day(s) away from the game between Corporate and Darwin (we're not sure whether the game will happen tomorrow or the next day due to some scheduling conflicts at Ivory Tower Arena), and the Corporate team has made a stunning revelation: Darwin did it for the money, not the love of the game. This is quite a surprising turn of events. Chuck D was financial secure for his entire life, and it was long thought that his pursuit of science came from a quest to understand the world around him. Not so fast, says Corporate team spokesman B. Roe Crat. The Corporate squad has turned up new evidence indicating that Darwin's world wide tour aboard the Beagle was sponsored by Edward's Fine Frock Coat Emporium. As part of the deal, Darwin was required to wear... evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=519313 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0100 519313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=507431&cid=t_97452_131_f&fid=34991&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fevolgen%2F%7E3%2F105025671%2Fthe_sweetest_sixteen.php PRESS CENTER | UPDATED BRACKET The folks that brought you the Second Round of the Octopus Region of the Science Spring Showdown (part 1, part 2) will be bringing you one of the marquee match ups of the third round. Those folks are us, and the place is here at evolgen. We're down to sixteen teams (some would even call this collection of teams "sweet"), which means there are eight games that will be played on the internets over the course of the next week. We'll be playing host to a game from the Chair Region between Darwin and Corporate. That's right, we're delving into the Philosophy of Science. Can the seventh seeded Darwin squad continue their survival, or have they finally met their match in the eleven seed, Corporate? The entire Chair Region has been loaded with upsets; the other tw... evolgen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=507431 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:45:00 +0100 507431 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=507051&cid=t_97452_10_f&fid=35345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gideononline.com%2Fblog%2F2007%2F03%2F22%2Fgideon-blog-launches%2F We have replaced our news page with this blog. This enables us to more easily communicate news about GIDEON while providing tools for you to monitor the news. The tools, including RSS feeds, archives and categories have proven to be very useful in the blogosphere. Feel free to provide feedback on this transition and any other items. Please note that we have back-populated some posts to include information from the old news page and will continue the process for some of the items in our news archive and reviews pages. (Source: GIDEON blog) GIDEON blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=507051 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:42:40 +0100 507051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=409739&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1565 Portugese men fishing on the banks of the Targus River at Belem in Lisbon in August 2006. (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=409739 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:56:50 +0100 409739 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=409740&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1559 Gosh, it’s nearly four years since this blog started. Although it looked rather different then. (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=409740 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:15:09 +0100 409740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=409430&cid=t_97452_109_f&fid=34504&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacktriangle.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1551 Phew! Due to an administrative error (leaving an old email account unopened) this blog nearly disappeared completely, it was gone for 6 days, without a realistic chance of it being recovered. Many thanks to all those who emailed me to express their concern. (Source: Black Triangle) Black Triangle blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=409430 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:56:51 +0100 409430 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=472355&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fkind-of-cool-stuff.html someone translated my blog into arabic:http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ar&sl=en&u=http://mwwak.blogspot.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpull%2Bout%2Ba%Also, about.com appears to link to my blog now. Apparently, I'm gory but cool. Cool! (Source: Midwife with a Knife) Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=472355 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:55:00 +0100 472355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=472362&cid=t_97452_112_f&fid=34799&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmwwak.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fbeta-blogger.html Huh. That was painless. Moved the blog over to beta. (Source: Midwife with a Knife) Midwife with a Knife blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=472362 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:33:00 +0100 472362