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 'alerts'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:12:09 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934329&cid=t_162093_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F16%2Fwe-need-better-filters-smart-alerts%2F When I review the research and write about the intersection of human behavior and technology, I’m constantly amazed by how far we’ve come. In just 5 years, social networks have become not only “all the rage,” but also a must-have for a significant portion of the U.S. population. In just 10 years, video online went from a mess of different, incompatible formats to YouTube and its competitors, revolutionizing the way many people engage with entertainment online (and to a lesser extent, information). In just 15 years, the Internet and technologies it has enabled has transformed not only many people’s workplaces, but the very connectedness and relationships we have with others. Let that sink in for a few minutes. In just 15 years, a set of technologies has started... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934329 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:48:03 +0100 4934329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934304&cid=t_162093_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fearth-alerts-for-natural-disasters.html – Earth Alerts is a Windows-based application that allows you to keep a weather eye on natural disasters as they occur across the globe. Alert notifications, reports, and imagery gleaned from National Weather Service, U.S. Geological Survey and Smithsonian Institution and elsewhere as they happen and before the media even know about them, give you a convenient way to view natural phenomenon as they occur. The app has been around for some time, but more recently they have developed a Google Maps version, which is currently in beta – http://earthalerts.manyjourneys.com/web/ Related Posts:Natural Disasters and HazardsScience News AlertsVideo Lecture Search and Natural LanguageThree-parent embryoWelcome to Earth 2.0 (beta)Earth Alerts for natural disasters is a post from: Scienceb... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934304 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:17:45 +0100 4934304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592691&cid=t_162093_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F5cPetg5jHnI%2F For those wondering about the difficulties confronting the FDA as the agency attempts to monitor the supply chain, the chart offers some insight. From roughly 1,200 foreign manufacturing plants in 2001, the number grew to more than 3,500 in 2008 - a 185 percent increase. Yet the number of FDA inspections rose 23 percent, leading to a 57 percent drop in the inspection rate. [UPDATE: In 2001, 20.7 percent of facilities were inspected, but only 8.9 percent in fiscal year 2008]. In China alone, the problem is daunting. There are nearly 1,000 manufacturers of drug substances eligible for FDA inspection. And for 89 percent of audited Chinese-made drug substances, US and European pharmaceutical purchasers fail to demand the mandatory Chinese license and certificate, according to Philippe André o... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592691 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:15:33 +0100 4592691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4002883&cid=t_162093_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpre-heart-attack-screening%2F2010.09.26 Imagine: There you are sitting outside on a warm, sunny day having a leisurely picnic with your family. You hear an ambulance in the distance getting closer. You’re not on call. Suddenly, the paramedics hop from the vehicle’s cabin and pronounce: “Excuse me sir, your heart’s not getting enough oxygen and you might develop a heart attack. Please, come with us.” Sound far fetched? Well, maybe not. A new device is being tested that might detect “silent” ischemia and notify a patient (or even call 911) that he or she is showing signs of heart ischemia on the wire installed in his or her chest. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4002883 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:00:00 +0100 4002883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876648&cid=t_162093_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoctors-and-alarm-fatigue-potential-for-patient-harm%2F2010.08.17 The hospital is never a quiet place. Walk through the wards on a typical day and you’ll hear a cacophony of alarms, bells, and other tones coming from both computers and medical equipment. American Medical News recently discussed so-called “alarm fatigue.” They cite a study showing find that “16,934 alarms sounded in [a medical] unit during an 18-day period.” That’s astounding, and for those who are wondering, that’s about 40 alarms an hour. It’s not surprising that doctors become desensitized to these alarms, and that has potential to harm patients, as physicians may miss legitimate, emergent findings. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876648 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:00:48 +0100 3876648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794942&cid=t_162093_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator-2%2Ffree-google-tools-for-dentists%2F Google offers some pretty cool FREE tools that you may want to get on board with, primarily Google Local and Google Alerts. Google Local (Google Maps or Google Places) This little tool will get your business on the map. The Google Map. If you don’t claim your listing, someone else may. And there’s nothing you can do about it! Google takes precautions to prevent this, but your best bet is to claim your listing now. It just takes a minute. Go to http://local.google.com. In the left sidebar, you’ll see a hyperlink that says “Put your business on Google Maps.” Click it! If you don’t have a Google account, go ahead and set one up. If you do have an account, simply choose Google Places from your main Google Accounts page. Then just follow the instructions to get your business listed.... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794942 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:55:43 +0100 3794942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3026696&cid=t_162093_99_f&fid=35342&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.vcu.edu%2Fcbuttery%2F2009%2F11%2Fhealthy-people-2020-objectives.html The objectives for Healthy People 2020 are now available for review and comment.  HHS  encourages participation in review and comment at the 2020 Objectives Site.  The site is easy to navigate, commenting is simple. I find many of the objectives grammatically convoluted  and confusing.  I hope the readers of this blog will visit and comment.  (Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG) Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3026696 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:16 +0100 3026696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2553145&cid=t_162093_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FW9BTUj-Hffk%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3B DocGuide a website that provides individualized insight into the latest updates and literature filtered from over 200 well recognized national and international journals has recently released an iPhone app that allows access to our account on the go. One of the great features of DocGuide is that subscribers can star an interesting article they have just read which translates into a voting system enabling us to see which articles have shaken the boat recently. DocGuide is a physician only community in that they check the license of each and every subscriber. This is good in ensuring a pure doctors rating of the articles. Another great feature of DocGuide App is that it’s highly individualized and tailored to our needs. When choose pediatrics you get to see only those articles that ar... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2553145 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:18:04 +0100 2553145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405568&cid=t_162093_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F05%2F10%2Falert-fatigue-and-clinical-decision-support%2F Clinical Decision Support has been called out as an important part of an EMR system. You’ll get no argument from me on this. What I have been thinking a lot about is what people call “Alert Fatigue.” For those unfamiliar with the term, it basically means that a doctor gets so many alerts that they grow numb to the alerts and stop looking at them. For those that are married, it’s like your wife’s nagging. It happens so much that you stop listening (ok, that was a joke. I hope none of us do that or have reached that point. I’m just lucky to have a wife who doesn’t nag). I think this concept of “alert fatigue” is really important and I think it will be impossible to create an EMR that strikes the perfect balance. Some EMR offer too many al... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405568 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:45:53 +0100 2405568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389811&cid=t_162093_99_f&fid=35342&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.vcu.edu%2Fcbuttery%2F2009%2F05%2Ffda_ftc_warn_public_of_fraudul.html The AP (5/5, Werner) reports, "The Food and Drug Administration has found at least 20 websites that may be fraudulently marketing products with claims that they guard against or cure swine flu, an agency official said Monday." One company, ReBuilderMedical Technologies Inc., has been given "48 hours to take corrective action or face criminal or regulatory action from the FDA," "The last thing any consumer needs right now is to be conned by someone selling fraudulent flu remedies," said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. "The FTC will act swiftly against companies that resort to deceptive advertising." (Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG) Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389811 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:10:44 +0100 2389811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389812&cid=t_162093_99_f&fid=35342&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.vcu.edu%2Fcbuttery%2F2009%2F05%2Fresearchers_say_press_releases.html According to a paper (5 May 2009 | Volume 150 Issue 9 | Pages 613-618) in the Annals of Internal Medicine, "press releases often promote research that has uncertain relevance to human health and do not provide key facts or acknowledge important limitations." Researchers examined press releases that 20 "academic medical centers sent out about their research, examining such details as whether they gave information on the studies' size, hard results numbers, and cautions about how solid the results are and what they mean." They found that "58 out of 200 releases, or 29 percent, exaggerated the findings' importance." Notably, "exaggeration was more common in releases about animal studies," as 195 "included quotes from the scientific investigators" of which 26 percent "were 'judged to overstate... Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389812 Tue, 05 May 2009 17:06:30 +0100 2389812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380964&cid=t_162093_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FdyFhBQlb_s0%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1 So not only the TV and the Internet has been flooded by Swine flu news. Medical PDA developers quickly responded and posted updates right into our handhelds. Meistermed published a new updated iSilo document that can be downloaded into any mobile here’s an iPod Touch example; The above iSilo document is also available for all other platforms a free download from this page http://www.meistermed.com/swineflu It includes last hour information updates as it’s released from the CDC. However, it’s not automatically updated and you’d have redownload the file should it gets updated. If you are subscribed to Skyscape MedAlerts then you’ll also get some updates about Swine flu here’s some screen shots; Micromedex also sent emails that their Clinical Xpert is... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380964 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:13:32 +0100 2380964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349089&cid=t_162093_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2F0kZOH6oESI0%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bfs%3D1 If you have a look at the current voting results of the Best Free PDA application poll on Pda4peds you see that Skyscape’s MedAlerts ranks the second best. This post is to revisit this cool free service from Skyscape, specially with the latest improvements that we noticed. Here’s how it looks on Windows Mobile; One of the most important enhancement recently added to MedAlerts is the push notifications. So that not only when we dock and synchronize the device we get the latest news but also these feeds can be pushed into the device if we choose to do so [as seen on the screenshots above]. The app will find your internet connection whether it’s Wifi or 3G and get you the news right in. Another new feature recently added, is the option to send the news to our friends via em... The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349089 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:39:19 +0100 2349089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2218829&cid=t_162093_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F27%2Fperssonalized-medicine-and-its-alternatives%2F A few posts back I just discussed that Personalized Genetics has not fulfilled its promise yet. But what about PeRSSonalized Medicine, just launched by Bertalan Mesko? Bertalan Meskó is a medical student from Hungary, who runs the award-winning medical blog Scienceroll. According to the web 2.0 model of Hugh Carpenter, mentioned in a previous post, Bertalan [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2218829 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:50:32 +0100 2218829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027371&cid=t_162093_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fhow-to-deactivate-your-smart-text-alerts%2F I have been complaining about the unsolicited Smart Telecom advisories about their current promos. I have been receiving annoying logos, as annoying as a sexy girl posing with her bikini. I also receive some monotones with .amr format. They say it’s free but if you subscribe you can receive related stuff within a week. I say these were unsolicited because I have not subscribed or activated any of their service. Well, maybe this could be a course to all Smart Buddy or Prepaid subscribers. We are all bound to receive these text spams. I have been sending “Alerts Off” messages to 211, as stated at end of their text alerts, to unsubscribe, but to no avail. An automated reply says that the service will be deactivated after 2 days or 48 hours but I still receive them, after tha... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027371 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:31:25 +0100 2027371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1544752&cid=t_162093_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F319128498%2F If you go to the pediatric RSS feeds list in pda4peds website you will see a number of services that offer news and updates in the form of RSS feeds. Of all these services Medworm stands out, for a... This is just a summery, visit pda4peds.com for more details and for everything about PDAs in clinical pediatrics! (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1544752 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:41:57 +0100 1544752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1527497&cid=t_162093_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F313890055%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesPresenting Highlight HEALTH 2.0The Best of Highlight HEALTH 2007 - The Year in ReviewThe Highlight HEALTH Network RSS Dashboard WidgetSocial Networks and Health - The Research and the Reviews (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1527497 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:10:44 +0100 1527497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1500778&cid=t_162093_123_f&fid=37052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fpediatric-pda-blog%2F%7E3%2F304261955%2F Medical News Today one of the best websites when it comes to medical news and updates with RSS feeds round the clock. It has a special pediatric section where all child health related issues and news are found. Fortunately it can be syndicated using any RSS reader like your internet browser or your PDA feeds reader such [...] (Source: The Pediatric PDA Blog) The Pediatric PDA Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1500778 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:50:38 +0100 1500778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=966604&cid=t_162093_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHealth%2F%7E3%2F163733864%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=966604 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:34:05 +0100 966604