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 'barriers'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:52 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159689&cid=t_125352_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fdont-call-me-mrs.html I have noticed in recent years, maybe its because I got married or maybe its because I have been going to the doctor so often, that they call me Mrs R at the doctor's offices. After 6 1/2 years of marriage (well really 5 years because it took me that long to get around to changing my name) I am Mrs R I am very rarely called Mrs R except at the doctor's office - by the person who greets me, by the nurse who calls me and by my doctor. And every single one of them mangles the pronunciation. (One 'e' can be pronounced as if it was 'ee'. The name isn't misspelled, you are saying it wrong - but that's another blog post.) I was going to ask my doctor's office to start using my first name instead. I might even respond to it a bit faster - Mrs R sometimes goes in one ear and out the other (how lon... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159689 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:21:00 +0100 5159689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028452&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Fone-of-the-biggest-barriers-to-creativity-and-how-to-overcome-it%2F Anyone who writes — or creates anything that goes out to the public — knows that oftentimes the product is akin to putting your heart out on a piece of paper (or laptop, or canvas and so on). Vulnerable, scary and vomit-inducing. So even if you get 100 compliments and kind words, one negative remark roars above the rest. It sticks out and stays with you. Not only does it have you questioning your work but, worse, your worth. Or even just the idea of being evaluated gets under your skin. Instead of telling the truth or letting your creativity flow freely, limitless and liberated, you’re paralyzed because you’re thinking about what everyone else will be thinking. So one of the biggest barriers to creativity is, as you’ve probably guessed by now: concern over the critics — be they... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028452 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:15:04 +0100 5028452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615078&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHvwUQ0pSe-Q%2F By Daniel GriswoldAs President Obama flies from Brazil to Chile today and then on to El Salvador later this week, trade and jobs have been a major theme of his trip. So far the tour has been a public relations success, but it also highlights the contradictions in the president’s trade policy toward our Latin American neighbors. One contradiction is that the president says nice things about trade agreements in the abstract, but he has so far refused to show leadership when it really matters. In an op-ed in USAToday on Friday, as he was about to depart for Brazil, the president wrote: Thanks in part to our trade agreements across the region, we now export three times as much to Latin America as we do to China, and our exports to the region — which are growing faster than our exports to t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615078 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:20:12 +0100 4615078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459998&cid=t_125352_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fbreaking-down-technology-transfer-barriers.html Breaking down the technical and legal barriers are essential if technology transfer from academia to industry is to be done efficiently and effectively, according to researchers in Spain. Antonio Hidalgo, Professor of Technology Strategy at the Technical University of Madrid and José Albors, Professor of Business Administration at the Technical University of Valencia explain that publicity and prestige are not enough to allow the smooth transfer of knowledge from universities to the commercial sector. There have, of course, been many public and prestigious success stories many of which have emerged from the development of so-called science parks that facilitate collaboration between university campuses and tenant companies. Science “parks” in Silicon Valley (California), Research Tria... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459998 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:00:34 +0100 4459998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318312&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fky_aYSoPKMc%2F By Daniel IkensonAs a primer for the new Congress, my friend John Murphy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the “top ten reasons why pro-growth trade and investment policies and agreements are good for America.” As usual, I agree with John’s points. And I concur that the time is particularly ripe for educating policymakers about the virtues of trade. But with all due respect to John, his list is not so much about trade and investment. It’s really about exports (one of 10 points is about imports). Informing new members and reminding old of the benefits of exports to U.S. businesses and workers is clearly a worthwhile objective of the Chamber, the business community, and really anybody interested in economic growth. But in some respect there’s a preaching-to-the-choir e... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318312 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:30:22 +0100 4318312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309591&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fi3nv6xvoctA%2F By Mark A. CalabriaSince the financial crisis, “deregulation” has become a catch-all phrase for everything that went wrong in our financial markets.  Unfortunately said deregulation is rarely ever explained, but is rather asserted.  To truly inform policy debates, discussions must center on specific instances of deregulation.  One such example of banking deregulation that did actually occur was the The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 (imagine that, a Democrat Congress and a Democrat President deregulating the banking industry).  The heart of Riegle-Neal was to remove barriers to interstate branching.  A recent article in the Journal of Finance looks at the impact of bank branching deregulation on the distribution of income across U.S. St... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309591 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:04:36 +0100 4309591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300535&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhTkt0DJMLqA%2F By Daniel GriswoldDid America become a great industrial power in the 19th century because of its high trade barriers? This is not just an academic question. Modern-day critics of trade, such as Pat Buchanan and Ian Fletcher, argue that the same tariff wall that made American great more than a century ago can bring back those days of industrial glory. I did my best to debunk this flawed historical argument in Chapter 7 of Mad about Trade, but I’m delighted to see my free-trade buddy Don Boudreaux of George Mason University weigh in with an article in the new issue of The Freeman. Under the title, “Tariffs and Freedom,” Don neatly dispels a number of myths surrounding that period in American economic history. Can a Tariff Wall Restore America’s Industrial Glory? is a post from Cato @... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300535 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:30:42 +0100 4300535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265602&cid=t_125352_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F16%2Feducation-of-primary-care-2010-vol-21-no-6%2F This article summarises the findings of a literature review exploring consultations in primary care where language barriers affect the consultation. Findings suggest that there are limitations to current consultation models and educational interventions to improve consultations across language barriers and suggests future solutions to those problems. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Athens Password, E-Journals, Journals, Primary Care Tagged: Consultation, Interpreting, Language Barriers, Primary Care, Socio-cultural Linguistics (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265602 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:29:49 +0100 4265602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987055&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fto-change-patient-behavior-change-how-you-talk-to-them%2F2010.09.20 According to Marshall Becker, PhD, MPH, a one-time professor of mine and prime mover behind the Health Belief Model (HBM), four things must be in place for health behavior change to occur. I am paraphrasing here:  A person has to know that they have a particular health condition. A person has to believe that having said health condition is bad. A person must perceive the benefits of behavior change to outweigh the difficulties of behavior change. There must be a “call to action” to spark the change. Absent any one of these steps and the likelihood that behavior change will occur is diminished. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Mind The Gap* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987055 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:19:26 +0100 3987055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920821&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdiVBfy58GCM%2F By Sallie JamesAs many of you may know, Australia had a federal election on August 21 that yielded an at-time-of-blogging inconclusive result. As a consequence, the Liberal-National coalition (currently in opposition) and the Australian Labor Party are both wooing the Green and Independent members in the hope of securing their support. A Canberra-based friend sent me a link to an article in today’s (or, strictly speaking given the time difference, yesterday’s) Australian about the trade-related aspects of the current negotiations to form a minority government. I’ll admit, the story had me worried. I’ve bragged before about Australia’s bipartisan political consensus on free trade, and it looked as though that was under threat. According to the article, Labor &... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920821 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:32:57 +0100 3920821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4018284&cid=t_125352_118_f&fid=39279&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffoxepractice%2F%7E3%2F8_uicTsl4Zk%2Fhcsm-scoop-week28 At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes Social Media in Health Care: Barriers and Future Trends This blog post discusses some of the foundation to the current expl... Fox ePractice blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018284 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:49:14 +0100 4018284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3655806&cid=t_125352_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fsober-but-stuck%2F – A Recovery Book People in recovery soon find out that maintaining abstinence from alcohol and other drugs is only half the battle. Sober But Stuck addresses the issues that can act as barriers to serenity and ultimately threaten sobriety. Topics include; fear of failure, unhealthy or dependent relationships, resentments, and more. Provides needed encouragement for maintaining recovery from alcohol and other drugs. -     Order today >> Sober But Stuck  - Hazelden and HCIBooks Online Spirituality Books Inspirational Books Love & Relationships Books Addiction & Recovery Books (Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com) Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3655806 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:45:00 +0100 3655806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632258&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FW3E_vSN8ivw%2F By Daniel GriswoldThirty-nine members of Congress from both major parties sent a letter to President Obama this week urging him to seek passage of the long-stalled free trade agreement with our South American ally Colombia. The agreement to eliminate trade barriers between our two countries was signed in November 2006, but under the influence of their trade-union allies, Democratic leaders in the House have refused to even allow a vote. As signers of the letter point out (go here for a Cato analysis), the agreement would be good for our economy and good for U.S. foreign policy.  So far, the delay in passage has forced U.S. exporters to Colombia to pay $2.7 billion in extra duties that would have been eliminated if the agreement had become law. The bipartisan supporters also rightly note t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632258 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:47:02 +0100 3632258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560236&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fsaving-primary-care-what-will-it-take%2F2010.05.12 “Bold changes are needed in how the United States delivers and pays for primary care if the key goals of national health reform are to be achieved,” according to the health policy journal Health Affairs, which has released a thematic issue devoted entirely to the crisis in primary care. (The complete articles are available only to subscribers, but Health Affairs’ blog has a good summary.) I have spent much of the day reading the journal — 47 articles, and a combined 300 pages of text. Here are my “take-home” messages from the articles. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at The ACP Advocate Blog by Bob Doherty* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560236 Wed, 12 May 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3560236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302302&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVaC4Z9KX-wk%2F By Tad DeHavenThe District of Columbia is providing tax incentives for a parking garage at a new Harris Teeter grocery store.  This follows a District subsidized parking garage boondoggle that opened at a Columbia Heights mall in 2008.  Whether it’s a parking garage, bike rack, or any other commercial transportation activity, government should remain neutral. If Harris Teeter believes a 150-car parking garage is in the best interests of the company’s bottom line, it should pay for it itself. Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook.  If the District or any other city wants to encourage economic development, it should seek lower taxes across the board, and remove costly regulatory barriers. H/T Chris Moody (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302302 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:32:22 +0100 3302302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246849&cid=t_125352_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F06%2Fenabling-effective-delivery-of-health-and-wellbeing%2F Title: Enabling effective delivery of health and wellbeing Skinny: Report on how better to enable the delivery of improved health and wellbeing. Assesses current opportunities and barriers in delivery systems, to identify where practical changes could be made to improve effectiveness. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 45p. Published: 01/02/2010 Filed under: Grey Literature, NHS Tagged: Barriers, Grey Literature, NHS, Opportunities, Organisational Culture, Organisational Design, Quality (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246849 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:23:14 +0100 3246849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220512&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FT11nD6xi4to%2F By Daniel GriswoldIn his State of the Union speech, President Obama vowed to double U.S. exports in five years to (all together now) “create jobs.” Exports are dandy, and they do support higher-paying jobs, but the president’s pledge was unrealistic and raises false hopes that it will make any dent in the unemployment rate. U.S. exports have not doubled in dollar terms during a five-year period since the inflation-plagued 1970s, not exactly a golden era for the U.S. economy. In real terms, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, exports have not come close to doubling during any five-year stretch in the past 40 years. The fastest growth in inflation-adjusted exports came in the second half of the 1980s, when they grew by two-thirds from 1985 to 1990. Other periods of robus... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220512 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:53:27 +0100 3220512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167098&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaQOzMNiaugU%2F By Tad DeHavenThis weekend while watching a football game with a friend, I saw a commercial for Pepsi “Throwback.” This is a new product containing real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. My friend was incredulous when I explained that soft drinks manufactured for sale domestically generally don’t contain sugar because government protection of the U.S. sugar industry from imports make its use cost-prohibitive. I am intrigued that Pepsi would market a sugar-based product. In perusing the Internet for news about it, I found countless stories applauding the product but blaming Pepsi and Coke for continuing to use inferior-tasting high-fructose corn syrup. For example, Pepsi Throwback’s Wikipedia page states that soft drink manufacturers switched to high-fructose corn syrup dec... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167098 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:27:38 +0100 3167098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556111&cid=t_125352_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fdishonest-paramedics.html May be safer than an ambulanceI was called to see Mrs Johnson today. She is 78, lives with her husband, and suffers from COPD which is troublesome but stable. The details on the call request were "bad diarrhoea". She was, as always, apologetic when I arrived. But she looked unusually frail. Her husband said she was not drinking. She had had the diarrhoea for two days. Yesterday, Sunday, she was so bad that her son called an ambulance. I looked at the paramedic report. The box next to "Refused hospital admission" was ticked, and the form was signed by Mrs Johnson.I asked Mr & Mrs Johnson why she had refused to go to hospital. They both looked baffled. They had not refused admission. The paramedics had told her that it was the weekend, that the hospital was short staffed (true - it is al... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556111 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:54:00 +0100 2556111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382698&cid=t_125352_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fwho-wins.html Get the code:-Cut and pastefrom this littleboxy thing below Many positive, happy and optimistic people enjoy sharing their triumphs with others and like to list the many things that they are truly and genuinely grateful for. Other people, miserable, cynical pessimists, have to try a lot harder. It’s a jolly short list.1. I am grateful for the opportunity to further beautify my garden with the addition of small fencing to edge the flower beds. Additionally, although it only reaches as high as Thatcher’s ankles we are confident that it will serve as a visual reminder and barrier. Hopefully the strawberries will remain in the earth. Should this campaign fail we are quite certain that baths for Mr. Muddy will prove a more aversive reinforcement.2. I am grateful for the many useless coupons... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382698 Sat, 02 May 2009 06:56:00 +0100 2382698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1951829&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F11%2Fveterans-day-2008-cracking-the-culture-of-silence%2F Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., a day to give thanks and honor all who serve our country in the military. While the military has made great strides in recent years in acknowledging the mental health problems of vets, vets still face an uphill challenge when they seek mental health services. Two articles last week discussed some of these challenges. The stigma and perceptions regarding mental health concerns can still be extreme within the military, noted the West Seattle Herald: When Chris Hill was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1982, he made sure to remove the medical records in his permanent file about his visits to a psychiatrist. Hill, who was experiencing severe anxiety attacks, was afraid to be labeled as a veteran with psychiatric problems. “I was e... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951829 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:43:57 +0100 1951829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1873042&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F13%2Fhow-does-a-bridge-suicide-net-work%2F As we noted a few days ago, the Golden Gate Bridge is finally getting a suicide barrier. However, it’s not so much a barrier as it is a net. A steel net, to be specific. The net will be suspended from either side of the iconic span, and reach out about 20 feet. Out of the five barrier proposals considered, this is the only suicide barrier that will not interfere with tourists’ view from the bridge. It will also allow the 16 painters employed on the bridge to continue their current work routines (the other four barriers would’ve required additional effort and risk for the painters to do their work). When people jump from the bridge into the net, it will hold them there, suspended some 740 feet over the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Denis Mulligan, the chief engi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1873042 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:10:18 +0100 1873042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868528&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F10%2Fgolden-gate-bridge-to-get-a-suicide-net%2F As we reported earlier today, it looks like the Golden Gate Bridge will finally get a suicide barrier: After decades worth of engineering studies and heated debate, Golden Gate Bridge officials have voted to erect a suicide barrier on the bridge. The winning design is a stainless steel net that will be hung beneath the iconic bridge span. The Bridge’s board of directors has been under increasing pressure in recent years to do something more to prevent the numerous suicides that take place on the iconic span. Thirty eight people plummeted to their death last year from the bridge. We’ve previously documented how a film was made capturing some of the suicides that take place on the Golden Gate Bridge. We expressed our frustration in July with the slow progress being made in ere... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868528 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:43:58 +0100 1868528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1775535&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F08%2Fwho-stigmatizes-mental-illness-most%2F We’ve long known there are societal perception barriers — stigma and mistrust — associated with mental disorders and getting treatment for them. But are these barriers stronger for some people more than others? It turns out, the answer is, “Yes.” The people with the biggest mistrust of the mental health care system and the least likely to seek help from it? White males. In addition, researchers found that non-Latino white males were also the most likely to stigmatize mental illness and mental health concerns. The study was conducted by two National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellows in mental health care policy at Harvard Medical School and examined data from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health in the U.S. The researchers investigat... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1775535 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:20:10 +0100 1775535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1605887&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F07%2F10%2Fsuicide-barriers-are-effective%2F Suicide is one of those irrational acts that is still misunderstood and stigmatized, even amongst people who otherwise are okay with mainstream mental health concerns. Most people still don’t understand how someone could ever feel so despondent and depressed that they would want to end their own lives. I also suspect that at one time or another, a significant minority of people have thought about suicide, even if just in passing. The New York Times Magazine had an article this past weekend about a different approach to suicide. Instead of only looking to help treat people most at risk for suicide (people who suffer from depression, for instance), public health officials are also looking at the common means in which suicide is committed. One of those common means is jumping off a b... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1605887 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:59:27 +0100 1605887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1413438&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F01%2F2nd-annual-summit-on-behavioral-telehealth-june-2-3%2F DISCUSSION: SOCIAL NETWORKING AND HEALTH With the popularity of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, companies have turned their eyes toward healthcare and patients. How can patients fully participate on these sites and still protect their privacy? Who owns their shared data and experiences, and can they ever be removed? How do such sites enable patients to find others like themselves, to share experiences and knowledge about their disorders? And how can such social networking sites point us to the future by becoming early warning systems for adverse drug events or identifying the downsides to the newest fad or experimental treatments? This panel will examine these questions and demonstrate some of the emerging social networking sites for health and behavioral health concern... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1413438 Thu, 01 May 2008 19:08:08 +0100 1413438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=677467&cid=t_125352_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F124898276%2Freflect_to_sidestep_barriers.html Robert Hruzek tackles the problem of Life Comin’ at Ya – at a moment when you least expect it to strike. That’s also the moment for MITA to kick in. Whether you add new colors as Dr. Robyn McMaster suggests, or  stick a neuron in your head and laugh – it’s time to reflect for change. Here are a few reflection ideas … 1. Circulate a Meme to find out what others think about the problem. 2. Read a favorite comic strip character to discover some nuance you’d missed.  3. Look for inspiration and answers in a movie4. Take a shot at a few popular brain teasers to rejuvenate your mental plasticity. 5. Look to your top 5 respected leaders to see how they handled similar problems. What reflection ideas can you add to the list, based on tactics tha... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=677467 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:45:05 +0100 677467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611523&cid=t_125352_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F5%2F16%2Fnew-competition-disruptive-innovations-in-health-care.html Disruptive innovations are new technologies, processes, or business models that blow status quo products out of the water and, eventually, replace them entirely. Here are some examples: • Automobiles replaced horses • Semiconductors replaced vacuum tubes • Digital cameras are in the process of replacing film cameras  Lord knows we could use a big dose of disruptive innovation in health care. Most of us are still getting care in a delivery model that is more than 50 years old. And many of us would say it no longer works well.  "Minute Clinics" are often cited as an example of a disruptive innovation in health care, although these retail-based, nurse practitioner run urgent care clinics still have a long way to go before they replace the more tradition... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611523 Wed, 16 May 2007 20:56:27 +0100 611523