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 'blogging'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:46:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174849&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fwhat-do-patients-share-online%2F According to a report from the Pew Internet Project 80% of U.S. internet consumers seek health information online, making it the third most popular activity after email and search engines. We have all seen the massive adoption of social media in patient education. The next step for healthcare marketer is to understand what patients are sharing online and how they are sharing it. A survey conducted in June 2011 by Minneapolis marketing research firm Russell Herder “Seeking Social Solace: How Patients Use Social Media To Disclose Medical Diagnoses Online” gives us some answers. 40%  of the medical conditions that were disclosed by patients online in 2010 were cancer-related, 16% diabetes and 5% were related to sexually transmitted diseases, according to a research study by Rus... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174849 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:24:43 +0100 5174849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169610&cid=t_91748_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F27%2Fits-my-6th-anniversary%2F It is 6 years ago today that I posted my first blog post, boy time flies! I believe I am sitting in the same place, possibly about the same time of day. It is Saturday morning, hubby is putting in some over time (though these days he is on a salary and doesn’t actually get paid for it, he just love it so much!) and I am sitting in bed, laptop on lap. really I have more than enough to get on with. I have house work; who doesn’t but given my recent laziness an urge to blog should not be ignored at the expense of dusting, hoovering and bathroom cleaning! One of the reasons I am still quite reticent about posting my thoughts is that the kinds of things I would like to say could get me sacked. It would be enough to say that the passage towards my new position has not been facilitate... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169610 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:34:41 +0100 5169610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159077&cid=t_91748_99_f&fid=34589&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Faetiology%2F%7E3%2FG0eQdlMCKS4%2Fon_the_value_of_pseudonyms.php Our new Scienceblogs overlords sure have great timing with their new pseudonymous blogging rules. For those who haven't run across that yet, National Geographic has decided to eliminate pseudonyms and force everyone with a blog remaining here (which is already dwindling) to blog under their real names. Meanwhile, out here in the real world, there's a new unfortunate case study (short version: "EpiGate") showing how blogging under one's real name can lead to serious threats and potential loss of employment, among other things. I blog under my own name (obviously), but if I were starting out now, I probably wouldn't make that choice again. There are a lot of things I would love to write about on here, but can't--or won't--for a variety of reasons. For one, I'm untenured and would like to s... Aetiology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159077 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5159077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159139&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FFMnP6rgAn6s%2Fgrand-rounds-volume-7-number-48.html Thank you for coming to Grand Rounds 7:48, the weekly collection of the some of the best in online medical writing from all (doctors, nurses, patients, healthcare professionals).  Next week’s will be hosted by Health 3.0 Blog. Along with the excellent posts, I’ve included pictures of the changes cameras have gone through over the years – from the pin-hole camera to digital phone cameras.  Enjoy!   Dr. Charles hasn’t had much time lately, but I was able to scribble down this pediatric poem:  A Beating.  As one commenter figured out, Dr. Charles is a new father.  Congratulations! and thanks for the poem.     (camera obscura – photo credit) Jordan, In My Humble Opinion, writes about the covenant of being a doctor: I mean it is kind... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159139 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:40:10 +0100 5159139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159217&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.davemsw.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2Femotion_regulation_emotional_intelligence_for_pers.php This is the eighth in a series of articles about emotional intelligence for personal growth. Emotions give our experiences a sort of color, a dimension of experience very different from other senses, different from even thoughts. Yet many of us find our emotions at times more of an enemy than a friend. Our emotions serve a purpose, one that is not entirely obvious. Most current theories of emotion share the assumption that emotions serve an adaptive function in human life. Emotions play an important role in how we appraise and prepare to act on current circumstances. There are instances when emotions seem to interfere with what we do. The simplest examples are of anxiety reactions to public speaking, climbing ladders, or spiders. 'Emotion regulation' is a popular way of describing a sol... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159217 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 02:34:47 +0100 5159217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139847&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fb9I1cnqScoU%2Fchanges.html Due to many things, I will be closing my practice over the next few months and going to work for the Arkansas Disability Determination Services (DDS).  I only recently made the final interview and signed the contract.  My first day there will be October 3rd.  I don’t want to discuss the reasons, but I want you to know how difficult a decision this has been for me. I have not hinted to patients that I might leave until recently.  I didn’t want them to leave me prematurely, so I now worry that I may not have given them enough heads up.  Such a blurry line between taking care of yourself/family and abandoning patients.  I don’t think I have abandoned any of them, but I wonder if they might feel that way.  I have managed to “leave the door open” to... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139847 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:12:45 +0100 5139847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139846&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FGS0GEzFASXI%2Fsuture-for-living-to-host-grand-rounds.html I’ll be your host next Tuesday, August 23rd, for Grand Rounds Volume 7 Number 48.   It will be my fifth time as host of this the weekly compilation of the best of the medical bloggers.  I have no specific theme in mind, but if you need a “spark of a suggestion” think of  changes:  schools are back in session, football season will soon begin, and there is just a hint of fall with no more triple digit weather here in the south.   Now apply that to medicine/surgery. Submissions should be recent.  Please, only submit one (your best) post per blog.  Submissions are welcome until noon (CST) Monday August 22.  Send an email to me ---  rlbatesmd(at)gmail(dot)com  ---   with Grand Rounds in the subject line.  Please h... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139846 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:05:00 +0100 5139846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130967&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35095&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAutismsEdges%2F%7E3%2Fk8_DcA02pcw%2Fblogher-2011-unpacking-special-needs.html (Source: Autism's Edges) Autism's Edges blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130967 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:08:00 +0100 5130967 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5131091&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fk7EeA8t67S0%2F The following is a guest post from Sam Spurlin. I’m going to have to suggest you don’t even read this article. I know, I know, that’s kind of a weird way to introduce a piece of writing. Honestly, though, if you just closed your browser right now and got to work – I’d be a happy camper (I’m the worst guest poster ever, I know). Chances are you’ve already got the information you need Continue reading... (Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone :) Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5131091 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0100 5131091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5131089&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38618&url=http%3A%2F%2F21dragons.com%2F2011%2Fhow-to-have-a-popular-blog How do you have a popular blog? The answer looks simple to me, and is the answer to a similiar question: How do you get people to be interested in what you? Be interesting. That’s it. It’s a simple answer, but it’s not easy. You can break it further down; be interesting by doing interesting things or writing about things in an interesting way. Preferably both. Do Interesting Things Nobody wants to read about boring things. Chris Guillebeau travels the world and writes about it on his blog The Art of Nonconformity. Write Interestingly Not everyone of us can travel the world, but that doesn’t mean we’re doomed to a boring blog. Frank Chimero writes about design and creativity, and he writes about them so beautifully his blog is a delight to read. Do Interesting ... 21 Dragons blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5131089 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:00:43 +0100 5131089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118722&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F08%2F10%2Fthe-new-grand-round-is-up-at-dr-deb%2F Buffer Dr. Deb is a psychologist and practicing psychoanalyst who just published her book: Living with Depression: Why Biology and Biography Matter along the Path to Hope and Healing. She also did a wonderful job with the new grand round of medblogs. Grand Rounds is a weekly round up of the best health blog posts on the Internet. Each week a different blogger takes turns hosting – me this time around – and summarizes the submissions of the week. As a music lover, I thought I’d give Grand Rounds a vintage vinyl feel. So please make sure your phonographs are ready to go. Enjoy the read of the summary and check out what seems interesting Buffer   No related posts. (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118722 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:58:01 +0100 5118722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107966&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FIGXCdnzwUus%2F This was our fourth theme based week on Success Begins Today. The theme was metaphor, but it really should have been about blogging frequency. The week ended with an important creative decision on my part. Theme: Metaphor The week started out with a fundamental argument on blogging. It boiled down to this. Should I blog every day or should I blog only when I have a profound blog post ready to go. Should I hold off posting until I have something amazing to say. The two sides of the issue can be seen in these two opposing posts Blog Every Day: How I Write Eleven Blog Posts a Week by S. Anthony Iannarino I know a lot of people who blog regularly, and each of them has shared the experience of writing the post they believe is a complete throwaway only to have it draw the most comments and emai... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107966 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:23:20 +0100 5107966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5097181&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2Fs1XGhJRx7L0%2F For the last week I’ve struggled with an ongoing debate among the bloggers that I follow. It boils down to a simple question… Should I put up a blog post every day? It sounds simple enough, but there are powerful arguments on both sides. Here are the competing voices Pro: Popular bloggers like Chris Brogan and Michael Hyatt suggest that you build your platform by blogging on a regular basis. They argue that you should aim for a post (almost)every day. This builds consistency with your readers, gives you lots of content, and helps your readers form a daily reading habit. It brings people back. Mike Lieberman adds to the discussion with a compelling post with six great reasons to blog every day. They include… Search engines re-index your website every time there is an update. Search ... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5097181 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:41:33 +0100 5097181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096224&cid=t_91748_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E3%2FJ6gDwSSWzJA%2Fdoctors-are-natural-communicators.html Doctors are natural communicatorsMy Google+ Circle labeled "Social Media in Medicine" now has 140 members - just one month after Google+ was launched. I think that's great.Doctors are natural communicators and should do very well on social media platforms. Patients, and society in general, would only benefit from physicians who share ideas and focus on education.Simple guidance for social media useThe suggested guidance for social media use by health professionals is very simple and based on a recent book by a nurse and social media advocate:1. Remember the basics:- your professional focus- the laws around patient privacy (HIPAA in the U.S.)- the professional standards of regulatory bodies and of your employers2. After that, explore all the different social media tools that are out there.W... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096224 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:10:11 +0100 5096224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096284&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2Fpublic-health-science-communication-through-social-media%2F Just want to spread the word that Nina Bjerglund Andersen, who’s working on a project on public health science communication through social media here at Medical Museion, has just started a blog titled Public Health Science Communication 2.0. Looking forward to see how it develops! And we’ll sure hear more about Nina’s project here. Tweet (Source: Biomedicine on Display) Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096284 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:00:31 +0100 5096284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096176&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1496       Expectant parents can announce the good news to their Facebook friends via a brand new Facebook family member status option. We’ve told you about the online blogging FB journal set up by some expectant parents.  This new section allows parents to be to update their pregnancy, including due dates, photos and perhaps the baby’s name.  Once added, the unborn child is listed alongside family members on the user’s profile, and a notification is posted on the user’s Facebook wall. Is this TMI? Or just another way to enjoy your pregnancy?  Its all about social media these days, so it seems appropriate to continue on this road. We are living in the virtual world, why not take advantage of it?? {Click here for a free information packet and special coup... Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096176 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:31:08 +0100 5096176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086586&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38608&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLifeDev%2F%7E3%2FS6qLgJTxaic%2F I get emails occasionally asking if I’d give up some “real estate” on my site for advertising. I used to accept advertising on this site, and it was kind of nice. I’d make a few bucks each month for a banner or a few links sprinkled in the sidebar, and nobody complained. The common arguments potential advertisers give are “it’s really not that noticeable” or “why not make some money for your writing?”. The truth is, when it comes to working really hard towards something, every little bit matters. When I redesigned this site a year ago, I spent months poring over many different iterations, and built the theme from the ground up. (Well, almost ground up. I used the Thesis theme framework. And yes, if you click that link it *could* make m... LifeDev blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086586 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:35:52 +0100 5086586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077960&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FcOI4bnb6n0g%2F           Simons Cat – Home. Filed under: Cat-blogging, Link (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077960 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:43:27 +0100 5077960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5068925&cid=t_91748_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FDpMblRHWuB8%2F Last week I attended the 30th annual meeting of the American Society for Virology in Minneapolis, Minnesota. During the morning symposia, which consist of formal 35-minute talks, I decided to post ongoing summaries of each talk on Twitter, a process known as ‘live tweeting’ or ‘live blogging’. Some individuals were skeptical about this activity, because many of the speakers presented unpublished data which they might not want circulated. I continued to live tweet the rest of the meeting, but wondered about the future of this practice. Live blogging is often done at tech conferences (MacWorld Expo, South by Southwest, to name just two). My efforts at the ASV meeting were inspired by Jonathan Eisen, a microbiologist who frequently live blogs from a variety of scientif... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5068925 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:33:11 +0100 5068925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062455&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F25%2Fdont-be-afraid-to-jump-guest-post%2F Finding content for this blog has been easy lately.  Survivors just send stuff to me.  That is great because my new job working as a nurse in a bone marrow transplant unit at a large university health care system continues to drain my energies while at the same time inspiring me to more.  That should make a a nice post of my own.  Maybe later this week… Today I received an email from Jen Luce.  She became an ovarian cancer survivor at the age of 29 in 2007.  She has been busy ever since.  She not only maintains her blog 2011: Don’t be afraid to jump , but also finds time to speak at conferences and write for other websites.  She says this about blogging.  “Cancer can be so very tragic, and it takes love, patience and support to get through it. Community became v... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062455 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:02:52 +0100 5062455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062487&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F07%2Feverything-is-marketing-an-introduction-to-hugh-macleod%2F I am a super-giant fan of Hugh MacLeod and his “cartoon art drawn on the back of business cards”! He is a genius at depicting social media and marketing in new and original ways that inspire and sometimes reprimand us for our use of social objects. You can learn more about Gaping Void and Hughs work here. I hope you enjoy this segment as much as I do.   Hugh MacLeod is a superb artist and has a true gift in the ability to take complicated topics reduce them into a few perfect words and scribbles. The effect can be devastatingly funny or deeply poignant, so find out for your self and enjoy  Hugh’s wit and insights. Learn more about Hugh’s social object campaign on Hugh’s blog is www.gapingvoid.com . (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062487 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:40:44 +0100 5062487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062488&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fgreat-ted-talks-about-social-media%2F I have found a couple of great videos about interactive marketing and the future potential of social technologies. I have selected these two speakers based on their visionary views on social media and its impact on global scale. [1] Clay Shirky, is an adjunct professor in New York University Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program. He teaches a course named “Social Weather.” His work focuses on the rising use of decentralized technologies such as peer-to-peer, wireless networks, social software and open-source development. New technologies are enabling new kinds of cooperative structures to flourish as a way of getting things done in business, science, the arts and elsewhere, as an alternative to centralized and institutional structures, which he sees as self-limiting. In his w... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062488 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:43:22 +0100 5062488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062489&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F07%2Frebecca-mackinnon-discusses-taking-back-the-internet%2F I came across this fantastic presentation by Rebecca MacKinnon as she discusses the future of the internet. I think this is something that effect both you, me and our children. Enjoy .. In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet is headed for a “Magna Carta” moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection.  About the speaker :: Rebecca MacKinnon looks at issues of privacy, free expression and governance (or lack of) in the digital networks, platforms and services on which we a... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062489 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:46:03 +0100 5062489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057910&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fthe-history-of-social-media%2F While researching for an article I am writing for “Thought Leaders in Healthcare” I came across this amazing infographic from OnlineSchools.org. So whether this infographic is just a fun stroll down memory lane or entirely new knowledge plane for you, I hope you enjoy and share it!     (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057910 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:21:27 +0100 5057910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050760&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2F25-best-nursing-blogs.html Thank you to the website QI Exam Prep for including Digital Doorway on it's list of the 25 best nursing blogs on the Internet. I am humbled to be included in such stellar blogging company. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050760 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:27:00 +0100 5050760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051321&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FL-c8iQcZlxY%2F I spent quite a bit of time this weekend burrowing out a larger website, adapting my old SeahTwentyTen and CleanrAgenceum WordPress themes to work with the new structure. I moved all my main website development into source control too, using Subversion. I also soft-launched Nonazon.com to use the “Cheap Websites” template (thus successfully eating my own dogfood). It has been a very busy and productive weekend, although I didn’t get to see the sun very much. Tradeoffs, tradeoffs. All this extra web infrastructure is designed to make it easier for me to write a lot more, on the theory that the more I write and share, the more motivated I get. I have avoided following-through with this for years because I didn’t want to clutter-up the main blog with voluminous daily ... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051321 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:37:01 +0100 5051321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062329&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F07%2F17%2Fon-the-road%2F I’m pretty sure that most of you didn’t notice that I was completely off the grid this last week. I was high up in the mountains at a high adventure scout camp enjoying the beauty of God’s creations while shooting guns, mountain biking, saling, hiking and many other amazing adventures. It’s actually a great thing for me to do it. It is great fun to work with fine young men and see them have these amazing experiences, but it’s also a great way for me to recharge. Hopefully you didn’t notice my absence since I scheduled the posts to appear as usual throughout the week. This week I’m actually “on vacation” as well.  I’m in Rochester, NY where my wife is from. Although I’m never far from work. I’ll be spending some time ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062329 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:33:01 +0100 5062329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036514&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fam-i-supposed-to-blogging-about-cancer.html I have been thinking (always a dangerous proposition) recently. I have a blog, as you might have noticed since you are reading it, and its called Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog. But I don't write much about breast cancer much these days. Why? Well because it doesn't consume my daily life the way it used to. But it is always there.My life has been changed twice by cancer. The first time in 1981 with my first diagnosis of thyroid cancer. It was a good cancer, a curable one, a treatable one, but it was still a roller coaster ride. I was told by my doctors that I should be fine but to be healthy, blah, blah, blah. And oh, yeah, you are now on a prescription for life to replace your thyroid hormones. This was back in the 1980's where it seemed the fad was to ask people 'if you were stranded on a... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036514 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:11:00 +0100 5036514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036487&cid=t_91748_133_f&fid=35095&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAutismsEdges%2F%7E3%2F0DhXh1ULSrM%2Fcha-cha-cha-changes.html (Source: Autism's Edges) Autism's Edges blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036487 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:45:00 +0100 5036487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029301&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FEMn5tb8n4d8%2F I spent a good chunk of time yesterday testing whether I could use the Network (aka Multisite) features of WordPress. The three holdups were the directory structure requirement, the inability to use “site folders” for legacy installations, and the new permalink structure. All three can be overcome, so I’ll be converting the website over the next week. The advantage? I’ll be able to consolidate several WordPress installs under one system, and I can finally expand into topical sub-blogs in greater depth than I felt I could do with the existing site. (Source: David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment) David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029301 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:55:07 +0100 5029301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028387&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F07%2F11%2Fhistory-of-science-blogs-and-twitter-accounts%2F Last year Michael D. Barton published a list of blogs and twitter accounts that “focus on or dabble in the history of science, science and technology studies, etc.” that he was aware of. He’s just posted a link to it on his FB wall, so this must be the latest updated version. Great work! But did he miss any? Seems like the list below doesn’t include much history of medical science (after all much of medicine is medical science), so hopefully someone with good link collecting instincts could make a similar list for HoMS. Advances in the History of Psychology (@AHPblog) Adventures of a Post-Doc Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project Alfred Russel Wallace News & Views (@ARWallace) AlunSalt AmericanScience: A Team Blog (@henrycowles, @danbouk) Anita Gu... Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028387 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:00:42 +0100 5028387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029046&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fups-and-downs-of-blogging.html If you have a blog you will understand what I am talking about. There are lots of ups and downs of blogging. When I first started blogging I was concerned about my privacy and what if people knew who I really was? OMG, I am not going on stage in any sense of the word. But blogging has been a great way to cope with my medical madness (say that three times fast - and then try to live it). I write about my thoughts, pains, hopes, dreams, medical (mis)adventures, and more. I also have 'met' hundreds or even thousands of people around the world who blog or otherwise have an online presence. They have become my friends. We support each other. We read each other's blogs and leave comments and thoughts. We live through each other's medical ups and downs. If someone doesn't post in their normal tim... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029046 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:13:00 +0100 5029046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997646&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FAN87yAQ7xgw%2F I remember when I first started blogging about EMR and health care IT about 5.5 years ago, I searched out whatever EMR and healthcare IT blogs I could find. The first three blogs that I can remember finding (and loving) were Neil Versel’s blog, Shahid’s Healthcare IT blog and Will Weider’s Candid CIO blog. I loved reading Neil Versel’s blog because he was actually a professional journalist in the healthcare IT arena. I learned a lot by watching what he did. In fact, I think some of my writing style came from reading his blog. Along with his blog, Shahid provided HITsphere where I could see the posts from other bloggers. Plus, in the early days the traffic from HITsphere to my blog was really great. It’s hard to have a blog that no one reads. I loved the Candid... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997646 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:13:23 +0100 4997646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984446&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-cdc-bloggers-join-the-better-health-team%2F2011.06.30 It is with great pleasure that I welcome our CDC colleagues to the Better Health blog team. Going forward, Better Health will feature content from the CDC blogs on a weekly basis, and our collaborative efforts will be highlighted on the CDC blog pages as appropriate. Better Health and the CDC share a common mission: to reach as many Americans as possible with scientifically accurate, trustworthy, and helpful medical information. As social media platforms (such as blogs, Twitter, and Facebook) become a gathering place for people seeking health information – it is important for experts to be able to provide content through these channels. The CDC’s relationship with Better Health is an excellent example of a public-private partnership that can magnify reach and relevance. By beco... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984446 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:00:47 +0100 4984446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984649&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fwriting-helps-healing.html I could have written this. A woman writes about how writing helps you heal. A few points here: - Serious upheaval in one's life associated with lowered immune function, an increased risk of heart attacks- People who can write about life traumas seem to have fewer health problems, recover better- Being able to see trauma from different points of view indicates a better mental stateThe author is a freelance writer so she obviously has better writing skills than me (I was told by a high school English teacher that I had terrible writing skills) and she also had breast cancer. So she wrote an article about writing your way through medical issues.Writing is something that allows us to express our thoughts and get them out there and out of our minds. Where I work, Center for Cancer Support & Edu... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984649 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:19:00 +0100 4984649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975864&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcancer-patient-threatened-with-legal-action-because-he-blogged-about-bad-hospital-experience%2F2011.06.28 I’ve recently come across a really controversial story about a cancer patient who blogged and complained about his hospital treatment and has been threatened with legal action by an NHS trust. Daniel Sencier was worried about delays at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary and had surgery at another hospital. He complained to North Cumbria University Hospital Trust and it came up with an action plan to improve care. But Mr Sencier, 59, of Penrith, then received a letter threatening legal action. The trust declined to comment. Mr Sencier, a photography student, had expected an apology but then received a letter saying the trust would consider legal action if his blog contained “unsubstantiated criticism”. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better H... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975864 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:00:10 +0100 4975864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975924&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FkTOZLB6LNMA%2Fshout-outs_28.html Colorado Health Insurance Insider is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds!  It’s the third time we’ve hosted Grand Rounds at the Colorado Health Insurance Insider and we’re honored to be hosting again. It was a pleasure to read so many great articles for this edition.  Since our blog tends to focus on health care policy and reform, I’m starting things off with the posts that pertain to that topic.  Enjoy!  . …….. …………………………… TBTAM responds to the Supreme Court ruling on the Vermont Law:  Supreme Court to Docs – You Have No Privacy ……Apparently, Big Pharma’s right to “free speech” trumps my right to privacy. How getting access to my prescribi... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975924 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:47:55 +0100 4975924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968815&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fwhose-blog-are-you-reading%2F Recently the news has included an interesting revelation that a popular lesbian blogger wasn’t a lesbian at all, but a straight, married man who posed as a gay woman for years while writing his blog. After his coming out (so to speak), another “lesbian” blogger admitted that he, too, was a straight male. As a blogger myself, I was outraged. At the very least, it is unconscionable that a person would address a group of people who feel not particularly accepted by all of society and are looking to connect with someone who lived and breathed and understood their lives as one of them. It made me wonder who I was reading. Who are the real people behind the smiling headshots and avatars decorating the web pages I confidently seek out when I feel like connecting? Is that woman &mdas... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968815 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:35:42 +0100 4968815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960266&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35213&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FYNchP%2F%7E3%2F2ZHT8WP_rTM%2Fanother-wife-blogging.html Tired wife and mom She's started her blog and telling her story.  Wow....we are growing!!!  I can't tell you how wonderful it is to NOT be so alone in all of this.  Finally.  Together, in unison, we might yet make a difference in how therapists think....and give a voice of reality to what happens when a diabetic doesn't take care of themselves. So, I will call her TWM (tired wife/mom).  I completely understand.  You are actually very brave to be able to tell him at such a young age that you will not watch him die.  And kudos to you for telling him that you will not allow your children to watch him die.  It takes strength to say something like that.  And while it's terribly hard to do, it's the right thing (in my opinion). This past week, the... Wife of a Diabetic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960266 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:58:00 +0100 4960266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4959995&cid=t_91748_85_f&fid=34967&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdocisinblog%2FwNlq%2F%7E3%2FiMBgUWNcbdY%2F Word of my demise, widespread and nefarious as it has been, is most assuredly premature. I must put these scurrilous rumors to rest… But life has been, well, most interesting… The past year or so has been one of the most challenging in many a season, on a number of fronts. Professionally, the passage of Obamacare has made it abundantly clear that the independent private practitioner is a dying breed, and likely will disappear — with the exception of cash-only, concierge-style arrangements — within the next few years. The administrative burden is crushing — unfunded mandates, such as pay-for-performance, compliance programs, HIPAA, mandated “government certified” EMRs (even though existing, non-certified ones are fully functional), and intrusive, ab... The Doctor Is In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4959995 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:02:32 +0100 4959995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953318&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F06%2F19%2Fsabbatical%2F This may well be the longest I have been away from my blog – 26 days!  When I started my new job working as a nurse in the Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic, I did not know to what extent it might affect my blogging activity.  Now I have a better idea although things should improve.  I am working three ten hour days a week during orientation.  There are many things I need to learn: new drugs, new equipment, relearning old skills, remembering many of the facts and procedures I have forgotten, new computer software systems, operations and systems specific to the IU Health in general and the BMT Clinic specifically. These things can only be learned on day shift since I will be working solo when I switch to my evening hours.  The pace has been a physical, mental, and emotional strain. ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953318 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:20:27 +0100 4953318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953309&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2011%2F06%2Finspiration-again%2F Last week, I was honoured to be blogged about in the same breath as some pretty amazing people, by Sarah Milne, who looks to be a pretty amazing person herself. Please, pop over to Coffee, Oxygen and Positive Determination and take a look. I think you’ll be inspired. (Source: Bah! to cancer) Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953309 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:15:08 +0100 4953309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934587&cid=t_91748_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fhow-would-you-like-your-ms-society-to-use-social-media%2F I am off this morning to meetings in New York City with a newly formed group of advisors to the National MS Society on the topic of social media. Like many organizations, the NMSS is aware that online communities have changed the way that people with MS connect with one another and the whole-wide world around us. The event is to include several roundtable sessions with some of my fellow bloggers and online community leaders on the topic of multiple sclerosis. Lisa Emerich of Brass & Ivory and Carnival of MS Bloggers , Marc Stecker who many of you will know as the Wheelchair kamikaze and Ashley Ringstaff of MS World will all be in attendance for the day-long summit along with several national and chapter leaders from the Society. I am, of course, humbled to be in such lauded company and... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934587 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:08:54 +0100 4934587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4945098&cid=t_91748_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fnew-blog-meidcal-fiction-writer-and.html Good Day. Long time no blog. I have been busy with some Health Care Issues lately. In fact I have been down to Mayo Clinic twice since I last blogged. (Great Venipuncturists at Mayo, also fairly decent restaurants in Rochester, MN) I won't bore you with the details right now, needless to say it sucks, but then you go on as best you can,  as time keeps marching on.Also I have been busy trying to survive as a Private Practice Physician in the State of Minnesota, despite the best efforts of  many bureaucracies and agencies to annihilate entities like myself: all done of course shouting the Battle Cry and in the name of health care "REFORM".  When it is all said and done, we will still need doctors to take care of patients and patient... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4945098 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:22:00 +0100 4945098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4945300&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2Fi0jD70ryD9o%2F I have had an iPad since they first came out. The device works well for so many tasks. With the version 2 refresh this spring, Apple added two cameras that makes the iPad 2 even more appealing. But you can do only so much with hardware alone. To make a device truly great you need powerful software. Here are three programs I use everyday that have revolutionized my workflow. 1. Flipboard: This powerful display program will take your everyday tweets, Facebook notes, and blog posts and turn them into display magic. All of a sudden your friends messages are turned into beautiful quotations, your Facebook pictures are arranged into photo albums, and those blogs that you follow are displayed in a compelling news format. This program arranges all the items you would currently read into one beauti... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4945300 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:37:25 +0100 4945300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934274&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fti_slRi8WQ4%2Fshout-outs_14.html David, Health Business Blog, is the host for this week’s Grand Rounds.  You can read this week’s edition here. When I first hosted Grand Rounds six years ago, the iPhone, iPad and Twitter didn’t exist, and Facebook was not yet available to the general public. Barack Obama had not appeared on the scene and there was no discussion of the Affordable Care Act. Yet a lot of the topics in that edition would be familiar to today’s reader including firearms, RomneyCare, patient safety and Google. Two blogs (InsureBlog and Clinical Cases) that were featured in that early edition are featured here, too.. …….. …………………………… Yesterday,  NPR ran this  article by Carrie Feibel:  Heart With No Beat Offers Hope Of New Lease On Life  (photo credit... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934274 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:06:32 +0100 4934274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4945127&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2FHealthcare.flv Dr. Bottles has had numerous leadership positions in academia, biotechnology and community health systems. In this video he talks about emerging technologies in healthcare. Watch this video to hear his thoughts on mobile health, social media, computer simulation and other emerging technologies, such as captology, that have the potential to change the face of healthcare. [See post to watch Flash video] Recap of Kent Blottles, MD predictions :: How are healthcare professionals are feeling about the future of healthcare? Cultural change and adoption of new technology is still an issue Should healthcare professionals be optimistic? Yes What the some emerging technologies that will change healthcare? Cell phone apps Captology – use of computers as persuasive technologies Computer sim... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4945127 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:54:35 +0100 4945127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4945128&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F06%2F44-of-social-media-sharing-occurs-on-facebook%2F Social sharing app AddThis, produced this infographic on how people have shared information on social media platforms. 44% of social media sharing occurs on Facebook Shares using Gmail increased by 395%, beating StumbleUpon, Facebook and Twitter. On a downside social shares over MySpace and Friendster dropped 20% and 31% respectively. AddThis is installed on 7 million websites and its reaches one billion users per month.   (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4945128 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:45:23 +0100 4945128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921729&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F06%2FSocial-Media-is-about-People.flv Erik Qualman recently released a 2011 version of his famed “Social Media Revolution” series. This video is based on #1 International Best Selling Book Socialnomics by the same creator. Enjoy this shorter version that includes new social media statistics for 2011. [See post to watch Flash video] “In God we trust. All others must bring data.” W. Edwards Deming (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921729 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:11:26 +0100 4921729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921679&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35213&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fblogspot%2FYNchP%2F%7E3%2FXWneUqSPZR8%2Fhow-to-blog-with-this-group-when-there.html JoannD wrote:  DW and others - I keep clicking on stuff but can't seem to find the magic door.  How does one start a blog that is hooked to this community? I'm one of the most computer-ignorant people I know (but I did figure out how to list stuff on eBay, so I don't think I'm entirely hopeless - just need a little help :-) All you need to do is start your own blog.  Go to blogger.com   If you already have a google account, then just go to your account settings, click on blogger, and follow the steps to set up a blog. Once you have done your first post, send a link to me (post a comment here with it on it) and I will then add you to the list over on the right.  And you can create a list on your blog and add any blog to it that you want to follow. I know the... Wife of a Diabetic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921679 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:28:00 +0100 4921679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4911485&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffive-fresh-medical-bloggers%2F2011.06.07 I love finding new physician voices.  Here are a few that I’ve been peeking at over the past couple months.  They’re worth checking out. Linda Pourmassina.  Linda is an internist in Seattle and one of the finest writers in the medical blogosphere.   You can find her over at Pulsus where she offers commentary on an eclectic mix of medical goodness ranging from social media to the subtleties of patient interaction.  Really good stuff.  Check out The Internet and Delusional Thinking.  Beyond her blog, Linda’s Twitter output is the perfect balance of valuable links and dialog.  Put her in your feed and she’ll bring you good things. Chris Porter.  Chris is a surgeon who has been writing at On Surgery, Etc. since April.  This guy has an incredible voice and offers rare insight... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911485 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:00:52 +0100 4911485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893473&cid=t_91748_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E3%2FgboL_CzEb2o%2Fcenterpiece-of-medicine-is-patients.html Clinical medicine is disappearing fast as topic for blog postsSomething happened to medical blogs in the past 6-12 months. They now seem a lot less interesting, more industrialized and aggregated. They have also become "too safe", generic and detached for regular reading.There seems to be a rise of group blogs, guest posts and semi-syndicated contents. Several "clinic-focused" health bloggers have retired due to a variety of professional and HIPAA-related concerns.It looks like clinical medicine is disappearing fast as a topic for blog posts in the U.S., replaced by posts about social media itself. As a side note, "social media" is actually a plural noun (media vs. medium), but it seems to be used mostly in singular form nowadays.The central part of medicine is patients - don't push them o... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893473 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:04:53 +0100 4893473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893605&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2F0g_GyIRAV-M%2F In just the last few hours, I’ve seen a huge wave of pushback and doubt about Watson, the IBM supercomputer, being used for clinical decision support. Yesterday, I covered a “healthcare leadership exchange” at IBM’s new Healthcare Innovation Lab in downtown Chicago. I posted some of my observations on the EMR and HIPAA blog, and made the case for diagnostic decision support. I also wrote a story for InformationWeek, but that hasn’t run. Instead of posting my story, InformationWeek healthcare editor Paul Cerrato wrote a column about Watson already being “beaten in the medical diagnostics race” by Isabel Healthcare, a diagnostic decision support tool that’s been available for years. I have to admit, he’s right. I first interviewed Isabel ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893605 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:37:50 +0100 4893605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893888&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fdigital-tops-traditional-in-healthcare-marketing%2F According to a new report from Accys, by 2013 digital marketing will top traditional marketing for healthcare.   This is great news for us interactive people but not so much for the conventional marketers out there! From a consumer point of view we have seen massive changes in online marketing and finally healthcare is undergoing an experiential marketing evolution of its own. Interactive marketing is coming of age and is finally seeing budget and effort quotas. For those of you who read this blog, Im sure you will agree …  its about time! A new report from Acsys “Insights Into Action” summarizes key survey findings from 100+ hospital marketers on emerging marketing topics, including social media and mobile. The report predicts that by 2013 digital and traditional ... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893888 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:56:21 +0100 4893888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893825&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fhappy-4th-birthday-to-my-blog.html My blog is four years old today. This means my breast cancer diagnosis was four years and two days ago (it took me two days to figure out that I wanted a blog and how to get started). I was told breast cancer is a year out of your life. Well why am I still blogging? More importantly why are you people all still reading whoever you are? And the year out of my life has stretched out into four years. Not due to cancer but due to the fact that my body has decided it is not ready to be healthy any time soon. It started with a little lump, two surgeries, and chemo and I had a new lump which meant another surgery. Then radiation which was followed by unrelated abdominal pain which turned out to be a hiatal hernia and gall stones which led to gall bladder surgery. Then my back started causing prob... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893825 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:20:00 +0100 4893825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893581&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F06%2F02%2Fwhat-is-a-psychiatrist%2F Buffer A short animated film on the image of psychiatrists – written, directed and narrated by Dr Kamran Ahmed. In short it also explains the work of a psychiatrist. Entertaining and it really captures most of what psychiatry in our modern days really is. Thanks Mind Hacks Buffer   No related posts. (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893581 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:50:42 +0100 4893581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893965&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FLDi_eFtjvpM%2F The new 2.0 version of Blogsy is out for the iPad and it now allows you to post pictures from the internal camera. This is a huge improvement and will allow you to put up a substantial post with pictures in just minutes. To give it a test, I took a picture that relates to yesterday’s post with the rear camera and saved it in the standard photo location. As I am writing the post, it’s just a matter of selecting the photo icon (sunflower) and selecting the picture that I want. I need to upload it to my blog first, so I copy the picture to the on-screen envelope and select the upload arrow. The picture now resides on my blog server and is ready for insertion into my post. I’ll insert it below. I just click the “W” icon and drag and drop the photo where I want into my p... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893965 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:27:41 +0100 4893965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883657&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FsKxAoBt4zMc%2Fshout-outs_31.html Grand Rounds is  taking a break this week. If you would like to host a future edition of Grand Rounds send an email to Nick Genes (you can find his contact info at here).   The most recent edition can be found here at Medgadget.  Other editions can be found here on the Grand Rounds Facebook page. …………………………… @movinmeat  wrote a post recently, A case study in applied ethics, which lead @inwhiteink to write an educational post on decisional capacity ……. “Decisional capacity” refers to a person’s ability to make a decision for a specific clinical issue. This issue is usually related to treatment. After assessment, physicians can opine whether someone possesses or lacks decisional capacity for something specific: …… Appelbau... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883657 Tue, 31 May 2011 11:25:00 +0100 4883657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883835&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FVYzODWuDaSM%2Fpreaching-to-the-choir.php Sometimes, those of us who use social media to talk about diabetes worry that, most of the time, almost all of the people our words reach are also touched by diabetes in one way or another. The English idiom "preaching to the choir", which summons the picture of a church's minister whose message reaches only the already-committed, summarizes this concern. The phrase is often used to convey a notion of futility.As a person who follows almost 300 folks touched by diabetes on Twitter and regularly reads a number of blogs, I think I can claim to be an enthusiastic member of the Diabetes Online Community's "choir". (I suppose I'd be considered a low baritone: I don't sing often enough to be a true bass anymore.) And, as a blogger, you could say for the point of the analogy that I am one of the ... Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883835 Sun, 29 May 2011 23:08:38 +0100 4883835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883890&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2F5-differences-between-traditional-media-and-social-media%2F We have all used both in our career but what are the differences between traditional media and social media? [1] limited geography [1] extensive geography [2] limited shelf life [2] extensive shelf life [3] limited timeframe [3] unlimited timeframe [4] limited impact [4] unlimited impact [5] one way conversation [5] multi way conversations (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883890 Sun, 29 May 2011 20:08:27 +0100 4883890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872097&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fblogging-guidelines-for-physicians%2F2011.05.26 There’s been quite a kerfuffle over the “Unprofessional” post Dr V wrote. A lot of people have been very shrill in denouncing physicians who write about their experiences using social media — blogs, twitter, facebook, etc — with particular emphasis on those who do not use their real names. So, while I won’t tell someone how they should blog/tweet, or try to impose my vision of professional standards on a community that clearly is still coming to consensus with public conversations by healthcare workers, I will offer you my personal guidelines and values that I use in determining what I am willing to put into the public domain. These are just my opinions; your mileage may vary. As a general principle: patients give physicians and nurses access to intimate... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872097 Thu, 26 May 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4872097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862833&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvideos.videopress.com%2FM2FdZHfe%2Fimg_0697_std.mp4 Filed under: Dog-blogging Tagged: dog (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862833 Wed, 25 May 2011 12:31:36 +0100 4862833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862802&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2Fblogger-announces-own-death-after-battle-with-cancer%2F There is a really moving story on CNN.com about a blogger who left a post mortem message on his blog after his battle with cancer. I’ve seen many blogs which just became archives after the blogger (mainly cancer patients) passed away. This is the first time in my experience when the blogger made this transition himself. “Here it is. I’m dead,” read the last internet post of Derek K. Miller, who died last week after more than four years of blogging about his struggle with colorectal cancer. “In advance, I asked that once my body finally shut down from the punishments of my cancer, then my family and friends publish this prepared message I wrote — the first part of the process of turning this from an active website to an archive,” he wrote on his blo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862802 Wed, 25 May 2011 08:12:32 +0100 4862802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862609&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FVu7QNvkNyq4%2Fshout-outs_24.html Medgadget is the host for this week’s issue of Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds, the weekly recap of the best in the medical blog universe! And welcome to Medgadget, where our team of researchers, doctors and engineers cover the world of medical devices and health-related technology news. For Grand Rounds this week, we suggested bloggers send us technology-related material, and they rose to the challenge; we received some amazing links. Of course, there was great non-techie material too. It’s all below, loosely categorized, with photos and quotes lifted from posts of note.   ……. …………………………… Amazing story from BBC science reporter Neil Bowdler: Bionic hand for 'elective amputation' patient (photo ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862609 Tue, 24 May 2011 11:52:19 +0100 4862609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853197&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fhealthcare-new-media-marketing-conference-materials%2F I am fortunate to be attending the Healthcare New Media Marketing Conference today in Chicago. I am honored to be presenting with some of healthcares top communicators. Below is a collection of their great presentations ::     Inspiring Physicians to Become Important Social Media Advocates Nick Dawson Director of Physician & Community Engagement Bon Secours Health System Developing a Social Media Strategy for Philanthropic Success Stephanie Cannon Director, Web Communications and eBusiness Nationwide Children’s Hospital     (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853197 Mon, 23 May 2011 16:40:53 +0100 4853197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852926&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fnew-facebook-friends-and-blogging-advice.html If you’ve been on Facebook for any length of time you will have had friend requests from people you don’t know. That’s fine. Often they’re just spammers. Sometimes, they’re users with whom you might have a few friends in common. If paths haven’t crossed I usually redirect requests to the Sciencebase Facebook page instead of automatically accepting the request. Occasionally, the new wouldbe friend turns out already to “like” the page, says so and starts a conversation. Also fine. Half proves they’re not some kind of bot. Virtual friendships can spring from such occurrences. It’s what this social media lark is all about, right? Indian medical blogger Pranab Chatterjee who runs Scepticemia, sent me a friend request and I went through... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852926 Sun, 22 May 2011 14:00:38 +0100 4852926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4848004&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F20%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-20-2011%2F You probably noticed by now, but we’re all excited that it’s not only Mental Health Awareness Month, but a few days ago on May 18, our bloggers participated in blogging for mental health. It’s been a wonderful week spreading information about mental health and busting stigma that still exists on mental illness. Why is spreading mental health awareness and fighting prejudice so important? About ten years ago, I was talking to a college classmate about depression. He was just 20 years old and I was a few years older and several years ahead of him in terms of my experience with mental illness. I had witnessed the impact depression had on my grandfather when I was 16. When the topic of mental illness and depression came up, he passionately voiced his opinions to me. He felt t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4848004 Fri, 20 May 2011 10:24:20 +0100 4848004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841905&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fi-could-use-a-bit-of-bah-book-help%2F Right now I’m knee-deep in Bah! book stuff. Bah! 1 and Bah! 2, as I think I need to start calling them, as Bah! 2 is shaping up nicely, partly thanks to the forced discipline of being involved in the 50K in 50 Days non-fiction challenge. And I need your help with a couple of things. As far as Bah! 1, is concerned, everything is well underway, with the copy edited version back with my editor at Hay House, who says it’s ‘reading beautifully’. (Squeee!)  Something that I’ve been asked about, though, is some testimonials /emails/ comments about this blog, which will form part of the publicity for the book when it comes out. Over the months and years I’ve been blogging I have had lots of emails and comments and conversations about the positive impact of this... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841905 Thu, 19 May 2011 08:24:44 +0100 4841905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841947&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fsocial-media-influence-on-healthcare-search%2F Google and Bing confirm links in social media have an impact on healthcare search results Today, internet searches are not just about what you want to find but also about who you know … While Google and Bing still the primary sources for information seekers, social media is stepping up. Both search engines confirmed the following :: Google and Bing look at the social authority of the author This refers to the number of followers you have and the number of people you follow. Google  uses this in organic search and also Google news. Bing uses this in Bing Social Search and on a smaller scale organic search results. Google and Bing calculate the author quality score This score determines whether a link should have more weight in the search return algorithm based on the person who twe... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841947 Wed, 18 May 2011 03:33:58 +0100 4841947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828960&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2Fya8ELLCCAXI%2Fhappy-4th-blogiversary-to-me.html Four years ago I began this blog.  It amazes me to realize all the wonderful people I have meet (some even in real life) along the way.   Many are still actively writing, but others are not and I miss them. I miss SurgeXperiences, a grand rounds of surgery related posts. I miss Surgeonsblog.  Go read some of the “sampler” posts. I miss Ant Ears written by a surgery resident.  Thoughtful, well written, deleted so not even there to go back and read.  From one of my old “shout out” post, I found the exert that described why he called his blog  Ant Ears "Ant ears” is surgical jargon for the perfect length.  The medical student will repeatedly be asked to cut suture.  Sometimes the knot will accidentally be cut, but most times the ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828960 Tue, 17 May 2011 11:52:23 +0100 4828960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828883&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-family-medicine-needs-social-media%2F2011.05.16 I wasn’t able to attend the Annual Leadership Forum (ALF) and the National Conference of Special Constituencies (NCSC) meetings in person this year. This is an annual meeting in Kansas City put on by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). I know that it can be hard to believe that someone actually likes going to a meeting. However, for me, these meetings always re-energize me and connect me with people with a passion for Family Medicine. In 2010, there were only a few of us utilizing social media tools like twitter and facebook (including my blog posts from Thursday & Friday). However, just a year later, there seems to have been an explosion of people utilizing these platforms to a point yesterday when I saw a bunch of people signing up for the first time during the me... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828883 Mon, 16 May 2011 18:00:18 +0100 4828883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829278&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2Foptimizing-healthcare-social-media-for-search%2F Hospitals, you must ensure the content you create can be found   As healthcare social media marketers we do a lot … more than just set up a Facebook page and a LinkedIN group. We invest “real” time and effort in creating, editing and distributing content to our patient followers. All of this makes our Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkdIN profiles valuable landing pages for our hospitals. But as in other industries, these pages are not easy for patients to find from a search. Search engine optimization gives hospitals a natural and more affordable search engine presence than paid search advertising. Marketers have traditionally used SEO to generate website traffic and online conversions but findings from Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) and ... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829278 Mon, 16 May 2011 02:48:55 +0100 4829278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4821134&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2Frepurpose-your-blog-posts%2F Writing a blog takes a huge amount of dedication and loyalty. But when it written and posted, what then …? Have you ever considered re-purposing your posts? It may help to extend your “brand” and even grow your audience. Sites like Scribd and DocStoc are great ways for you to repurpose your blog post. You can post it into a PDF, slideshow or a Word document. These websites allow you to include images and links into your file – great for SEO! Both Scribd and DocStoc make it easy to promote your new content with a cool embed option. Please comment below and let me know if you have used Scribd, what you thought of it and other tools you recommend. (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4821134 Fri, 13 May 2011 02:28:01 +0100 4821134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813337&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FWPnmiQOkM0Y%2Fmore-organized-wisdom-un-fair-play.html You may recall that last year I wrote regarding the un-fair use of medical bloggers post and twitter feeds: Fellow bloggers do you remember Wellsphere? Well, the latest “thief” of our information using our reputations and twitter feeds in a similar way is Organized Wisdom. Check out @laikas recent blog post on the topic: Expert Curators, WisdomCards & The True Wisdom of @organizedwisdom Organized Wisdom (http://organizedwisdom.com and @organizedwisdom on Twitter) is a 3-4 year old company that uses a similar approach to filter useful health information out of the daily junk. …… Part of the problem may be that Organized Wisdom doesn’t only share links from “Health Centers”, but also from Wellness Centers (Aging, Diet, Exercise & Fitness etc) and Living Centers ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813337 Thu, 12 May 2011 11:05:00 +0100 4813337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813655&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F05%2F5-types-of-blogs.flv Blogging is an often misused social marketing platform. As Marketers, we often recycle generic content, follow quarterly content schedules and think we should plan more for search optimization than engagement! Its true, right? Lean about the types of blogs and choose one to best suit your needs … [See post to watch Flash video] (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813655 Wed, 11 May 2011 02:58:06 +0100 4813655 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803310&cid=t_91748_117_f&fid=34696&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straightfromthedoc.com%2F38647165%2Falternative_medicine.php © Expedient InfoMediaThe Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin (AOMA) has opened a new campus in South Austin this week. It is the latest symbol of growing demand at the graduate school, and a growing interest in alternative medicine. Chinese medicine is low tech, and thus allows for a lower cost of entry into the healthcare system. AOMA was previously located at a smaller campus. The school offers a four-year degree program in acupuncture and Chinese medicine, and it allows students to get a ... (Source: Straightfromthedoc) Straightfromthedoc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803310 Tue, 10 May 2011 03:22:30 +0100 4803310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794859&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fphysician-says-its-legally-safer-to-blog-about-food-than-healthcare%2F2011.05.06 A Rhode Island emergency room doc has been fired for posting about a trauma patient on her facebook page. While the post did not reveal patient name or personal identifiers, it had enough clinical info that a third party was able to  recognize the patient. I say if you’re going to write online about a patient, you had better disguise them so well they don’t even recognize themselves, and never post anywhere near the time of the event’s occurrence. Some bloggers I know change age, sex and other details, and post events long after they’ve happened, so no one one could ever know for sure who they’re talking about. Some doc bloggers go so far as to disguise themselves – preferring to remain anonymous both to protect themselves and their patients. Some medical blogsites are rich wi... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794859 Fri, 06 May 2011 17:00:44 +0100 4794859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789542&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fwwwhat-do-wwwe-think%2F Today I came across an interesting post from the (brilliantly named) Feisty Blue Gecko, someone else who is blogging their way through breast cancer. It’s about the relationships that we form through the internet and social media, the very real emotional bonds we build in these virtual communities, and how well (or not) we are equipped to deal with the death of someone that we don’t, in the conventional sense, ‘know’. The blog post is here. It has made me think. (I am having something of a thinky/wondery week, it seems.) This blog has allowed me to meet new people, in real life as well as virtually. I’ve found help and support here, and been able to offer it too. I hope that who I am here, on the browser, is also who I am here, on my sofa. And because of these... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789542 Thu, 05 May 2011 14:09:45 +0100 4789542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789582&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fsocialize-your-seminar%2F Remember when we had to lick the stamp and post the RSVP? Technology has changed the way we market, implement and archive our events. Social media allows for easy sharing of information, feedback and the ability to connect both before and afterward your event. Learn how to “Web 2.0-Enable” your Event …     Find your social channel :: The months before your event are vitally important in the success of your seminar. Rouse your followers and fans by pushing your event on Facebook, LinkedIN, Twitter and your blog. Socialize your registration :: Use social registration tools, like EventBrite, to publish, promote and track. It allows attendees to share activities with friends. Reward loyalty by offering discounts to people who share your event. Check in with your customers :... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789582 Thu, 05 May 2011 04:30:34 +0100 4789582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789583&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fsocial-media-cuts-healthcare-costs-and-improves-patient-outcomes%2F “Health 2.0 reduces medical expenses while improving the quality of care” according to a study by Healthcare Performance Management Institute published in October 2010. “Healthcare Performance Management in the Era of ‘Twitter” discusses a number of case studiesfrom  across the USA to illustrate how social media and other Health 2.0 strategies are transforming the healthcare market and promote a cost-efficient interactive medical system which delivers better patient outcomes. Social media initiatives that help patients, physicians and the research community will potentially drive down healthcare-related costs and ultimately improve the quality of care. Healthcare Social Media case study :: The Department of Veterans Affairs VistA healthcare system enabled it... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789583 Wed, 04 May 2011 02:43:33 +0100 4789583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4780336&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FOUzXkQNtAyU%2Fshout-outs.html Dr. Romanzi's Urogynics Blog is the host for this week’s “International Health” issue of Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here. Welcome to Grand Rounds May 3, 2011, the official blog of Better Health: smart health commentary. This week’s medical blog sampler brings you fresh perspectives on INTERNATIONAL HEALTH . ……….. …………………………… Dr. Wes has been doing a great job of investigative reporting on the issue of  the use of RFID tags at meetings: What They Know (April 6, 2011) ACC Explains the Use of RFID Tags on Attendee's Name Badges (April 20, 2011) The Implications of Physician Tag and Release (April 24, 2011) – read the comments on this one, including the AMA’s ACC Responds (Again) to Why They Track Their Membership (April ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4780336 Tue, 03 May 2011 11:45:08 +0100 4780336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775458&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2Fz4y4AaS1E2M%2F Lots of journalists such as myself don’t have journalism degrees. When people ask me about my non-clinical background, I’m proud to say I’ve got a degree in history. I like to think it gives me an advantage over some journalists since a solid liberal-arts education taught me how to do more than just regurgitate information. I learned how to research, how to analyze, how to ask questions and, above all, how to think. Once in a while, I wonder how my career may have turned out had I actually studied journalism or perhaps pursued a master’s, but not often. One thing I’ve never wondered, is where I might be now if I had gotten a degree in English instead. Until today. Having just read “An Eligible Professional’s Soliloquy” on the HITECH Answers b... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775458 Tue, 03 May 2011 05:16:51 +0100 4775458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803504&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F05%2F10-best-free-social-media-monitoring-tools%2F The growth of healthcare social media introduces a vital necessity for hospitals to track their brand, services and online reputation from the extensive amount of user generated content. As healthcare marketers we know tracking social media is not easy. To help you streamline the process, I have provided my 10 best free social media monitoring tools :: [1] Google Alerts Google Alerts are email updates sent directly into your inbox. The results are taken from the latest Google search results. The report is based on your selection of keywords. [2] Social Mention This is a real time social media search and analysis report. Social Mention is similar to Google Alerts but for social media. [3] Yacktrack This tool tracks comments to your social media content. You can search for comments on your c... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803504 Mon, 02 May 2011 21:42:04 +0100 4803504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775579&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FQPuNfogxByQ%2Ften-ways-i-focusing-in-on-my-success.html With a new week ahead of us, today is a perfect day to get started on whatever we've been putting off starting. You KNOW you've been putting off SOMETHING. Isn't that always the case? No? I envy you then. Unfortunately for me, I have too many irons in the fire all the time. I don't actively put anything off; procrastination is just what happens on my way to something new & exciting. This week I am fired up, however. I have decided to finish my first draft at all costs this month. You may recall that I have been confronting my obstacles over the past year in an effort to become an author. I set big goals and made big mistakes, but I learned so much about myself and how to overcome my limitations.Setting big goals is the easy part. To make this new goal happen I am knuckling down on Distract... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775579 Mon, 02 May 2011 20:17:52 +0100 4775579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789585&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F05%2FPresident%2520Obama%2520Announces%2520Osama%2520bin%2520Laden%2520is%2520dead%2520video%2520closed%2520captioning.flv President Barack Obama addressed the American people to confirm the death of Osama bin Laden. “Justice has been done,” the president declared as crowds formed outside the White House to celebrate, singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “We Are the Champions,” NBC News reported. “We must and we will remain vigilant at home and abroad,” he said, while emphasizing that “the United States is not and never will be at war with Islam.” Poll :: How Did You Hear About Osama Bin Laden’s Death?     The vast majority of people heard about bin Laden’s death via #Twitter [myself included!] The first thing I did when I saw the news alert on tv was log on to Twitter to see what the trend was producing. The second destinatio... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789585 Mon, 02 May 2011 03:09:33 +0100 4789585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789587&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F04%2Froyalwedding-social-engagement%2F The #RoyalWedding is the top social media trend today! No surprise! As today is the long awaited wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton of the English royal family. People from all around the world are tweeting one of the most popular wedding of this century … even me! [and I'm "off-the-boat" Irish!] Royal Twitter Trends It was a royal sweep on Twitter, with the 10 top trending terms worldwide all related to the royal wedding. Popular trends on Twitter :: - #RoyalWedding [a really smart marketing hashtag generated by the retail ice-cream company Magnum] - #rw11 Royal Social Fever According to Webtrends, the web analytics company the Royal Wedding created a huge buzz online with the following data :: * people sent 911,000 tweets in the last 30 days * - or 30,000 tweet... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789587 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:06:40 +0100 4789587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789588&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2F2011%2F04%2Froyal-wedding-buzz-infographic%2F The wedding ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton has had its “royal” share of media coverage over the past few weeks! Surprisingly it is the Americans who have generated the “lions share” of buzz accounting for 65% of tweets, blog posts and Facebook updates according to Webtrends, while only 20% are coming from the England!   (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789588 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:41:20 +0100 4789588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753758&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F26%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-april-26-2011%2F Today, I started thinking about who we were as infants and the impact of time and life on our well-being. It’s the layers of criticisms, lessons, memories (good and bad) that start weighing on us. Like a perfect stone weighed down with years of sediment or a beautiful painting undiscovered because it is covered in dust. Maybe our purpose in life is to take a duster and remove all those layers (shame, insecurities, etc.) that appear to be us, but in reality are other people’s stuff. Maybe we are supposed to find exactly who we are by getting back to who we were before disappointments, fear and judgments impacted us. What do you think? I think it’s something worth pondering this week. Speaking of which, here is another fine, round-up of best blogs to peruse-starting with a ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753758 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:08:04 +0100 4753758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789590&cid=t_91748_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F04%2F25-styles-of-blogging.flv [See post to watch Flash video] This presentation is by Rohit Bhargava Select LanguageAfrikaansAlbanianArabicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBelarusianBulgarianCatalanChinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGalicianGeorgianGermanGreekHaitian CreoleHebrewHindiHungarianIcelandicIndonesianIrishItalianJapaneseKoreanLatvianLithuanianMacedonianMalayMalteseNorwegianPersianPolishPortugueseRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSpanishSwahiliSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYiddish // (Source: Nicola Ziady) Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789590 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:14:16 +0100 4789590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4733942&cid=t_91748_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2FQEgooX5GsH8%2F10000000.php I demand the sum of.....ten MILLION visits! Muhahahahahaha! Yes, I know I did that bit before--twice, three times, even!---but I liked it so much that I wanted to do it again, at least until my readers run screaming away, annoyed that Orac, of all people, would recycle the same old joke over and over. Of course, after 3,000,000 visits, I basically gave up even noticing at each new million visit mark; so it's been nearly three years since I recycled this particular joke. This time's different, anyway, even though it's been six years, four months, and ten days since December 11, 2004 that I've been at this. Sometime yesterday while I was in the O.R., this blog hit another milestone. Sometime yesterday afternoon, Respectful Insolence™ recorded its 10,000,000th visitor. Hard to believe, ... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4733942 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:30:00 +0100 4733942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734156&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FZeSSujwZzVU%2Fshout-outs_19.html Bedside Manner is the host for this week’s issue of Grand Rounds! You can read this week’s edition here (photo credit). Welcome to Get Better Health’s Grand Rounds, Volume 7, Number 30.  This week’s theme borrows from Patriot’s Day which commemorates the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War, on April, 19, 1775.    …….….. …………………………… Emily, @crzegrl15, who used to blog at crzegrl, flight nurse has come back to blogging with a new blog name:  FlightEMS.com.  She tells her blogging story in her post, After Seven and a half years, crzegrl.net becomes FlightEMS.com Seven and a half years is a long time. My very first post on crzegrl was o... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734156 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:46:32 +0100 4734156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724196&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fblogging-my-way-through-cancer-or.html I started blogging nearly 4 years and over 1400 posts ago with the express purpose of using my blog to keep friends and family updated on my 'oh-so-much fun' with cancer. Then I never stopped. Was I supposed to stop? I'm not sure.Some people who start a blog to chronicle their 'oh-so-much-fun' with cancer stop blogging at some point. I think some of them move on in life and don't feel as inclined to keep blogging. Their posts start to get further and further apart. The last few are usually about going to a party or something else fun and exciting. Then nothing more. I assume they are physically and emotionally past their cancer and don't feel a need to blog. Others change their blog's focus and maybe even start a new blog. Do I fit in here? Maybe. I mean I stopped writing (whining) about m... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724196 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:36:00 +0100 4724196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704656&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-ten-types-of-doctor-bloggers%2F2011.04.12 One of my favourite blogs just featured a nice picture that presents the 10 typical types of medical bloggers. Here they are: Dr. Funny Dr. Mommy Dr. Boring Dr. Didactic Dr. Product Placement Dr. Resident Dr. No Longer A Doctor Dr. Political Dr. Miracle Dr. Whiny Which type do you belong to? Click on the image for the original source and size. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704656 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:00:32 +0100 4704656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704850&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F12%2Fsocial-media-in-medicine-course-medical-blogging%2F The 2nd week fo the world’s first university course focusing on medicine and social media focused on medical blogging. Here are the links and definitions I mentioned. Definition of blog, post, trackback, pingback (difference between them), comment, tag. First blog: Jorn Barger, 1997 Technorati statistics about the state of the entire blogosphere Blogs in plain English: Types of blogs and bloggers Major medical blogs as examples: Kevin, MD; Medgadget; Sixuntilme; Doctor Anonymous; Street Anatomy. Analyzing the results of the study of Ivor Kovic et al. (Examining the Medical Blogosphere: An Online Survey of Medical Bloggers) Blog carnivals and microcarnivals How to educate with blogs (e.g. Alan J Cann) Some examples such as the recent post from Sergey Brin about his genes and th... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704850 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:59:50 +0100 4704850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693288&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcan-people-really-be-themselves-in-social-media%2F2011.04.08 “The world will be better if you share more.” That’s what Mark Zuckerberg claims. And it’s part of a general philosophy of many fans of social media: that they help us to be more “social”, friendlier, cooperative, collaborative…in other words better. But what – in truth – is the default mode of social media? On the surface, one would think “social”. That can’t be true though, for no technologies have social implanted in them – by definition, human-social belongs to humans. So when I dip into my Twitter stream, for instance, I see huge volumes of people saying nice things, quoting positive aphorisms, replying to each other with accolades. If you didn’t know any better, you might conclude these are conversations between people who’ve know each other for decades.... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693288 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:00:45 +0100 4693288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684686&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fgoing-mad%2F I’m excited to have been asked to be a judge at the MAD Awards. Which are probably not what you think. They are the Mum And Dad Blogger awards. My children were born in 1994 and 1996, in the days when the interwebs weren’t as widely available as they ae now. I loved (and still love) being a Mum – I remember those sleepy days of breastfeeding and walking round and round the park as some of the happiest I’ve ever had – but there were times when I was lonely and felt a little bit lost. I think one of the best things about the internet (apart from online shopping, obviously) is how easy it is now to find advice, to connect, to understand you’re not alone. But if you’re here, you know that, because the cancer community, like the parent community, has re... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684686 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:21:03 +0100 4684686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676788&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmedical-blogging-then-and-now%2F2011.04.04 Shout out to @DanaMLewis for pointing out this post from Mashable entitled, “Why Curation Is Just As Important As Creation.” When people are starting out in social media creation, whether it be blogging, or podcasting, or whatever – the phrase always comes up – “Content Is King.” But is content really king anymore? Now, I certainly wasn’t the first physician blogger, but I would probably consider myself “in those early days.” I mean, starting in 2006 was a few years ago. Back then, writing every single day was imperative. And, the way that you were judged were the amount of comments that you received. I mean, this was in the days before facebook and twitter, when the comment section of the blog was the only way to give feedback publical... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676788 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:00:59 +0100 4676788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677012&cid=t_91748_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Fthe-10-types-of-physican-bloggers%2F One of my favourite blogs just featured a nice picture that presents the 10 typical types of medical bloggers. Here they are: Dr. Funny Dr. Mommy Dr. Boring Dr. Didactic Dr. Product Placement Dr. Resident Dr. No Longer A Doctor Dr. Political Dr. Miracle Dr. Whiny Which type do you belong to? Click on the image for the original source and size. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677012 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:31:32 +0100 4677012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642897&cid=t_91748_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F27%2Fwhere-i-am%2F Hibernating almost exclusively in Twitterverse @KennChaplin during Canadian election at the expense of my blog and Facebook…not intentional, just seems inevitable. (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642897 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:03:39 +0100 4642897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642902&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FOGKYSwMKDWc%2F My son’s dog, Beatrix the Chihuahua, is just not a morning person. Filed under: Dog-blogging Tagged: chihuahua, dog, Pets, Toy Group (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642902 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:27:32 +0100 4642902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4631482&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdiabetes-blogging-and-health-advocacy%2F2011.03.24 As a kid, I wasn’t an advocate for type 1 diabetes.  I was a kid.  I went to diabetes camp (CBC 4 LIFE) but that was the extent of my involvement with any kind of diabetes community.  It wasn’t until I was out of college and feeling like I existed on a diabetes island that I began to crave interaction with and understanding from other people with diabetes.  So, at Chris’ suggestion, I started a blaaaaaagh and everything just got all sorts of exciting.  Namely, I had finally connected with other people living with diabetes. And it felt gooooood. Now that there is an established online community for people with diabetes (PWDs, caregivers, and loved ones alike), there are a lot of opportunities for engagement and advocacy.  The DOC isn’t limited to adults living ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4631482 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:00:15 +0100 4631482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4627006&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2FxvJpTZODnZM%2Fchasing-rainbows-for-information-pot-of.html Yesterday was a day filled with addiction. Ah, the sweet glow of the screen. The endless stream of information just a tap away in my iPad. Twitter. Facebook. Links, links, links!I woke up very under the weather. Perhaps it was because Mother Nature had a bad case of Psuedo ADHD this month—not sure which season it was."Ooh! I want Spring!Ooh! Ooh! I want more snow!Ooh! I'll do both!Ooh! Ooh! A rainbow!"She's been like a newborn puppy frolicking about after butterflies, though truth be told, the butterflies have had the good sense to wait for Mother Nature to make her mind up this year before making an appearance. Yes, I realize that the caterpillars have to arrive first. Don't mess with my metaphor.At any rate, yesterday I was not as frolicsome as a puppy or as flittery as a butterfly. In... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4627006 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:00:02 +0100 4627006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626997&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fblogging-internet-and-first-amendment.html I saw an article recently about how a blogger was sued by someone they blogged about. I don't know all the details but it was something about a person who had been hired by a public office to handle mortgages and refinancing and was allegedly involved in mishandling other real estate transactions in a previous position. The blog post resulted in the person losing their job so they sued.This made me think about the whole libel, copyright, freedom of the press, and First Amendment rights issue. If you type the words 'blogger sued' into any search engine you will get a whole list of results - including the case of the Benihana restaurant in the Middle East who sued over a bad online review. You will also find cases which include ones where copyright enforcement agencies make a living suing bl... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626997 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:34:00 +0100 4626997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615379&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Ftelling-your-story.html I never thought of blogging until my second cancer diagnosis. I mean with the first one, there was no internet (only the Arpanet) and computers were hidden away in computer labs frequented by geeks only. My reasons for starting my blog were totally self serving - I didn't want to have to talk about how I was doing over and over again with people on the phone or to send out emails regularly. I just started writing in my blog and I am still writing.Storytelling, whether oral or written has therapeutic effects. I quote from an article this morning: "There have been more than 200 studies over the past 20 years confirming the benefits of putting one’s medical story into words.".People can argue with medical and scientific facts but they listen to or read stories about problems similar to thei... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615379 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:20:00 +0100 4615379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605901&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FriAKPBS788o%2F   The sun is shining here in Chicago and the mercury is supposed to hit 60 degrees today for the first time in months. That could mean only one thing: Spring is in the air, and hope springs eternal, even for the star-crossed Cubs. Though it’s still spring training, noted Yankees fan Glenn Laffel of the Pizaazz blog is in midseason form as he hosts this week’s Health Wonk Review, with an all-star lineup of contributors. My impassioned defense of Don Berwick makes the big-league roster among the sluggers (health policy), while health IT gets its due respect as a disruptive force by being categorized as the base-stealers. Of note, longtime HIT blogger Shahid Shah, known as the Healthcare IT Guy, talks security. “I hear a lot of naive talk about how systems are secure b... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4605901 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:13:26 +0100 4605901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4606069&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2F2ZBRBagKd38%2F When I posed the question Yesterday about the new iPad 2 being the ultimate blogging platform, I received an interesting response from John Saddington, the creator of The Standard Theme for WordPress. In his view, the new MacBook Air is the best blogging platform and he gave 10 reasons why in a compelling post on his blog. After looking at John’s post, I think he makes some good points. The MacBook is powerful, lightweight, and truly makes a great desktop replacement. But how well does it work as a blogging platform? Here is where we differ. John looks at a blogging machine from the eyes of a ProBlogger. He wants a powerful machine that can run Photoshop and blog design software. He wants a machine that can do it all in a small and convenient package. The MacBook Air fits this to a ... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4606069 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:19:49 +0100 4606069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600812&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FmbKMAj9kiiY%2F I’ve been a blogger for over 6 years and have used many different computers and software programs to create blog posts. While blogging has radically evolved over the past few years, it actually has become more time consuming to create a post than ever before. First you have to write the post, edit the content, and add any links, photos, and video clips. Then you have to upload the post to WordPress and add any additional graphics for thumbnails and featured sections. It’s also a good idea to run the post through Scribe and optimize it for SEO. This whole process can actually double the time it actually takes to just write the post. I realized the secret to blogging frequently is to make the creation process as easy as possible. Over the past few days I’ve been experimenti... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600812 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:48:28 +0100 4600812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600566&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2Fblog-on-the-history-of-neurology-and-the-neurosciences%2F Cannot understand why I haven’t come across The Neuro Times blog — a historical blog dedicated to neurology and the neurosciences — before. Full of good stuff and a good example to follow. Tweet (Source: Biomedicine on Display) Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600566 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:01:15 +0100 4600566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4578001&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FbHBK3zDf74E%2F My grand-dog, the French Bulldog, spending a quiet Saturday night. At last this can be a proper blog and have cute puppy videos on it. Filed under: Dog-blogging Tagged: French Bulldog, iphone (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4578001 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:13:45 +0100 4578001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4566177&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FvNnUO_QhPgo%2F As you may know, this site is part of John Lynn’s new Healthcare Scene blog network. In the spirit of building a community, John has started a Healthcare Scene LinkedIn group to promote the network and his flagship EMR and HIPAA blog. Join up and start networking with us. Last week on that EMR and HIPAA blog, John ran a poll asking readers about their experiences with personal health records. (I’ve long been a critic of the “untethered” PHR that’s not connected to a specific healthcare organization or EMR. An empty PHR doesn’t help patients, while physicians aren’t likely to use one not directly tied to an EMR because it doesn’t fit their workflow and they often can’t trust the data inside.) Not surprisingly, 60 percent of the 53 respon... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4566177 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:43:21 +0100 4566177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4565861&cid=t_91748_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F09%2Fmulti-author-medical-blogs-at-the-end-it-is-all-about-credibility%2F Recently, Bertalan Mesko (Berci on Twitter) was asking his twitter followers whether they had a favorite Web 2.0 story.  Berci needed examples for his yearly “Internet in Medicine course” at the university of Debrecen. Doctor Ves (drVes) and Berci discussed various examples of blogs that had grown in a way: a blog that branched from blog [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4565861 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:15:29 +0100 4565861 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560548&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2F2iXS493pziA%2Fcontact-info.html I'm Douglas Cootey, and I've been blogging here since 2005. Before that I blogged into a tiny text file called what's_new.html and hosted it on a site so old not even archive.org remembers it very well. I would update that blog via telnet using vi. I also wore corduroy pants with platform shoes at the time. It was very exciting.I started out blogging about mental health in order to accomplish three goals. First, I wanted to overcome the stigma. I couldn't talk about my ADHD or Depression without feeling shame. The method I used to overcome this was self-deprecating humor. It worked well. Considering how many times I screw up my life in a day, I had plenty of source material. Still do. Next, I wanted to reach out to others who shared my issues. After many years of trying to build a communit... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560548 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:07:24 +0100 4560548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545021&cid=t_91748_111_f&fid=34712&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitaldoorway.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Ftop-ten-nursing-blogs.html Allied Health World has chosen ten top nursing blogs for 2011, and I am honored and humbled that Digital Doorway has been chosen for this award. My gratitude to Allied Health World for their recognition of Digital Doorway, but even more for their recognition of the importance of nurses---and nurse bloggers---as essential components of health care and health care blogging. (Source: Digital Doorway) Digital Doorway blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545021 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:40:00 +0100 4545021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545030&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FyENL-jmhHiI%2F The first Health Wonk Review since last week’s HIMSS conference is up, courtesy of Jared M. Rhoads of the Lucidicus Project. While I’m no fan of organization’s ideological bent (it seems to think CMS Administrator Don Berwick is more interested in socialism than in improving healthcare), I’m happy to say this roundup has more IT than normal. For one thing, Rhoads mentions my post detailing my injury at HIMSS and the consumerism and EMR use that played into the care I received at a walk-in clinic in Orlando, Fla. I’m happy to report that I got the stitches out on Tuesday and the deep laceration is healing well. There’s a good chance that the resulting scar might kind of blend into my eyebrow, so I’m hoping it won’t be too conspicuous. Four oth... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545030 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:58:59 +0100 4545030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545076&cid=t_91748_127_f&fid=38263&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdeepesthealth%2FBMCc%2F%7E3%2FbsPNSkaHSPA%2F Today, I’d like to start getting you all excited about something we’re releasing here in a couple of weeks.  Ready? One of the things that I’ve noticed, as a student and new practitioner, is the relative lack of industry publications in Chinese medicine. We have several decent scholarly journals (Chinese Medicine Times, the Lantern), and I expect their number to grow.  These publications are wonderful to have and the mark of a maturing profession.  They have high standards and tend to be very content-heavy with an academic/educational feel. Outside of the journals, we in the Chinese medicine profession have essentially only Acupuncture Today. While I respect what they do at Acupuncture Today, many folks have commented that the articles don’t quite satisfy their u... Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545076 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:00:03 +0100 4545076 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540526&cid=t_91748_83_f&fid=34690&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Finsolence%2F%7E3%2F5FXAWLwamRo%2Fon_teaching_the_controversy_in_medicine.php The other day, I wrote to express my disappointment with Dr. Kevin Pho, of KevinMD, for posting credulous crap about alternative medicine. I noted in an addendum that he responded with a comment that in essence said that he posts things he "doesn't necessarily agree with myself to promote discussion and debate": Orac, I appreciate the critique. As readers of this blog know, I often post pieces here I don't necessarily agree with myself to promote discussion and debate. Your concerns are certainly valid, and will be taken into consideration as I choose future pieces. Best, Kevin My initial response was that I should take KevinMD off of my blogroll and cease to recommend his blog as a reliable source of medical information, so annoyed was I by Dr. Pho's setting his foot onto the path tha... Respectful Insolence blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540526 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:00:01 +0100 4540526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540732&cid=t_91748_140_f&fid=35443&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheSplinteredMind%2F%7E3%2Fwu9WsxM9XOc%2Fdouble-fisted-typing-action.html Perhaps the most unappreciated feature on my blog is the Distracted Writers Club. I can't imagine why. Who wouldn't find the blood pounding in their veins when reading about stupendous goals like writing 25 words in ONE SINGLE DAY‽ Ironically, this feeble goal was key to transforming my writing productivity. I’ve stated before that writing a lot wasn’t a problem for me. In fact, I can spout my opinion here so easily that I’ve given myself an artificial cap of 900 words per post just to spare you. The problem was sitting down and beginning. For some reason creative writing was difficult for me. I just couldn’t justify it. Perhaps because the reward was so far off in the future. With blogging, the rewards were more immediate. Google ranking. Subscribers. Page views. Comments (... The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540732 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:41:21 +0100 4540732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532593&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2Fc0zemhPVB4Y%2F Maintaining a blog full-time can be a bit stressful, and this stress can sometimes have a restricting effect on your writing. There’s the pressure to produce top content every time you write; there’s the pressure of appealing to your audience; there’s the pressure of always having an opinion or keeping up with industry news. So, what better way to build up your ability to continue writing every day than to do writing exercises every day! Here are a few ideas for exercises; some of them might not directly relate to what you blog about, but you’d be surprised how simply engaging in the act of writing about anything can be enough to help you write about something later on. If you have more ideas, please feel free to add them in the comments section below. Dream Journal... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532593 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:45:50 +0100 4532593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615378&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FbfY111cwEko%2Fblog-directory-young-adult-cancer Here’s a guide for newcomers and old-timers alike on how to get the most out of the 270 posts on my blog. If you’ve been here a while, it’s you and your comments that encourage thousands of patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses to follow regularly. If you are new, welcome aboard. Top-Ten Posts Visit the top ten posts and leave comments if you’d like. (I love responding to all your comments!): 1. Your 5 Must-Have Items from Surgery & Treatment Time? 2. Do You Like Being Called Strong? 3. How Do You Prevent Errors in Your Care? 4. Smart Responses to Stupid Comments? 5. How to Ask For Your Medical Bill to be Reduced? 6. Your Best Advice To A Newly Diagnosed Patient? 7. Power of Positive Thinking vs. Realistic Thinking? 8. Did Cancer Impact Your Finances?... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615378 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:02:41 +0100 4615378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4498286&cid=t_91748_107_f&fid=34860&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corporeality.net%2Fmuseion%2F2011%2F02%2F19%2F2010-medical-blog-awards-goes-mainly-to-earlier-winners%2F Unless you’ve alrady seen it, here are the winners of the 2010 Medical Blog Awards: Best Medical Weblog: EMCrit blog. Best New Medical Weblog: ZDoggMD Best Literary Medical Weblog: StorytellERdoc, Best Clinical Weblog: GeriPal Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog: Covert Rationing Blog Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog: ScienceRoll Best Patient’s Blog: Wheelchair Kamikaze Not surprisingly, several of this year’s winners have been awarded before. What’s good, continues to be good. Tweet (Source: Biomedicine on Display) Biomedicine on Display blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4498286 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:12:33 +0100 4498286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540616&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2F8oaOQ7w-xJY%2F Welcome! Just in time for HIMSS11, I’ve migrated my blog over to the new Healthcare Scene blog network. You should expect the same news and analysis I offered at my old blog site, just more of it. All of my archives are here, so you won’t have to go far to find old posts, either. Stay tuned this afternoon for my first “real” post on this new site, a podcast with HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber. Meantime, check out my story for Health Data Management based on that interview. Thanks for your continued readership. Neil (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540616 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:40:43 +0100 4540616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489933&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Foopsie.html Apparently sometimes when I blog, some people disagree with me. Frankly I don't care if people disagree with me. Here's why:1. Its my blog and I can write what I want2. If some one bothers to complain about what I said, I am just happy they read it.But now here a note to Lori who didn't like my Cancer Coach post and leaves me no way to reply to her directly.Dear Lori:I am sorry you didn't agree with me. While you would like to been able to have a cancer coach to help you as a two time breast cancer survivor, you now have as much training and experience as these other cancer coaches are promoting themselves. Or even twice as much. They are often claiming that since they have been through the experience they are able to offer their services. And how does going through cancer a time or two gi... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489933 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:58:00 +0100 4489933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482764&cid=t_91748_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E3%2FSm3JoH0UU0w%2Freasons-to-stop-blogging.html I know medical bloggers who stopped blogging or closed their Twitter accounts for similar reasons to those summarized below:"He says in his final blog post that while he intended the personal blog to be a place where he could talk about ideas, his posts had started to “spark whole conversations that I never intended to start in the first place, conversations that leech precious time and energy while contributing precious little back.”More related thoughts:"So many things can go wrong (with social media) if you don’t do it right. You can get stampeded and lose the game. Playing on the sidelines is more appealing.If you run a hospital and decide to establish a vast living presence on the Web, people will say bad things about your doctors, your nurses, your waiting times in the ER, your... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482764 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:21:00 +0100 4482764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450319&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FyeKRjTj2DTI%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-7-no-20.html It is my pleasure to bring you this week’s Grand Rounds.  As I am sick of winter and looking forward to spring, I am going to sprinkle this edition with images of some beaches near the contributors.  Enjoy! Valentine’s Day is in less than one week.  There are several “heart” related posts.  Let’s begin with them. This first one is from @purplesque, Sumpsimus, who gives us a glimpse of a “love affair” of the real tragi-comedy kind in her post:  Another day at work. ….. Corinne Rieder, healthAGEnda, discusses a part of the touching journey through her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s in her post:  Listening to My Mother. I can’t deny it—I miss the mother I once had. Even at age 80, she was vibrant, loving, and independent. And she was ... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450319 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:53:08 +0100 4450319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4438935&cid=t_91748_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F05%2Fwork-in-progress-2%2F As part of my attempt to re-enter the grand world of the blog I am making some changes. New theme is done; hope you like it. Just all the links etc to sort. This will hopefully be completed tomorrow! (Source: Life in the NHS) Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4438935 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:04:32 +0100 4438935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433266&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FkYxJ3aTc_pA%2F For awhile now, I’ve noticed a lot talk about how people treat each other in online conversations. It really began when a friend of mine in the 20something blogger community came under attack twice on her blog, from an anonymous person whose goal was to insult her and bring her down the day before her wedding, and again the day before her honeymoon. In reaction, many of her readers responded in unison, telling this “gentleman” to you-know-what. Then this week, there were heated debates on Facebook and the ChildrenwithDiabetes forums about a recent interview with the president of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. This time it was much more intense, because there were essentially two sides to the issue. And because there were too sides to the issue, and because it&... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433266 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:11:03 +0100 4433266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419484&cid=t_91748_180_f&fid=38619&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FALifeCoachsBlog%2F%7E3%2Fy4YhL8ByAC4%2F When I first started this blog in September of 2006, it was for one reason and one reason only. Search Engine Optimization. I could use phrases and expressions such as Life Coach, Life Coaching and self development and Google could spot them and think: “Hmm, this guy seems to be a Life Coach, maybe we should send him people looking to hire a Life Coach” And all was good in the world, because Google did indeed kindly send me traffic that had typed in those terms, especially in the Orlando and Central Florida area. Note for non-bloggers: You may occasionally see a random link such as “Life Coach” that takes you to an appropriate page on my site. I do this for Google’s benefit as well as for new visitors. The same goes for links to older posts. Google loves this and ... Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419484 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:40:32 +0100 4419484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399751&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35157&url=http%3A%2F%2Fartsweet.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Ftesting-1-2-3-is-this-on%2F I just realized it has been exactly a year and a day since I last blogged and I don’t know if anyone is still reading this. There are a lot of reasons for that, although mostly I blame Facebook and its instant gratification abilities (which only slightly make up for the letdown when you say something clever and NO ONE RESPONDS no matter how many times you hit refresh). So what’s new? P’ito turned FOUR in November.  He is a firecracker – intensely loving and excited one moment, absolutely enraged at the injustice of life the next (no mac and cheese? BUT I WANT MAC AND CHEESE!) We’re still waiting for Hypothetical Sibling.  We had one close call, where a birthmother chose us, but then the father decided to sue for custody rather than let her make an adoption ... Artificially Sweetened blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399751 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:08:10 +0100 4399751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377620&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34859&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.davemsw.com%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2Fbook_review_when_the_past_is_always_present_a_new.php by Ronald Ruden, MD, PhD When the Past Is Always Present: Emotional Traumatization, Causes, and Cures introduces a new treatment for trauma. Ronald A. Ruden is an internal medicine physician practicing in Manhattan. Since beginning his practice in 1983, he has dedicated part of the proceeds to follow research interests. His first efforts resulted in the book, The Craving Brain, a neurobiological discussion of addictive behaviors. In 2003 he redirected his interest in understanding traumatization. That has led to three publications in Traumatology, edited by Charles Figley, and to this book. Image via Wikipedia The book begins with an easy to understand review of the neurobiological and neuropsychological literature as it relates to trauma. His intent is to provide a primer that a lay pe... Ψ Dare To Dream... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377620 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:51:58 +0100 4377620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4361082&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38951&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarlatpsychiatry.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fso-you-want-to-be-health-and-science.html On Wednesday, January 19, I'll be part of a panel of experts on blogging about health and science for an event at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, Mass, sponsored by the the New England Science Writers. You can hear all about how I've channeled my outrage about medical education corruption into blog form. It's a relatively mature defense mechanism that we shrinks call "sublimation." I'm flattered to be invited to join such talents as Gary Schwitzer, whose Health News Review blog was named best medical blog of 2009 by Epocrates; Ivan Oransky, the Executive Editor of Reuters Health who blogs at Embargo Watch and Retraction Watch; and former Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Zimmerman, who writes the CommonHealth blog for Boston's NPR station, WBUR.The event's moderator will be A... The Carlat Psychiatry Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4361082 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:36:00 +0100 4361082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4355779&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F01%2F17%2Fwhat-is-your-personal-blogging-style%2F How do you experience, perceive your blogging? This is a different question from why do you blog, or your motivation for blogging. This question is more about your blogging style. Well they have an questionnaire for that and it’s recently validated. A total of 182 bloggers (87 males, 95 females; age range 18–64 years) recruited from MySpace.com participated in the study. So I’m not in it. And this is what they found: 4 styles to choose from: The Therapeutic Blogging style is a style that is open and expressive, focused on affective exchange and symptom relief, and more directed to the concerns of the blogger than the blog readers. The Connected Blogging style. This blogging style uses blogs to connect and communicate with others rather than solve emotional problems. Their hi... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4355779 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 06:23:19 +0100 4355779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338223&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F01%2F12%2Fcancer-writing-award-created%2F New Writing Awards Badge My second antibiotic is starting to kick in against my latest upper respiratory infection.  So I have crawled out of bed.  It’s about time to work on one of my New Year’s Resolutions: creating an award badge to recognize some of the outstanding work of cancer survivors who blog about the experience.  Last year I created the Honor Roll for Excellence in Cancer Writing. (You can navigate to the Honor Roll page from the site map at left or menu above, under “Community”) My greatest revelation in starting a “blogroll” for Being Cancer was the quality of writing that I found week after week.  I started printing examples of this writing as our Guest Post feature, one of the most popular and widely read features on our site.  For the most ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338223 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:21:01 +0100 4338223 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318439&cid=t_91748_127_f&fid=38263&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fdeepesthealth%2FBMCc%2F%7E3%2FSkYj0IwZ0Vo%2F Hey everybody, Deepest Health is undergoing a transformation.  I’m hopeful that you’ll see the fruit of our hard work sometime in the next couple of months.  We’ve already updated our logo (check it out!) and are working with a couple of fantastic web designers to update the site and add some great new features.  As that process rolls a long a little more quickly, we’ll definitely let you know. Thanks to everyone who has already signed up for the newsletter (scroll to the bottom of the page).  Content is coming soon, but not until it meets our own strict standards.  That goes for updating the free resource you get for subscribing, too.  This year, at Deepest Health, is the year of “not making stuff that sucks.”  It’s easy enough to pump out ... Deepest Health: Exploring Classical Chinese Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318439 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:16:42 +0100 4318439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314179&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=34847&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsixuntilme.com%2Fblog2%2F2011%2F01%2Flate_night_post_grazie.html I just received an email from Gina telling me that I've been awarded a 2010 DOC Award for Best Photographer - thank you guys!!  What a nice, virtual "hug."  I think it's very cool when the diabetes community shows, time and time again, that we're more united that your average online crew.  We're all a bunch of buddies here, despite our differences and because of our "sames."  So thanks for the very kind award, and I'm hoping to have my camera lurking at diabetes events in 2011.  :) (Source: Six Until Me.) Six Until Me. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314179 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:28:30 +0100 4314179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304887&cid=t_91748_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E5%2FNEeiQA4Dbag%2FlivzJTIWlmY Quotes from an interview with Seth Godin and Tom Peters:"Blogging is free. It doesn’t matter if anyone reads it. What matters is the humility that comes from writing it. What matters is the metacognition of thinking about what you’re going to say.No single thing in the last 15 years professionally has been more important to my life than blogging. It has changed my life, it has changed my perspective, it has changed my intellectual outlook, it’s changed my emotional outlook.And it’s free."Don't limit yourself to your blog - use Facebook and TwitterBlogging can be great for personal growth but there is a lot more interaction on Twitter and Facebook nowadays as compared to blogs. If you have a blog, you must also have a Facebook "like" page (previously called "fan" page) and a Twitter... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304887 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:34:42 +0100 4304887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302896&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F01%2F02%2Flists-and-awards%2F At the end of the year bloggers tend to summarize their most read posts of the previous year. Another type of post is lists, mostly the best blog if come across or the best from your votes. Some of these are just plain simple link baits. One exception is the TWIM Awards. The TWIM awards are the best in mental health blogging, as voted by Mental Nurse readers. Each category includes a winner and up to two runners-up. To qualify as a runner-up, at least three nominations must have been received. If a category has one or no runner-up, that’s why. Number one psychiatrist blogger according to this election is well earned by Lake Cocytus, also one of my favorites in GReader. Congratulations.   Related posts:Medical Weblog Awards 2007 Research Blogging Awards 2010 The 2007 Medi... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302896 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:04:27 +0100 4302896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302858&cid=t_91748_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fglobal-health-communication-the-top-10-in-2010%2F2011.01.01 From Blog 4 Global Health — an “interactive blog from the Global Health Council’s Policy, Research and Advocacy team” — here’s The Top 10 in 2010 Global Health Communication. An excerpt: If global health communication was characterized by anything in 2010, it was the rise of Twitter and other social media among non-profit organizations as a way of bypassing increasingly irrelevant traditional media and taking their messages directly to their target groups. From the Global Health Council, we saw more and more of our members — large and small — embracing new media like blogging, micro-blogging and social networks like Facebook. At the year’s last meeting of our Global Health Communicators Working Group in November, I asked for a show of hands of those w... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302858 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:00:28 +0100 4302858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302168&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F01%2F01%2Fwhy-blog-3%2F Seth Godin and Tom Peters do a much better job in telling you why you should blog than I can in a long post. Thanks DrV at 33Charts he also included the text of their brief conversation.   Related posts:Why are so many things broken? The Difference Between a Blog post and an Article Blog Psychotherapy (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302168 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 08:18:10 +0100 4302168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300620&cid=t_91748_118_f&fid=34892&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifeinthenhs.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F31%2Fresolutions-for-2011%2F The last day of 2010 and I think that means it must be time for a blog post. I won’t apologise any more for not writing  my blog, nor will I make any promises about blogging more; it is pretty likely I will break any resolution like that before the year is a few days old. All in all I’d say January 1st is a poor time to resolve to do anything, after all many people are either hung over, or sleep deprived or both. Although I have titled this post “Resolutions for 2011″ I think it might be more apt to spell out my “intentions for 2011″ then I can justify my failure when things don’t work out. So here goes: To continue to have a job throughout the year – 2011 will see the continued NHS changes, with the Health Bill published later in January. ... Life in the NHS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300620 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:29:13 +0100 4300620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300579&cid=t_91748_106_f&fid=36682&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSutureForALiving%2F%7E3%2FFdT2IJatuUs%2Ftop-content-for-2010.html Looking back at my blog for the year, I started with google analytics.  I naively thought at least one of the current year’s post would be in the top ten visited for the year.  Not so for my blog. The home page is the most visited, followed by these six: Inverted Nipples (November 5, 2007) Panniculectomy vs Abdominoplasty (December 13, 2007) Skin Complications from Drug Abuse (December 9, 2007) Glomus Tumor (October 29, 2007) Flexor Tendon Repair (July 10, 2008) Le Fort Fractures (January 17, 2008) The others referenced in the top ten analytics were simple archive searches, not specific posts: January 1, 2008 archives October 1, 2007 archives August 1, 2007 archives   I enjoyed the ones I did with 55 words or less.  I hope to do more of them in the coming year. Mothe... Suture for a Living blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300579 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:17:00 +0100 4300579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281346&cid=t_91748_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F22%2Ftop-ten-depression-blogs-2010%2F The good (and bad) news about blogging about depression in 2010 is that there’s less of it. Bloggers who were solely devoted to writing personal posts about depression, psychic pain, melancholy and stress in their lives found themselves, for whatever reasons, with less to say on traditional blogs. But depression hasn’t vanished, and neither has blogging, so where’s it all going? Twitter, drop boxes, text, media, and mobile — watch for blogging to evolve across platforms. And there are professionals sharing tips, artists gathering, and advocates to support each other. Although it may seem a quiet time, under the surface it’s changing. Blogs most likely to be triggering if you’re in a fragile state are marked with a (T). So, without further adieu, here are the... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281346 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:20:44 +0100 4281346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294754&cid=t_91748_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FywGWgRK_tDk%2Fno-more-fierce.html I just wanted to inform everyone that I've quit my gig at Fierce. That means you'll probably see more blogging from me in the near future as I hustle up new paid gigs. I've got a few irons in the fire already, but any assistance would be great. Contact me at nversel@gmail.comThanks, and happy holidays. (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294754 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:25:12 +0100 4294754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272509&cid=t_91748_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fpride-goes-before-a-fall%2F I get a lot of emails, here at Bah!. About 80% are cancer-based: people in need of advice, for themselves or a loved one, people who want to thank me for saying something that has  helped them, people who want to tell me parts of their own story. These emails are lovely to receive – although they often leave me in tears – and each one demands an individual reply. (Which I am happy to do. If someone takes the trouble to reach out there’s no way I’m not reaching right back.) The other 20% of emails – I’m not including in the count the ones telling me I’ve won a trillion pounds in a lottery I somehow can’t recall buying a ticket for, or offering me a Russian bride – are from people who want to start a blog, and they want my advice. Again, I’m happy to obli... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272509 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:33:29 +0100 4272509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272483&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2Fa3epacGbSEg%2F This post is part of the annual challenge called Reverb 10, which encourages us to reflect on 2010 and manifest for 2011 through daily prompts by various authors and bloggers. Prompt: Try. By: Kaileen Elise (@kaileenelise) What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it? This year, I tried to lose weight. I’ve been trying to lose weight for the last, oh, eleven years or so, so this year is really no different than the others. However, this year I actually managed to lose 10 pounds. Then it stopped. Because I stopped trying. The thing is, I know I can lose weight. I know it’s possible and I know that while it doesn’t happen immediately, it also doesn’t take forever. I just n... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272483 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 04:07:47 +0100 4272483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245484&cid=t_91748_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FYfDvOTmU3GU%2F I found out this morning that I’ve been nominated for TWO Diabetes Online Community Awards! I’m so excited and honored and thrilled! I was nominated for Best Photographer and Most In Need Of Comment Love! I think it’s so sweet to be even considered for Best Photographer, because I have to admit, I consider myself a bit of an amateur photographer and I have even considered doing some freelance photography. Erik and I only have one camera between us (a Nikon D60) and you should see us bickering over who gets to use it when we travel. I would love to take professional classes in photography, and Erik and I have talked about getting some better lenses for our camera. This may be just the motivation we need! As for Most In Need Of Comment Love, clearly my posts have made an im... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245484 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:03:11 +0100 4245484