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 'crowdsourcing'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:15:30 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029203&cid=t_217918_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Ftracking-public-health-trends-twitter.html (Source: Pharma Marketing Blog) Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029203 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5029203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753695&cid=t_217918_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-you-should-use-twitter-instant-medical-crowdsourcing%2F2011.04.25 I’ve been building a medical community on Twitter for years and now I have about 6000 followers including doctors, medical students, patients, medical librarians, scientists, etc. Whenever I have a question about my profession, PhD, or social media, generally I receive a valid and relevant answer in minutes. I don’t always know who might have the answer for my questions, that’s why it can be beneficial to put that into a large pot full of people with similar interests and wait for the answer. There is always someone with an answer or there is always someone in the communities of my community who might have the final solution. That’s why I use Twitter for everyday communication, even though my main platform is my still blog. It’s an honor to be included in the world’s top 10 med... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753695 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:00:01 +0100 4753695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4253200&cid=t_217918_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F12%2Fdo-your-panic-attacks-ever-grow-rosy-in-retrospect%2F Photo Credit: gavinmusic The other night, I found myself obsessively listening to a unique crowd-sourced brand of music at OneHelloWorld. OHW is — well, think Postsecret, but for your ears. The site’s creator (who doesn’t identify himself by name) asks the world to call his phone and leave a three-minute narrative voicemail. Then, he creates a musical composition for the background that’s inspired by the content of your message. (“Call it a soundtrack for your thoughts,” the site describes it.) The result? An intriguing amalgam of personal stories and instrumental melodies. The completed tracks are moving. Some are inspirational; some are depressing. Always one to take part in the novelty of experimental projects on the internet, I called OHW’s ph... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4253200 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:06:16 +0100 4253200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159247&cid=t_217918_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgather-professional-opinions-from-your-medcrowd%2F2010.11.11 medCrowd is the 52nd in my list of biomedical community sites and maybe the first one using crowdsourcing. From medCrowd: Perhaps, you have a patient with a rare condition and you don’t know the best treatment. Or you are treating a patient and you have heard there have been recent developments in the field, but you are not sure how these actually affect your patient’s day-to-day management. The problem is finding the best solution for your patient. What you need is help finding it. medCrowd enables you to find the best solution for your patient by collecting your peers’ professional opinions, simply and in one place. This is called crowdsourcing. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159247 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:00:42 +0100 4159247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519643&cid=t_217918_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2F2010-diabetesmine-design-challenge-closing-for-entries-tonight.html The 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge closes for entries at midnight tonight!  What? You didn’t expect me to post about anything else today, did you? I’m afraid I can’t really think about anything else right about now.  Too excited to see what happens when the clock strikes twelve… So at the risk of sounding repetitive — in [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519643 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:00:52 +0100 3519643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3449079&cid=t_217918_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fdesign-challenge-and-now-a-word-from-our-sponsor.html Actually, we have Veenu Aulakh to thank for putting the DiabetesMine Design Challenge on the map. She heard me give a keynote speech at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Project HealthDesign event a few years ago, calling for more patient involved in medical device design, and it seems that a light bulb went on: the [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3449079 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:00:41 +0100 3449079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436248&cid=t_217918_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fpoll-of-the-day-crowdsourcing-your-kids-name%2F Photo: swissmiss.com Crowdsourcing news, videos, reviews, and even books is common practice these days, but what about your kid’s name? Tina Roth Eisenberg, known as Swissmiss on her popular design blog, just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Valentine’s Day. His moniker was a given – she affectionately refers to him as swissmister on her site – but picking his real name proved more difficult. Like a true new media whiz, she went to the Web. She broadcast her search for a name, set the conditions (four-letter boy name), and crowdsourced it from her readers and Twitter followers. She got some 10,000 suggestions, and her final choice was Tilo (pronounced tee-lo). Is she the pioneer of a novel way to name kids, or just someone who’s way too addicted to the Web? The g... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436248 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:18:09 +0100 3436248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404079&cid=t_217918_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdesign-challenge-a-chat-with-our-professor-of-health-design.html Peter Jones may have a common name, but he’s a rare animal. He’s one of the few academic design experts focusing specifically on the user experience in healthcare. And we are delighted to welcome him this year as one of our expert judges for the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge! FYI, Peter has a PhD in Design [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404079 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:00:16 +0100 3404079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378678&cid=t_217918_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fdesign-challenge-insights-from-last-years-big-winner.html I proudly present Samantha Katz as Exhibit A: the graduate student from Northwestern University who (along with project partner Erik Schickli) won last year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge Grand Prize, and was subsequently hired by Medtronic Diabetes to help design their next-generation insulin pumps. (See yesterday’s big Medtronic announcement.) Samantha is living proof that “crowdsourcing” exercises [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378678 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:03 +0100 3378678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322569&cid=t_217918_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F03%2F2010-design-challenge-get-your-posters-here.html More on the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge today —in part because I can’t think about much else this week I almost forgot to mention the beautiful and very official contest fliers/posters we’ve prepared. They’re available for downloading and distributing in PDF format here, as you like. For interested universities and other organizations – we can [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322569 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00:05 +0100 3322569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231799&cid=t_217918_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcrowdsourcing-vs-science.html I think the elevation of "crowdsourcing" as a legitimate indication for determining drug benefits or risks in the real world is a luddite-like anti-science trend that must be counteracted.The latest example of this was just published on the Dose of Digital blog in the post "The Best Pharma Products According to Patients". In that post, Jonathan Richman reports drug ratings from iGuard.org and says:"...which are the top-rated products? Forget about all those head-to-head trials that payors want, but most companies are hesitant to conduct (for many reasons). If you want to know which treatment is best, why not check out its ratings? How far away is a future where patients select which products they want to take by using reviews such as those found on iGuard? I’m sure some of you are scoffi... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231799 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:56:00 +0100 3231799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984968&cid=t_217918_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fthe-diabetes-technology-society-from-algorithms-to-adherence.html The Diabetes Technology Society held its annual meeting last Thursday through Saturday, which always takes place just about a mile and a half from my house. But guess what? This was the very first year that I found myself on the inside of this exclusive event, participating in a panel (the very last panel of [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984968 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:00:52 +0100 2984968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901708&cid=t_217918_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F10%2F15%2Fmanaging-emr-software-enhancement-requests%2F One of the huge challenges that an EMR software vendor has is the long lists of enhancement requests that they receive from end users. Managing these requests has got to be one of the most challenging jobs of any EMR vendor’s development and support teams. An EMR vendor has so many often conflicting motivations related to which enhancement requests they add to their product. I won’t go into all the details of their job here, but let’s just say they’re walking a very small tight rope. On one side, they want to be able to create enhancements that will sale more product. On another they want to keep their current users satisfied. On the other, they don’t want to make their product to specific to one area, region, specialty (unless it’s specialty specific), ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901708 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:03:41 +0100 2901708 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415698&cid=t_217918_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fannouncing-our-winners-the-2009-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html A huge congratulations and thank you to all who participated in this open innovation contest! This is truly “crowdsourcing” at its best — asking the community for its brightest ideas on how to improve life with diabetes. At final toll, we received over 150 entries from participants describing themselves as: Students – in Design, Industrial [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415698 Mon, 18 May 2009 16:36:12 +0100 2415698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382645&cid=t_217918_123_f&fid=34778&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.33charts.com%2Fparenting_solved%2F2009%2F05%2Faporkalypse-not.html Last year some 36,000 people died in the United States as a result of influenza.  This year a new strain kills a few and the world is turned upside down.  But swine flu hasn’t made it into history the way the media had predicted. So far it appears that the only epidemic was one of hysteria created by the media – both online and off.  This week CNN’s hyped coverage did its part to keep viewers glued to their sets.  From the furrowed brow of Anderson Cooper to the dramatic orchestral music used to tease segments, CNN recognized the story of swine flu more as an opportunity grab viewers rather than a chance to allay the fears of innocent viewers who didn't know better. On social media platforms the subject was equally seductive.  As a trending topic o... Parenting Solved blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382645 Sun, 03 May 2009 04:51:45 +0100 2382645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353886&cid=t_217918_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F04%2F20%2Fmentalhealthcamp-soon%2F The unconference MentalHealthCamp on social media and mental health happens on April 25 in Vancouver, BC and online. Organizers hope it will become a model adopted elsewhere in the world. The one day program includes a discussion on therapist/client social media boundaries, talks on anonymous blogging, mommy blogging with a mental disorder, blogging as therapy, blogging for students, ADHD, yoga and depression with a blog, and my own presentation on crowdsourcing peer mental health info with social video PSA contests and suicide prevention on Twitter. Featured speakers include Keely Kolmes, Lorraine Murphy, Darren Barefoot, Pete Quily, and many more. Peer resources and crowdsourcing with peers is hot. From a comment left by Robert Johnson at the MentalHealthCamp blog: “The reality is... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353886 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:43:49 +0100 2353886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349095&cid=t_217918_123_f&fid=34778&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.33charts.com%2Fparenting_solved%2F2009%2F04%2Fmedical-crowdsourcing-on-twitter.html So the other night I was contemplating my dilemma about switching from Typepad to Wordpress.  I floated the question out on Twitter and received within 10 minutes about 13 responses (via feed and DM) on what I should do.  Most of these responses were from smart folks who know more than I do.  Not all agreed but the majority offered similar advice.  There was some consensus on how I might approach the situation. Why don’t doctors do this?  There are 60,000 Fellows in the American Academy of Pediatrics, for example.  Assuming all maintained Twitter accounts, at any given time there would be a boatload of babydocs available for dialogue.  Then consider the case of a solo doc the Texas Panhandle who finds himself with a simple dilemma or question th... Parenting Solved blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349095 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0100 2349095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2040535&cid=t_217918_107_f&fid=36698&url=http%3A%2F%2Fminingdrugs.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fmining-clinical-trials.html "This (clinical data mining) application enables rapid extraction of information about institutions, diseases, clinical approaches, clinical trials dates, predominant cancer types in the trials, clinical opportunities and pharmaceutical market coverage." [10.1186/1745-7580-4-7](via open access news)In 2007 more than seven million people died from cancer. This means there is still a lot to do for helping patients and for reducing this number. This is also the reason why each new treatment option has to follow good design criteria and sufficient testing, called clinical trial design. Typical design criteria could be: assess the safety and effectiveness of a new medication or device on a specific kind of patient (e.g., patients who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease)assess the safet... Mining Drug Space blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2040535 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:06:00 +0100 2040535