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 'email'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:49:51 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181901&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F30%2Fwhy-a-hurricane-filled-me-with-gratitude%2F Like much of the East Coast, New York City was hit by Hurricane Irene. On Saturday, we checked our flashlights, loaded up on food, filled the bathtub, and hoped for the best. We were extremely lucky. The hurricane didn’t affect us much — we didn’t even lose power. And I’m very, very grateful for that. The hurricane was a good reminder about gratitude. For one thing, it reminded me that I have so much to be grateful for that it seems a bit preposterous that I need to remind myself to be grateful — but I do. When life is taking its ordinary course, it’s so easy to take everyday life for granted. Also, the hurricane made me much more mindful of how much I love my apartment and my city, and how safe and secure I generally feel. It’s a sad foible of human nature that ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181901 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:53:47 +0100 5181901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159202&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fsecrets-of-adulthood-family-vacation%2F Good-bye, I’m off for vacation! Right now, I’m in that stage where it feels like so much work to get away, I’d rather just stay home. But I’m sure once we’re underway, I’ll be glad we undertook it. As I’m getting ready to leave, I’m reminding myself of my Secrets of Adulthood for family vacations. What are they? Click through to find out! (And then add your own in the comments…) Less is more. Start early if possible. When packing an item that might leak, put it in a plastic bag. Don’t let anyone get too hungry. Especially me. Cheerfulness is contagious, and crabbiness is even more contagious. Wear sunscreen. Carry tissues. Remind kids to visit the bathroom—don’t wait for the thought to occur to them. Never choose the buffet opti... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159202 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:37:03 +0100 5159202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139937&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FIJjkpBY92iI%2F Every couple months I like to take a bit of an inventory on EMR and HIPAA along with recognizing new advertisers to the EMR and HIPAA family along. Not to mention send out a big thanks to all those advertisers who have renewed during that time period as well. EMR and HIPAA is still doing more amazing than I ever thought it could. During the slow summer months we’re still averaging about 4500 pageviews per day. In fact, we’re inching ever closer to 5 million pageviews since we first started tracking the stats. I think I might have to celebrate the day we reach that landmark. This will be the 1,139th post on EMR and HIPAA and we’ve had 5,590 comments made. That’s roughly 5 comments per post. So thank you to all those who contribute to the amazing community that exists... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139937 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:49:39 +0100 5139937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130746&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fphysician-enjoys-the-ease-of-a-new-emr%2F2011.08.15 Seven months into 2011, things look very different than they did this time last year at my office. Not only have I been using an electronic medical record for nine months now, but I’ve also been submitting claims electronically (through a free clearinghouse) using an online practice management system. I’ve also begun scanning patients’ insurance cards into the computer, as well as converting all the paper insurance Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) into digital form. I’ve even scanned all my office bills and business paperwork and tossed all the actual paper into one big box. As of the first of the year I even stopped generating “daysheets” at the end of work each day. After all, with my new system I can always call up the information I want whenever I need it. How did such a comm... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130746 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:00:48 +0100 5130746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118709&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F11%2Fthe-ecstasy-of-crossing-something-off-the-list%2F Recently, my older daughter and I went to the post office to apply for her passport. I’d been dreading this trip for days. Every task associated with it filled me with anxiety — but nothing ended up being as hard as I expected. And as we walked out of the post office, I felt a giant surge of energy, happiness, and relief. Ah, the ecstasy of crossing something off the list! Even accomplishing the smallest task gives me a little jolt. This is my new Secret of Adulthood: Crossing something off the list is very cheering. (Also: Make sure you know where to find family members’ birth certificates. I was very happy when I found that document in the proper file.) (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118709 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:25:40 +0100 5118709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096342&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F03%2Fintroducing-the-private-practice-toolbox%2F Running a successful private practice can be increasing difficult in today’s competitive environment, especially as some practitioners begin to embrace technology and social media. Should therapists tweet? How can therapists manage their professional persona on Facebook or other social networks? What should you do if a client contacts you through Facebook or email? In short, how can you stay on top of all of these practice trends? Well, good news — that’s what the Private Practice Toolbox is intended to help with. Led by one of our Ask the Therapists, Julie Hanks, MSW, LCSW, BCD. Julie is a graduate from the University of Utah’s Master of Social Work program in 1995, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (BCD), and is Board Certi... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096342 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:10:10 +0100 5096342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086317&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FsmTuqBa9c8M%2F This guest post was provided by Ed Fisher on behalf of GFI Software Ltd. GFI is a leading software developer that provides a single source for network administrators to address their network security, content security and messaging needs. More information: email archiving software. In today’s business environment, where litigation is an increasingly common way for disputes to be settled, compliance is included in every business plan, and regulations are reaching into business processes everywhere. Email admins must concern themselves with far more than just whether or not email is flowing. They must ensure that messaging meets the various regulations under which their business falls. They may also have to deal with legal holds, compliance reviews, discovery motions, and internal policy ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086317 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:34:26 +0100 5086317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077769&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F29%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-29-2011%2F I think I was about 10 years old when I was astounded by my teacher writing the word “ass” on the chalkboard. She asked the class, “Do you know what assume means? It’s to make an ass out of you and me.” I didn’t get it until years later. But the phrase stuck with me. I think about it every time I wrongly assume an ambivalent email is a slight or a lack of a response is a rejection. Unconsciously, I take one misunderstanding and assume the worse. As Alanis Morissette says in her song So Unsexy, “One forgotten phone call and I’m deflated.” Often our assumptions trigger something in us that makes us feel less than. Mark Lesser of Accomplishing More by Doing Less says triggers, “can be survival patterns from past experiences, or habit... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077769 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:22:06 +0100 5077769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062292&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F25%2Fshould-you-share-your-therapist-with-a-friend%2F I have a friend who lives by this cardinal rule: She will never ever work with a friend. So when jobs surface in her company, or if she hears of an opening in her field, she only shares the information with non-friends. It’s just too messy, she explained to me the other day. Having experienced a situation not too long ago that became just that — messy — I can understand her logic and applaud her for sticking by that rule. I am now much more careful about sharing work opportunities with close friends… in order to protect myself. Should the same rule apply to therapy? I never thought so. I mean, my psychiatrist told me the other day that I am her third biggest source of referrals, after a local cardiologist and a gynecologist. I don’t hesitate to share the numbers of... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062292 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:13:50 +0100 5062292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057721&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fone-physician-learns-to-efficiently-manage-her-electronic-medical-records%2F2011.07.23 My practice has been using the EPIC electronic medical record for 5 years now, and it’s taken about that long for me to figure out how to tweak the system to make myself more efficient, and for the system to evolve to a place where I could tweak it myself. Case in point – Quick Actions. EPIC’s most recent upgrade includes little self-made macros called “quick actions” that turn repetitive tasks into a mouse click. I’m using quick actions to manage my results in basket in much the same way you may be using Rules in Outlook to manage your email. Some of my macros are actually little work-arounds for a system that is not yet entirely integrated and a patient population that has not yet embraced online results communication. About half of my patients sign up for online results – ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057721 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:00:03 +0100 5057721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029292&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FdjV08J20gKo%2F One of the things I’m noticing as I consult with more and more businesses is they don’t have an email signature with their contact information and business name, making it nearly impossible to search for their phone number unless I add it immediately to my contacts or if I happen to have their business card handy. This makes it very hard for me to call you or follow up with you or refer business to you or do business with you. I have an easy fix for this: Create a business email signature and attach it automatically to every single email you send. There are some mandatory parts of a business signature, and some optional parts. I’ll break them down for you, and show you a completed example at the end. Mandatory Parts of A Business Email Signature These are the parts of a business ema... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029292 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5029292 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029309&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fdigital-signatures-encryption%2F4710%2F Conclusion And there you have it.  You now understand encryption  and digital signatures better than 99% of the population.  If you are interested in starting to use email encryption, I recommend getting  a free set of certificates from Thawte or Comodo. (Thawte may be canceling their free program, so Comodo may be the better choice.) The setup process is fairly simple and they have instructions on how to get various email clients configured. As I said before, this article is me trying to do my part to help society move from paper to digital.  If you want to help, please take a few minutes to share this with someone else. Want to go paperless? Checkout the Paperless Office website. This article was useful when looking for:digital certificate (514)email encryption (304)digital signatur... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029309 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:09:05 +0100 5029309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028456&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F12%2Fhow-to-reach-members-of-the-military-and-their-families%2F As I was researching The Happiness Project, I was struck by the fact that I often found it more helpful to read about one person’s idiosyncratic happiness project than to read about general principles applying to all humankind or studies applying to large populations. For some reason, reading about Thoreau’s very individual decision to move to Walden Pond, or St. Therese’s struggle to stay patient with the nun who made clicking noises during evening prayers, was what taught me most about myself. I’ve heard from people whose lives are very different from mine, on the surface — but it turns out that we face many of the same challenges in our happiness projects. Here’s a question for you, readers: I’ve been steadily getting email from members of the ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028456 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:06:59 +0100 5028456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028544&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FwKz9SlXCSVs%2F Tonight I happened to eavesdrop (the beauty of Twitter) on a Twitter conversation between Bobby Ghaheri, MD (@DrGhaheri) and Chad Peterson (@hosewater2). Dr. Ghaheri is an ENT/Facial Plastic Surgeon and Dr. Peterson is a hockey loving urologist. I loved their twitter exchange about email and Twitter follow up with patients, so I’m posting it here for others to comment on. UPDATE: Since there’s a problem with pulling in the tweets automatically from Twitter, here’s what was said: DrGhaheri Bobby Ghaheri, MD I use email and Twitter to follow-up on my patients. #hcsm hosewater2 Chad Peterson @DrGhaheri I don’t use email or twitter with patients. Just encourages unnecessary undocumented interactions. Is twitter HIPaa certified? DrGhaheri Bobby Ghaheri, MD @hosewater2 I ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028544 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 05:39:14 +0100 5028544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028461&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F10%2Fwant-to-feel-happier-by-the-end-of-the-day%2F Do you need a happiness boost — right now? If so, take a look at this menu of options and make your choices. Remember, the more you tackle, the bigger the boost you’ll receive. When you’re feeling blue, it can be hard to muster up the physical and mental energy to do the things that make you happier. Plunking down in front of the TV or digging into a tub of ice cream seems like an easier fix. However, research shows (and you know it’s true) that these aren’t the routes to feeling better. Try some choices below. The more you push yourself, the better you’ll feel; but if you can’t tackle a big task, just do something small. Even a little step in the right direction will give you a lift. According to my ground-breaking happiness formula, to be happy, you need to think about... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028461 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:46:57 +0100 5028461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008309&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F06%2Fwhen-does-flirting-become-cheating-9-red-flags%2F According to psychologist Michael Brickey, author of Defying Aging and many other relationship experts, playful bantering or gentle flirting with someone outside of your marriage is harmless if proper boundaries remain intact. Those boundaries differ with each relationship, of course. What would be considered a violation in one marriage might be perfectly acceptable for another couple. Difference of opinions even occur within a marriage. For example, I know a woman who recently asked her husband to either give her his Facebook password or close out his account after she found an email that he had sent to a former classmate that she found to be rather suggestive. He disagreed and thought it was perfectly appropriate. Social media sites and online interaction are pushing this issue to dinner... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008309 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:33:01 +0100 5008309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960357&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fmore-efficient-emails%2F2792%2F This article was useful when looking for:efficient emails (9)how to be more efficient with organizing emails (1)ideas on how to be more efficient emails (1) If you liked this, please consider sharing it with others: --- at Productivity501:Mobile Me Email Down for a week.Reader Question – Emailing Your BossSetting Up GmailIMAP for GmailGTDInbox (Source: Productivity501) Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960357 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:00:22 +0100 4960357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934329&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F16%2Fwe-need-better-filters-smart-alerts%2F When I review the research and write about the intersection of human behavior and technology, I’m constantly amazed by how far we’ve come. In just 5 years, social networks have become not only “all the rage,” but also a must-have for a significant portion of the U.S. population. In just 10 years, video online went from a mess of different, incompatible formats to YouTube and its competitors, revolutionizing the way many people engage with entertainment online (and to a lesser extent, information). In just 15 years, the Internet and technologies it has enabled has transformed not only many people’s workplaces, but the very connectedness and relationships we have with others. Let that sink in for a few minutes. In just 15 years, a set of technologies has started... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934329 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:48:03 +0100 4934329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893560&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F06%2F01%2Fare-you-always-late-7-tips-to-arrive-on-time%2F Feeling as though you’re always running twenty minutes behind schedule is an unhappy feeling. Having to rush, forgetting things in your haste, dealing with annoyed people when you arrive… It’s no fun. If you’re chronically late, what steps can you take to be more prompt? That depends on why you’re late. As my Eighth Commandment holds, the first step is to Identify the problem — then you can see more easily what you need to change. There are many reasons you might be late, but some are particularly common. Are you late because… 1. You sleep too late? If you’re so exhausted in the morning that you sleep until the last possible moment, it’s time to think about going to sleep earlier. Many people don’t get enough sleep, and sleep deprivation is a re... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893560 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:28:03 +0100 4893560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4820921&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F13%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-13-2011%2F Marketers are so good at making it sound like your problems will disappear with a sweep of their magic wand. It could be a pill, the perfect exercise machine, skin cream, a juicer or the latest gadget to cure whatever ails you. And we want to buy into the magic. It’s so easy to want to believe that life’s greatest issues can be cured with a single product or belief. But in most cases, real change takes hard work-deep in the trenches kind of hard. Sometimes we’re not ready to face that change. Believing in easy solutions can feel like an easy remedy when the truth of what we need to do is too great. Are you going through this now? Is there something you have been denying that needs your attention? Hope you’ll take some time this weekend to revisit the things in your ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4820921 Fri, 13 May 2011 12:00:01 +0100 4820921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626867&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F23%2Fdoes-the-internet-promote-or-damage-marriage%2F PBS/This Emotional Life is hosting a webinar in two weeks about the internet’s impact on relationships and marriage, in particular. As a panelist on the webinar, I wanted to explore this issue a bit with my readers so that I can offer your viewpoints in addition to my two cents. Here’s my honest opinion, after reading hundreds of comments and emails from people who have been involved in online relationships or emotional affairs as well as the responses on the discussion boards of the Emotional Affairs support group on Beliefnet’s community site: Although the internet and social media can foster intimacy in a marriage, it seems to do more harm than good. Of all the comments I’ve read, 90 percent of the opposite-sex relationships that were damaging to the marriage happened online... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626867 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:40:41 +0100 4626867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600583&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F25094966%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7ESelling-to-the-Sleepy.htm Late-night infomercials and commercials often promote subjects like buying real-estate with no money down and other get-rich quick schemes. While these promotions are broadcast in the wee hours because air time is cheaper and more readily available, it turns out there’s solid science behind this timing. In a new study, Duke university researchers found significant [...] CommentsI'm an old-school insomniac (the only time I ever slept ... by JenniferRelated StoriesUse Ratings to Improve REAL SatisfactionWhen Loyalty Points Beat Price DifferencesBorder Bias: How to Beat It (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600583 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:06:50 +0100 4600583 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549873&cid=t_99907_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2Fyo0UPIjhcNY%2F Many see emoticons as a lower form of communication, best reserved for teens, geeks, and those lacking in knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. But emotional intelligence expert Daniel Goleman (who, by the way, is over forty and Harvard-educated, for anyone who cares) says emoticons could make us happier by improving email communication, which so often creates confusion. According to Goleman, author of Social Intelligence, emails are perceived as negative by default, unless they’re marked with emotional cues like exclamation marks and emoticons. (So even if the content of an email is neutral, it will likely be read as negative.) So even if they seem a little silly or immature, adding emoticons can improve correspondence by counterbalancing our predisposition towards reading emails neg... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549873 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:07:39 +0100 4549873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536165&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anticlue.net%2Farchives%2Femail-hosting%2FCurrentStateEmailSystems.htm Congratulations, you have decided to take the plunge and investigate outsourcing your email system. Now is time to take a good frank look at what you currently have in-house for email, and the application dependencies upon the email system .... (Source: Anticlue) Anticlue blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536165 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4536165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445804&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-problem-with-casual-medical-advice%2F2011.02.07 It’s happening more frequently: Requests for medical advice by email. The more I do, the more people I meet. The network grows and friends of friends learn about what I do. So junior has a little pain and shows at the local ER where the requisite CT shows a little thickening of the ileum. Someone suggests that the family drop me a line. Here’s the problem: There’s more to this than digital correspondence will allow. While the statistical reality of this child’s situation is that this finding represents a little edema from a virus, the differential is precarious: Crohn’s disease, lymphoma, tuberculous ileitis, eosinophilic enteropathy. A case of this type requires the thorough exploration of a child’s story and a compulsive exam that takes into consideration the problems in the... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445804 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:00:30 +0100 4445804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304955&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F12%2F29%2Fhipaa-lawsuit-phi-by-un-encrypted-email%2F In kind of ironic timing, the news was recently reported of a patient talking to lawyers about a possible lawsuit against a doctor who sent her protected health information (PHI) to his home email in an un-encrypted format. The irony is that for the past week, my post on Email not being HIPAA secure has been having a really good discussion happening in the comments about these very issues (you should go read through the comments, they’re very interesting). One interesting part of the above news story is that it didn’t even include the most common personal information used for identity theft. Certainly a person’s name and medical information should be kept private as well and could have consequences related to its release on the internet. However, it definitely doesn&#8217... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304955 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:17:20 +0100 4304955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294779&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F12%2F23%2Femail-is-not-hipaa-secure%2F An interesting discussion happened in the comments about HIPAA secure fax services in regards to the security of email. Being a tech person who formerly managed a few different corporate email systems, sometimes I forget that many people don’t understand some of the details about the security (or lack of security) that’s provided by email. The short story is: Email is NOT HIPAA Secure (at least in 99% of cases) There is a way to encrypt email sent between 2 email systems, but so far a standard and mechanism for encryption between all the vast number of email providers has not been established. I won’t go into the details of why this is the case (cost of encryption, standards for encryption, etc), but suffice it to say that almost none of the email systems send encrypted e... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294779 Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:54:14 +0100 4294779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281352&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F12%2F22%2Femail-overload%2F Email overload is the feeling of being overwhelmed by a large volume of incoming messages. Email overload makes the management of the Inbox necessary. Wouldn’t it be great if the inbox itself could filter the email by prioritization, information structuring and work-flow management? Now the user has to assess and prioritize the message based on the immediately visible message characteristics like the sender and the subject line. This decision has to be done again when the content of the message has been read. He or she has to reevaluate the initial decision regarding the action on the email. Some email messages require multiple actions as well as input and decisions from others. All these actions together with keeping email messages in your Inbox may contribute to the feeling of ema... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281352 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:00:16 +0100 4281352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4237897&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-best-social-tool-for-doctors-and-patients%2F2010.12.07 We all want technology to improve communication between doctors and patients. We fantasize that social tools will open doors and bridge the expanding divide between doctors and patients. I’m wondering if it’s a case of unicorns and rainbows: Fancy new tools to do the old thing in a less-effective way. I’m guessing that if Facebook was the old platform for doctor-patient dialog and the telephone was invented this year, everyone would be clamoring to use the phone (“Dude, this is amazing…you can hear them talk.”) I like the telephone. Written copy misses intonation, timing, pitch, and all the other rich elements of human speech. Subtle changes in a parent’s voice tell me if I’ve made my point and exactly how I need to proceed [with caring for their child]. Unspoken wo... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4237897 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:00:50 +0100 4237897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214267&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anticlue.net%2Farchives%2Femail-hosting%2Fhosted-exchange-1.htm Within your portfolio you have a mix of investments, there are strategic transformational and growth investments, and then there are the utility investments. Those essential services needed to run the business but in a cost-effective manner. The decision to move... (Source: Anticlue) Anticlue blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214267 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4214267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207361&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anticlue.net%2Farchives%2Femail-hosting%2Fhosted-exchange.htm It is budget season again. If you are a little like me you are looking over your budget for the next year and amazed at the mix of resources moving to supporting existing systems and the small pool to drive... (Source: Anticlue) Anticlue blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207361 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4207361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197142&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F23%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-november-23-2010%2F Gratitude. It’s a funny word, isn’t it? Being thankful used to make me cringe because I thought of it as an obligatory handwritten note or a required childhood greeting following birthdays and holidays and immediately after, “Hello.” But as I grew older, the words, “thank you,” and “gratitude” had a lot more meaning. You could say a powerful one at that. When I started to record what I was grateful for on any given day or send a note or even just an email to those who I was thankful for, it had a surprising effect. More than just ridding myself of childhood guilty from the expected etiquette of please and thank you, it changed the way I perceived the world and my role in it. It meant that the difficulties in my life had a purpose. It meant th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197142 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:36:16 +0100 4197142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4167360&cid=t_99907_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.rawvoice.com%2Fpmn_twiv%2Ftraffic.libsyn.com%2Ftwiv%2FTWiV107.mp3 Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #107 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about poliovirus, social media, dengue, influenza, evolution, gel filtration, and much more. Download TWiV #107 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email, or listen on your mobile device with Stitcher Radio. Links for this episode: tre recombinase: paper one and two Universal influenza vaccines Mitochondrial and chlorophast phage-type RNA polymerase in plants Protein Data Bank Letters read on TWiV 107 Weekly Science Picks Rich – Protein Synthesis: An epic on the cellular level Dickson – The Patchwork Mouse by Joseph R.... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4167360 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:46:32 +0100 4167360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098056&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F22%2Fgoing-mental-kindle-sweepstakes-fourth-winner%2F We’re pleased to announce the third winner in the Psych Central ‘Going Mental’ Kindle Sweepstakes — Gina Ciuca! Congratulations Gina!! You can enter the sweepstakes now by signing up for our free weekly mental health newsletter. We’re ‘going mental’ by giving away 5 new Amazon.com Kindle Readers — one a week — to new subscribers of our weekly Psych Central newsletter. We still have one Kindle left to give away, and there’s still time left to enter in order to win our last Kindle. The Sweepstakes closes Oct. 23 at Midnight ET. These are the high-end Kindle readers — the ones with 3G built-in. That means you don’t have to have an Internet connection to even use them. And don’t think you have to buy books to use these things — hundreds of free b... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098056 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:55:57 +0100 4098056 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077321&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F16%2Fgoing-mental-kindle-sweepstakes-third-winner%2F We’re pleased to announce the third winner in the Psych Central ‘Going Mental’ Kindle Sweepstakes — Allison Romano! Congratulations Allison!! You can enter the sweepstakes now by signing up for our free weekly mental health newsletter. We’re ‘going mental’ by giving away 5 new Amazon.com Kindle Readers — one a week — to new subscribers of our weekly Psych Central newsletter. We still have two Kindles left to give away. These are the high-end Kindle readers — the ones with 3G built-in. That means you don’t have to have an Internet connection to even use them. And don’t think you have to buy books to use these things — hundreds of free books are available in the Kindle store, and hundreds of RSS feeds can also be added for minimal monthly fees. We&#... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077321 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:51:56 +0100 4077321 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055783&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F11%2Fgoing-mental-kindle-sweepstakes-winner-week-2%2F We’re pleased to announce Week 1’s winner in the Psych Central ‘Going Mental’ Kindle Sweepstakes — Katarina Gasevski! Congratulations Katarina!! You can enter the sweepstakes now by signing up for our free weekly mental health newsletter. We’re ‘going mental’ by giving away 5 new Amazon.com Kindle Readers — one a week — to new subscribers of our weekly Psych Central newsletter. These are the high-end Kindle readers — the ones with 3G built-in. That means you don’t have to have an Internet connection to even use them. And don’t think you have to buy books to use these things — hundreds of free books are available in the Kindle store, and hundreds of RSS feeds can also be added for minimal monthly fees. You may have noticed we’re a week ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4055783 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:12:19 +0100 4055783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4053278&cid=t_99907_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F19Kz697Gsnw%2F You may remember this post in which I complained about excessive spam from Cision (and it worked), or this post about Ashley Julian at Trent and Company. Got an email from Ashley today (23 days after my post went up and months after I sent her multiple polite emails asking her to stop spamming me): From: Ashley Julian [ashleynjulian@gmail.com] Date: Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:19 PM Subject: Emails To: David Rothman Dear Mr. Rothman - I am writing from my personal email to let you know that I have removed you from all of my contact lists. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience I have caused you and I assure you that you will never hear from me again. I would like to ask if it would be possible for you to remove your entry about me from your blog. As I am sure you can understand, I do not ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4053278 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:00:50 +0100 4053278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4027142&cid=t_99907_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F2ZQLBSIuqYs%2F (This may be seen as off-topic for some readers, but I’m writing about it as an example of technology simplifying my life.) I’ve been slowing realizing over the last several months that neither Liz nor I religiously check our home answering machine. This is bad, because there may be important messages. We both, however, check our email religiously. I was convinced there was a better way for us to manage the calls to our home that we missed. Eventually, I realized that Google Voice would work quite nicely. Here’s what I did: In Google services: 1. Set up a new Gmail account. 2. Signed up for Google Voice and chose a number that is local for us. 3. In Settings > Phones, I turned OFF all phones (DEselected the check boxes)…so that none of the phones associated with the... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4027142 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:15:42 +0100 4027142 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976456&cid=t_99907_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FalQulclI3O0%2F Maybe it isn’t fair to pick on Cision quite so much. After all, there are lots of other spammers who don’t even respond to my polite requests asking to be removed from their distribution lists. One of my least favorite of these is Ashley Julian at Trent and Company. ashley@trentandcompany.com nancy@trentandcompany.com (Nancy is the President of this firm and can also be reached at 212-966-0024. Anyone have an auto-dialer I can borrow?) If you’d like to make me smile, please send these two some email? Thanks! _______________ Feed-only Footer: You can follow me on Friendfeed or Twitter if you want to- but be aware there’s lots of stuff there that may not be related to libraries or health information. (Source: davidrothman.net) davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976456 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:03:37 +0100 3976456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976458&cid=t_99907_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2FJg1vBqTHlzk%2F To the folks at Cision- I receive a HUGE amount of unsolicited email (aka SPAM, UBE or UCE) in which I have no interest. This SPAM is problematic for me because I am a busy person with many things to do. Wading through this dreck to get to information I actually want takes up far too much of my valuable time. An impressive proportion of this SPAM comes from your clients with a link to your site at which I can “opt out” of receiving future emails from that client. Here’s the automated response your clients will receive when I get email from them through your services: It is bad enough to receive unsolicited bulk email, but getting it from a Cision client is especially unpleasant. Yours is only one of far too many organizations who send me emails like this. In order to &#... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976458 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:00:23 +0100 3976458 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3972953&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F15%2Fwhy-thank-you-is-more-than-just-good-manners%2F According to positive psychologists, the words ‘thank you‘ are no longer just good manners, they are also beneficial to the self. To take the best known examples, studies have suggested that being grateful can improve well-being, physical health, can strengthen social relationships, produce positive emotional states and help us cope with stressful times in our lives. But we also say thank you because we want the other person to know we value what they’ve done for us and, maybe, encourage them to help us again in the future. It’s this aspect of gratitude that Adam M. Grant and Francesco Gino examine in a series of new studies published recently in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Grant & Gino, 2010). They wanted to see what effect gratitude has o... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3972953 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:02:50 +0100 3972953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965683&cid=t_99907_147_f&fid=39264&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDoctorsWithoutFootprints%2F%7E3%2FdhUsMt_b8xU%2Fit-brings-me-great-joy-that-our-very.html It brings me great joy that our very first blog post is about an article published in today's edition of USA Today that really drives home the mission of Doctors Without Footprints. Kaiser Permanente of California just published a study revealing that patients managing diabetes and hypertension improved their conditions when emailing more frequently with their healthcare providers. The authors of the study concluded that the hypothesis about the startling results was that patients who feel like they could report more frequently about their conditions to their doctors or communicate with greater frequency about lab results or treatment options felt more empowered.This comes as no surprise at all to me - requesting information via email has become a common practice for everyone who uses the ... Doctors Without Footprints blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965683 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:42:26 +0100 3965683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876620&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Femail-and-the-environment-further-insights-into-data-storage%2F photo: Thinkstock Remember the article about how email attachments are bad for the environment from Mother Jones? It claimed that sending email attachments creates a lot of duplicate files, which mean that a lot more machines are needed to open and download the files, and a lot more server space is needed to keep the internet functioning. That article caused quite a stir over at Mother Jones, and it provoked a ton of comments — some outraged, some insightful. One commenter pointed out that opening up an email with attachments could actually save power consumption if, prior to opening the email, you were running a program that was using all of the computing power of the machine. The email would give your computer a break. Many commenters tried to dispute the idea that sending four email a... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876620 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:07:29 +0100 3876620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862055&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F12%2Fapa-tracks-attendees-with-rfid-badges%2F I’m attending the American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) annual meeting again this year. I tend to go every few years, as it’s a big convention (over 10,000 attendees) and can be a bit overwhelming. My symposium submission about online mental health interventions also got accepted, so I’m looking forward to chairing a great talk by researchers from around the world (today in Room 29B at 10:00 am). I pre-registered, so got my registration badge in the mail (hey SXSW, this is a great idea you should implement!). Then all you have to do is go to the registration area and pick up your badge holder and convention bag. There are two interesting things about the convention this year — the badges come with attached passive RFID chips. And the APA encourage... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862055 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:30:17 +0100 3862055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858202&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F11%2Favoid-apas-inpsych-social-networking-app%2F I’m off to attend the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA) in San Diego today, but before I go, I do have two APA-related news items to post. The first is about the APA’s social networking application it deployed for this year’s convention, called InPsych. It’s a great idea with one fatal flaw that makes it not only something I suggest you avoid, but something I recommend the APA disable access to immediately. The idea behind the social networking app is a good one — help people plan their convention schedule and meet up with other psychologists or psychology students while in San Diego. It’s a big convention with over 10,000 attendees every year, so it’s nice to have some way of keeping the information organized and at yo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858202 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:05:47 +0100 3858202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3848852&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Feco-friendly-living-your-email-attachments-are-hurting-the-environment%2F photo: Thinkstock We’ve all cut down on printing unnecessary documents in order to save trees and energy. But according to Mother Jones, attaching 4.7 megabytes worth of information to an email creates as much greenhouse gas as boiling a tea kettle 17.5 times. That’s only four photos from a digital camera. But…it’s not real paper — how is this possible? The environmental impact comes from redundancy. When you send four photos to 20 people, that’s a lot of duplicate data that’s created. And that data requires equipment to be downloaded. For every 20 people you send the same files to, that’s 20 copies of the files and 20 devices being run to support the data. Try sending your friends and family a link to your Flickr or Facebook account to view imag... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3848852 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:20:21 +0100 3848852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3827350&cid=t_99907_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2F33DtLDveooc%2Fmoving-marketing-from-email-to-social.html Brian Solis recently wrote an informative piece about the current migration that email marketers are making to social networks. Of the time Americans spend online, 25% of it spent on social networks and 8.3% is spent on email. Solis believes that email is the original social network, but companies are looking to move into social networks due to the round-the-clock influence their information can have on networks. Over email, social networks can provide a simulate 24 hour connection, where individuals can obtain meaningful information constantly through message boards, invitations and communications en masse to groups.Solis emphasizes the importance of great information, and how these new social networks can compound and reach more audiences as individuals find valuable content and pass it ... ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3827350 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:32:00 +0100 3827350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742223&cid=t_99907_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fstudy-shows-email-helps-patient-outcomes-cost-effective-docs%2F A new study of Kaiser Permanente patients just published is reporting that patients that have unrestricted email access to their physicians see improvements in chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, but suggests that physicians may be reluctant to spend the time developing these communication patterns because they lack financial incentives to do so. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742223 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:59:06 +0100 3742223 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733055&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Femail-signatures-unprofessional%2F photo: Thinkstock Yes, we know that some people have awesome smartphones that put our basic flip-phones to shame, but are email signatures indicating the $300+ device they were sent on really necessary? We’ve all seen them: “Sent from my Verizon Wireless Blackberry”, or “Sent from my iPhone”. It seems like just blatant marketing on the part of the phone manufacturer or service provider, but in the business world it’s come to be seen as an excuse for a sloppy or short email. It’s even worse if the signature has this tacked onto it: “Sent from my iPhone sorry for typos.” Proofread, people. Make sure there aren’t any typos, even if you need to stop walking, eating, or talking to do it. Lifehacker suggests including the reason for you... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733055 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:27:52 +0100 3733055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678562&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F06%2F19%2Fchristian-and-depressed-what-churches-can-do-to-help-persons-with-mood-disorders%2F The other day, I received this email from a Beyond Blue reader: “I’m a Christian, and have been struggling with depression and my faith since my brother took his life 2-1/2 years ago. I joined your group for friends and tips on dealing with problems with Major Depression. I feel like I just make my church friends uncomfortable, and they can’t understand why I haven’t snapped out of it and declared amazing victory through my faith.” I experienced that too, which was very disappointing. Because my faith is such a huge part of my recovery from depression and addiction, I didn’t understand why so few Christians, and even fewer pastors or religious leaders, knew what to say. One time in college I stood up in the middle of a homily and walked out. The priest... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678562 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:32:14 +0100 3678562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665971&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fflibanserin-another-pre-fda-approval-drug-hype%2F2010.06.15 This week the FDA will vote on flibanserin, the much-talked-about drug for women with the condition called hypoactive sexual desire disorder or — because everything in sexual health needs an acronym like ED or PE — HSDD. On the eve of the FDA vote, CBS last week ran still another story about flibanserin. This drug has received so much news coverage, you’d think it cures cancer. And CBS did little more than promote the hype even more, saying FDA approval “could translate into a $2 billion market in this country alone” and then failing to challenge the disease-mongering estimate of “10 percent to 30 percent of women” with this condition. It all just goes along with the drug company’s efforts to build a demand before the drug is even approved. (... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665971 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:00:41 +0100 3665971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577451&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F19%2Fpsych-central-iphone-app%2F Have you ever wanted to keep up with the primary content published on Psych Central or one of its dozens of blogs on your iPhone? Now you can with the Psych Central iPhone app (free, of course!). If you already have an iPhone, just pull up the App Store and type in “psychcentral” in the search box, and you’ll see it pop right up. Download it and in a few minutes you’ll be up and running with all of the latest articles from Psych Central News, our dozens of blogs, World of Psychology and the Ask the Therapist feature. The app is completely customizable as well, allowing you to view and keep updated only on the content of interest to you. Don’t care about Blog C or Blog G? Simply turn them off and their content will no longer be displayed. You can customize font... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577451 Wed, 19 May 2010 10:06:00 +0100 3577451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3546846&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwondering-if-mom-is-safe-finethanx-calls-and-checks-for-you%2F2010.05.09 FineThanx is a new automated phone system that automatically calls your sick or elderly family members at home to check on how they’re doing. The system can check in with loved ones once or twice a day, and if no one answers or the person is unwell, the system calls a member of his or her ”care circle.” If everything is fine, the FineThanx system will send you a report by email, so you can continue working or finish those 18 holes of golf, then check in for reassurance on your iPhone or personal computer afterwards. Listen to a sample call here. *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3546846 Sun, 09 May 2010 11:50:20 +0100 3546846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524110&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwondering-if-mom-is-safe-finethanx-calls-and-checks-for-you%2F2010.05.02 FineThanx is a new automated phone system that automatically calls your sick or elderly family members at home to check on how they’re doing. The system can check in with loved ones once or twice a day, and if no one answers or the person is unwell, the system calls a member of his or her ”care circle.” If everything is fine, the FineThanx system will send you a report by email, so you can continue working or finish those 18 holes of golf, then check in for reassurance on your iPhone or personal computer afterwards. Listen to a sample call here. *This blog post was originally published at Medgadget* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524110 Sun, 02 May 2010 14:00:20 +0100 3524110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440759&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fyou-know-youre-unwell-if-%25e2%2580%25a6-you-order-an-email-bride%2F If Gary welcoming his email bride, Olga, to his Las Vegas apartment doesn’t give you the creeps, we don’t know what will. According to the National Geographic Channel’s “Inside” show, International Marriage Brokers result in as many as 16,000 unions every year. Post from: BlissTree You Know You're Unwell If…You Order an Email Bride (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440759 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:00:53 +0100 3440759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3429229&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F31%2Fgoogle-and-facebook-therapists-and-clients%2F With more and more therapists embracing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, the question arises — where do you draw the line in terms of boundaries with your patients? Where does a patient’s and therapist’s privacy end or begin on such sites? How do patients and therapists navigate this brave new world of connectedness and “friending”? Dana Scarton over at The Washington Post has the insightful article addressing this issue by talking to a number of therapists across the country. These therapists have had to deal with their own challenges with social networking sites and “researching” people online once it was brought into psychotherapy by a client or a client’s actions. Professional associations haven’t addressed this ki... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3429229 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:45:52 +0100 3429229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3404172&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Freducing-email-overload%2F6686%2F Conclusion Email is part of our daily lives and definitely not a fad that is going to go away. It is unlikely that you’ll be getting fewer emails 18 months from now.  Carefully managing your mailboxes and email habits can help make sure you are getting the productivity benefits of email without letting it turn into a huge time sink. What methods do you use to manage your email that work well? Follow Productivity501 on Twitter.. If you liked this, please consider sharing it with others: --- at Productivity501:10 Articles on Managing EmailLinks: Dealing with EmailTuesday’s Tip: Turn Off Message Notification SoundsDealing with Signatures and EmailThe most important part of Mobile Email (Source: Productivity501) Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3404172 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:40:20 +0100 3404172 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403849&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fin-praise-of-e-breakups%2F Men can be annoying when they’re trying to be polite. I had been seeing Daniel for a few weeks. We went out for dinner a couple of times, and spent one lovely Saturday afternoon kissing on the lawn in New York’s Central Park. He was just my type: a funny, neurotic Jewish guy who grew up in Manhattan. He had fun stories about his parents, his therapist, and his antidepressant medication regimen. I didn’t know him all that well, but I was smitten. For our fourth date, Daniel asked me to dinner at a restaurant convenient to him. This could only mean one thing: He wanted to bring me back to his place afterward – an invitation to which I would not object. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Before our entrées arrived (but, sadly, after we had ordered them), Daniel told me that we �... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403849 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:07:58 +0100 3403849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331349&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F04%2Fon-being-a-student-therapist-week-four%2F One of the “fun” parts of being a Master’s student (fun in quotes because it depends on how you take it) is that you get to be a guinea pig. Not just in your own experience as a learner, but at the mercy of professors doing research, doctoral students conducting experiments, and random investigators from other universities sending out electronic surveys via email for you to fill out regarding all aspects of your counseling life. All of them say participation is completely optional and there’s no compensation, but would be very much appreciated. Last semester, I pretty much agreed to participate in everything. My helping nature made me think, “You might be asking others to do this someday yourself, and good karma comes around.” This semester, I am way more protectiv... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331349 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:30:51 +0100 3331349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3322512&cid=t_99907_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fchicago-midwinter-conference-smile-reminder%2F Smile Reminder Thanks to Dr. Tom Hedge for providing video coverage of select vendor booths at the Chicago Midwinter Dental Conference! (Source: dental blog for dentists about dentistry) dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3322512 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:30:30 +0100 3322512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3290844&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F20%2Fease-of-use-trumps-security-every-time%2F In my recent entry The Buzzkill of Google Buzz, I described how Google used their popular free email program, Gmail, to populate and spread an attempt at building a new social network overnight called “Google Buzz.” They did this by automatically adding people to your network from your contacts list (which is automatically built from anyone you email regularly). The problem was that this exposed your contacts to one another, initially including even their email addresses (which you didn’t realize nor intend when you agreed to Google Buzz that first day it launched). And Google never asked your permission to add these people to your Buzz network. It also shared your Google Reader documents, apparently. (I don’t use Google Reader, so I wasn’t aware of this comp... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3290844 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:45:54 +0100 3290844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283608&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F02%2F17%2Fthe-buzzkill-of-google-buzz%2F Google Buzz is a new social networking tool that Google unleashed upon its unsuspecting Gmail users last week. I say “unsuspecting” because suddenly, without warning or notice, this new “feature” appears to Gmail users as a part of their email program. This was an unprecedented way to launch a product — in disguise right in the middle of another product. Google, despite generating billions of dollars in revenue every year and employing the supposedly brightest minds in the industry, didn’t foresee the backlash that would occur. Apparently, despite its ridiculous hiring process and wading through oceans of money, Google can’t hire people who understand privacy. But this isn’t the first time Google has had a lack of empathy or understanding abo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283608 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:33:06 +0100 3283608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267181&cid=t_99907_136_f&fid=39027&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrdlc.dreamhosters.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fmy-blog-introducing-a-new-way-to-bug-you%2F Good news, peeps. I finally found a way to send out automatic emails to you (if you choose) whenever I add a new post on my blog. That means you don’t have to keep checking in each day only to be disappointed by the same old content. So, if you want to be bugged by email ONLY when I update the site, just use the little “Email Updates” box on the right side of this text. So go ahead, subscribe via email. Or not! (Source: Cancer, life, and me) Cancer, life, and me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267181 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:09:29 +0100 3267181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251265&cid=t_99907_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fhow-email-improves-doctor-patient.html Many doctors are worried that email will ruin doctor-patient communication, because they feel that face to face interaction is vital to preserving the doctor patient relationship.Actually, for established patients, email is a far better way of communicating with the doctor, as compared to a phone call.I find that patients are quite reluctant to phone a doctor with their "minor doubts" because they do not want to disturb the doctor. This means that a lot of worries remain unresolved. With email, on the other hand, they are much more willing to ask for clarifications, because email is much less intrusive, and they know I can answer at my convenience ! Email allows me to provide reassurance and comfort much more easily to my patients.My replies can be thoughtful and reasoned - and because I a... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251265 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:38:00 +0100 3251265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142874&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fmozilla-thunderbird-3-review%2F6264%2F Email has evolved so much over the past few years that the services that were once predominant are no longer used as much, and some may be considered even obsolete. In the fast-paced world of technology, one of the things that has seemingly gone by the wayside is desktop email. With Gmail and Hotmail garnering many clients, most people choose to use an web-based email client, instead. However, one surprisingly pleasant desktop email client has been recently updated with several unique features. Mozilla Thunderbird is an open source desktop email client (for Windows, Mac and Linux) that is based on the same basic principles as Firefox. While Firefox is the browser I prefer to use, I had never thought of using Thunderbird until recently. Upon trying Thunderbird, I found it to be vastly more... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142874 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:00:10 +0100 3142874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056923&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fthe-most-important-part-of-mobile-email%2F75%2F Many people overlook the most important part of a mobile email solution.  It is easy to get caught up in the idea that it is going to be so wonderful to have access to your email where every you are.  The fact is, if you can’t delete emails from your mobile device in a way that will delete them from your desktop computer, your mobile solution is probably going to cost you more time than it saves. If every email you read and then delete requires that you “touch” it again on your desktop, you are doing a lot of extra work.  In the paper world, you get the most efficiency by minimizing the number of times you have to physically handle an item.  The digital world is no different.  Every time you have to decide what to do with an email, that requires you to take time and... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056923 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:00:25 +0100 3056923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3045000&cid=t_99907_137_f&fid=35426&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTheAlzheimersReadingRoom%2F%7E3%2FiQk_CnvRUyo%2Falzheimers-million-email-crusade.html Did Albert Einstein say, “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest....." Most people interpret this quote as referring to interest rates -- the interest rate, or rate of return you earn on your investments. It is doubtful that Einstein actually said these words. Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading Room Editor That said, there can be little doubt that there is a powerful force in the universe -- the compound interest of man(kind). When people band together to accomplish a mission they become a very powerful force. The force of change. I receive email and comments on this blog from people complaining that Alzheimer's disease is misunderstood; and, if people understood Alzheimer's they would be doing more about the disease (problem). I agree there is a problem. I ... Alzheimer's Reading Room, The blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3045000 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:41:36 +0100 3045000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3030139&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Femail-receipts%2F5914%2F Some people are going to consider this an ugly hack, so I’ve been hesitant to share it.  However, it works very well, so here it is.  When I get an email receipt, I simply leave it in my inbox.  (As I’ve said before, I don’t worry about trying to delete everything out of my inbox–I just keep everything I might need in there where I can easily search it.) So, all of my email receipts are in my inbox. When I import my credit card statement into my financial software, I like to add a note on each item saying what it was for.  I’ve found that the most efficient way to find the receipt is to do a search in my email program for the price.  Most of the time this is a unique number, and I only get one email–the receipt I’m looking for.  If there are... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3030139 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:00:27 +0100 3030139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894802&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fbounce-feature-in-os-x-mail%2F5524%2F OS X Mail has a neat little feature that lets you “bounce” an email back to the sender, making it look like your email address doesn’t exist. This isn’t particularly useful for dealing with automated spam because most spam is sent from fake addresses anyway.  However, it can be very useful to deal with emails from people who you don’t want to have contacting you or who insist on sending you jokes and hoax warnings all the time. To use this feature, simply control click on the offending email and click “bounce” on the popup menu. They will get a message back that looks as if it came from your server saying that your email address doesn’t exist, like the image you see below. Follow Productivity501 on Twitter.. --- at Productivity501:Reader ... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894802 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:00:48 +0100 2894802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883071&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F10%2F12%2Fwhen-to-check-your-e-mail%2F Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. E-mail is an inexpensive, efficient and fast way of communication. It can enhance communication between departments and communication across continents. Nevertheless a lot of posts and especially blogs write about email overload: Lifehacker.com, Email Overloaded, Harvard Business School. They advice you to check your email at certain time points in the day, usually twice a day somewhere around 11 a.m and 4 pm. The scientific background for this solution to these loathsome distractions is based on Reducing the Effect of Email Interruptions on Employees. In this research 15 people of the Danwood company in the UK were monitored over 28 working days by software on their computer: WinVNC.... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883071 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:55:31 +0100 2883071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876112&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F10%2F09%2Fhand-written-letter-or-email-in-health-care%2F Sometimes I use a hand written letter or card to write to someone. This usually concerns live events such as the birth of a child or the loss of a loved one, the death of a patient or spouse. To me a hand written letter or card seems more personal. Patients increasingly use email to contact me. In the case of requests for medication or a change of appointment I readily answer their questions and requests. Sometimes patients write long emails with questions related to the treatment or advise on difficult issues. I usually respond by asking them if they would like to advance their appointment. These questions are complicated and not solved by a short written answer, sometimes a written answer can not be of enough help. Why is this? As far as important live events are concerned the preferenc... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876112 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:51:01 +0100 2876112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871771&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2009%2F10%2F08%2Fe-mail-a-blessing-or-a-burden%2F From recent research based on secondary analysis of data obtained from telephone interviews from a sample of 1003 email users the answer is not conclusive. e-mail supports work performance, but at the same time contributes to negative effects that in the long run may affect motivation and satisfaction In this research in which they also looked at the effect of e-mail on work performance, work related e-mails received and sent are positively related to work performance, indicating that e-mail communication in organizations carries important information that is critical for the completion of jobs. Personal e-mails neither contributes nor hampers work performance. Nevertheless, to much e-mail has undesirable effects on work efficiency, stress and distress. E-mail can lead to information over... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871771 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:47:46 +0100 2871771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865970&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fdigital-signatures-encryption%2F4710%2F Conclusion And there you have it.  You now understand encryption better than 99% of the population.  If you are interested in starting to use encryption for email, I recommend getting  a free set of certificates from Thawte.  The setup process is fairly simple and they have instructions on how to get various email clients configured. As I said before, this article is me trying to do my part to help society move from paper to digital.  If you want to help, please take a few minutes to share this with someone else. Follow Productivity501 on Twitter.. --- at Productivity501:Dealing with Signatures in a Paperless OfficeUsing a Digital Signature?Encrypted Email LinksUsing Acrobat to Sign DocumentsPaperless Infrastructure (Source: Productivity501) Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865970 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:03:05 +0100 2865970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865731&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Fone-thing-i-still-dont-understand%2F The British Psychological Society has been publishing the Research Digest blog since 2003, bringing you short summaries of psychological research for 6 years. To mark the occasion of its 150th email edition, the editors have invited some of the “world’s leading psychologists to look inwards and share, in 150 words, one nagging thing they still don’t understand about themselves. Their responses are by turns candid, witty and thought-provoking.” You can check out Marty Seligman’s battle with self-control and weight loss, Paul Ekman’s disagreements with the Dalai Lama and Sue Gardner’s note about being aware of excessive introspection without a guide. These are interesting snippets from some interesting psychologists. My only wish was that they were ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865731 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:32:46 +0100 2865731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2839195&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2F6-mistakes-that-look-dumb-in-email%2F431%2F These are six things that will make you look stupid in email. In some cases, breaking these rules will make you lose your job. In others, they will simply annoy your readers. If you have any suggestions that should be added, please leave a comment. 1. Put Your Entire Message In The Subject Just because you can see the entire subject as you type it, doesn’t mean it will show up for your recipient the same way. Depending on their email program, it might even truncate it. 2. CC A Bunch Of Unrelated Recipients If you need to send something out to a large number of people who don’t already know each other, don’t put them in the CC field. That broadcasts their email address to each other. There was a case a few years ago where a real estate agent did this to a group of people... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2839195 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:00:44 +0100 2839195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2814764&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Ftip-to-do-email-folder%2F157%2F I gave up trying to keep a clean email inbox years ago.  Everything I had read said that I should sort anything I needed into folders and keep my inbox clean, but I finally just gave up. I finally decided on keeping anything that might be slightly important in my inbox where I can search for it.  It turns out that, for me, this is far more productive than trying to move things around and categorize them. It was very liberating, and I found that nothing bad happened by keeping older emails in my inbox.  In fact, I discovered it was easier to find things, because it only required a simple search instead of trying to find the folder where I had filed something. However, there is a downside.  It can be very easy to forget about something you need to act on later. Since I do consulting, fo... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2814764 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +0100 2814764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2789094&cid=t_99907_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fyou-can-lead-patients-to-the-dental-office-but-will-they-convert%2F With the precious resources you devote to marketing – time and money – what if someone told you that your front office team is losing 10-50% of potential patients who actually take the first step of calling your office? In “On Schedule,” an article in Dentaltown Magazine this month, Jay Geir of The Scheduling Institute shares these statistics with us. The repercussions could amount to thousands upon thousands of dollars in lost revenue. Most dentists try to boost new patient numbers by doing more or different marketing. But if your marketing is working, the problem may rest on the reception your potential patients receive. These patients don’t normally drop by the office as a first point of contact. On the contrary, they usually call or email. So how can you assess conversion in ... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2789094 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:55:29 +0100 2789094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741540&cid=t_99907_133_f&fid=37107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aspieweb.net%2Fautism-nigeria-scam%2F We received a Nigerian email scam with an interesting twist, its about a boy with Autism! We received our first Nigerian email scam via the contact box.  This is a huge thing for me, as I have never recieved one through a contact form before! my grandson Gavin Amora 5 yo boy from Philippines , seeking for [...] (Source: AspieWeb.net) AspieWeb.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741540 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:33:10 +0100 2741540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730146&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F25%2Fto-be-or-not-to-be-my-kids-friend-on-facebook%2F Or… Whether ’tis nobler to be an invasive parent or trust your teenager? That is the question. The fastest growing segment of people on Facebook (FB) are those over thirty-five years old. A lot of them are parents. It won’t be long before some very clever hacker will produce Facebook G2: ‘Where your mom can’t find you.’ Why? Because even in the Internet-cell phone- GPS age, a developing young adult wants his or her privacy. Is that so bad? This question came to my attention when I first joined Facebook about a year ago. Being a newbie, I did everything Facebook instructed me to do, including invite everyone in my email address book to be my ‘friend’. That included my teenage son, M. One day M. passed by me in the kitchen and we did a stop and chat. “Hey, you never... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730146 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:01:39 +0100 2730146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2724911&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F22%2Fmoney-fear-two-ways-to-cope-with-financial-panic-and-recession-anxiety%2F One of my depression busters is to “become the expert.” This means, as I’m peeing my pants about where Eric and I are going to get our next paycheck, I am doling out advice on how to cope with such anxiety. In telling someone else what you are supposed to be doing, I actually learn the lesson myself. And then I think if I can actually fool people into thinking that I have it all together, maybe I could have it altogether. Nah….. A few days ago a reader wrote me this email: Lately I have been nearly paralyzed with fear and anxiety about financial issues. I have contacted my former shrink and hope she will take me back. Could you possible write an entry about dealing with and handling such fear? I’m sure that it would help me so much. Ironically, I read it an h... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2724911 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:28:19 +0100 2724911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688730&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F11%2F7-ways-to-give-an-apology-4-ways-to-accept-one%2F When I was seven and preparing for my First Communion, we were expected to go to Confession first. Back in the sixties that was a scary prospect, involving a dark booth, hell’s fire and spilling your guts to a shadow behind a screen. The only thing my seven-year-old self could come up with to confess was the time I stole a fancy little brush from Joyce Weber, my friend from down the street. I coveted that pink and blue plastic brush. My mom had already marched me over to Joyce’s house to hand the brush back and apologize. What more penance could there possibly be? Seven ways to apologize: Don’t get defensive and be all, “I don’t have anything to apologize for!” Think about it. On your knees, groveling. Usually reserved for extreme transgressions like an affair... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688730 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:00:59 +0100 2688730 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2671133&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-8%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Don’t misinterpret short replies. Busy people often send very curt replies to emails they receive. Don’t misinterpret one-line replies like "Fine, let’s do it," "No thanks," "Not interested," or "Thanks. " as being a sign of rudeness or lack of caring. Minimalist replies are common in the business world. Consider them a sign of efficiency, not disrespect. Your message may be one of dozens being batch-processed. The fact that you got a reply at all means the other person considered your message worthy of a response. If you write back to complain, you become an annoyance. Don’t r... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2671133 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:20:00 +0100 2671133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561657&cid=t_99907_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2F10-cell-phone-tips%2F4162%2F Cell phones are playing an increasingly important part in most people’s lives.  Here are 10 things to consider when you get ready to upgrade phones. 1. Connectivity Does the phone connect well with your computer and other devices?  Some phones have bluetooth and can keep your address book synchronized every time you come near your computer.  Others require a USB connection.  Some only have synchronization software that works with particular operating systems.  Make sure you know that the device will connect with the things that are important to you before you buy it. 2. Email People are using their phones for email more and more.  Make sure you understand not only what the device is capable of, but also what type of data plan you will need to get it to work.  The ideal setup ... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561657 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:58:32 +0100 2561657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452712&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34748&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPsychologyBlog%2F%7E3%2F6L4RZULJb08%2Fsocial-facilitation-how-and-when-audiences-improve-performance.php · Under the gaze of others do you wilt or grow? When an ant builds a nest on her own she does so with little enthusiasm. She moves as though tired of life, bored with the whole business of excavating earth, perhaps dreaming of a better life elsewhere. But give our ant a co-worker and she is transformed into a dynamo, a workaholic, an Olympian amongst insects. Soon she is digging at five times the rate or more... Ants aren't the only ones. Four decades before S. C. Chen reported his ant findings in 1937, the psychologist Norman Triplett had already noticed much the same behaviour in cyclists. Triplett scoured the records of the 'League of American Wheelmen' and found that racing cyclists rode faster when paced or in competition. Analysing the results of many races he found that, on average... PsyBlog | Psychology Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452712 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:08:42 +0100 2452712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415872&cid=t_99907_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F17%2Famedeo-branches-out-free-medical-podcasts%2F I joined Amedeo in 1997, and since then have been receiving regular emailings of the latest journal articles on topics of my choice. It’s free, and it’s a great way to keep up-to-date. You can subscribe on the website. Today however, they’ve announced another addition – podcasts! As the information blurb says, ‘Don’t watch TV ― listen to medical podcasts’, ‘Don’t read newspapers ― read podcast transcripts’ – well, maybe that’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but you can definitely get some great podcasts from some of the very best providers. Take a look, then you can tailor your subscriptions for what you’d like to see. (Source: HealthSkills Weblog) HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415872 Sun, 17 May 2009 00:24:40 +0100 2415872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2258168&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F10%2F2008-was-the-year-of-social-networking%2F According to a Nielsen Company report just released, 2008 was the year that social networking really took hold in the world, surpassing email usage and growing the fastest not amongst the youngest Internet users, but the middle-aged — those in the 35 - 49 year old age range. While search engines and general interest portals like Yahoo! still have the largest reach (85 percent), “member communities” — which includes not only popular social networking websites like Facebook, but also blogging websites — reached 66.8%. This was the largest increase — 5.4% — of any sector measured from Dec. 2007 to Dec. 2008, and double the increase of any other sector. Even though email was surpassed by these “member communities” websites (including blogs)... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2258168 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:00:03 +0100 2258168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240891&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F05%2Flonely-people-find-no-comfort-in-chatting-with-online-strangers%2F A new study published in CyberPsychology & Behavior suggests that college students who were primed to imagine lonely feelings didn’t find any relief from their loneliness when chatting with strangers online. Subjects in the study who had high trait loneliness found some relief from talking to strangers face-to-face, but their loneliness increased after texting with strangers online. People with low trait loneliness experienced no significant difference between the two conditions (talking with others face to face or online). Trait loneliness refers to when a person fails to establish satisfactory personal relationships with others for two or more consecutive years, reflecting problems in relating to other people. Trait loneliness (also known as chronic loneliness) appears to be ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240891 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:19:47 +0100 2240891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2206726&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F23%2Fthe-psychology-of-twitter%2F Twitter is a social networking application that does only one thing — allows the mutual sharing of 140 character communications (called “tweets”). Why the 140 character limit? So you can send text updates from your cell phone as well as the net. If you haven’t used or even heard of Twitter, don’t worry, you’re not alone. As of now, only 11 percent of American Internet users have used something like Twitter (that number also includes people who simply update their status in Facebook, so we don’t know the true, lower number of Twitter-only users) (Lenhart & Fox, 2009). Twitter is a service used more widely the younger you are (up to 20 percent of those under 34 have used it or a status update service) (Lenhart & Fox, 2009). The best way to... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2206726 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:22:40 +0100 2206726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2134826&cid=t_99907_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F01%2F27%2Fi-apologize-to-my-subscribers%2F Dear Angriest Subscribers (those of you that receive my emailed post notifications) — I am so sorry. I apologize for getting you tangled up in what I have declared ZAZZLEGATE. All I wanted to do was ensure that more people were able to view the “Angriest Store” and receive updates on when I create new shirts. As you can see on the right, there are, as of right now, there are 266 of you. I let my guard down. I stopped being cynical for one moment. That moment allowed an inept online retailer do something so stupid, so brainless, so inconsiderate that it has essentially compromised all of your email addresses. I exported the email addresses out of my database (where they are very much secure) to my computer. I then formatted them into a CSV and put them into a specific form... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2134826 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:48:08 +0100 2134826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2052589&cid=t_99907_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator%2Fdental-office-management-answering-the-phone%2F Have you ever called a company and been put on eternal hold? Or how about those calls where the person you’re speaking with asks you to wait a minute, then starts talking to someone else so that you can hear their conversation. I’ve actually called a dental practice and was greeted with a gruff, “Hello?” I thought I had the wrong number, but when I asked for the dentist, I was told, “Yeah, hold on,”and that was followed by the sound of a phone being dropped on a desk and footsteps shuffling around. Finally, I was told to call back later and then - click - the call ended. If you aren’t paying attention to how your office phone is answered, you could be losing lots of patients. The inital call is your chance to make a great first impression. That s... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2052589 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:02:17 +0100 2052589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2029518&cid=t_99907_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F09%2Fwoah%2F I don’t know what to say.  Just got this from bad sister: Kathy, I feel enough is enough.  I love you as my sister and I hope you feel the same about me. I am truly sorry if I hurt you.  I hope you know I would never intentionally hurt you. If you are interested in working out our differences together, let me know. Your sister I am not sure how genuine this is.  Or frankly, where it came from. Let’s recap for a moment shall we?  Its been a year and a half since our last encounter.  It was at this lovely encounter that she told me I had let myself go and really needed to lose weight.  It was also during this encounter that I was ooozing a baby out of my vagina.  As you can probably put together, I was kinda preoccupied with that and not really in to hearing how awesomely... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2029518 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:26:55 +0100 2029518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933517&cid=t_99907_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fscience-of-spam.html Who hasn’t received a spam email with some kind of clause laying claim to compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003? They usually say something about the message being anything but spam. But, it quickly becomes obvious, if you actually waste the time to read the content, that it is a generic marketing message for some kind of herbal remedy for enhancing one or other, or two, parts of your body, making you money, or offering an ugly gold-plated watch at a knock-down price. Of course, the can-the-spam legislation was meant to squash spam forever, although by not making spam officially illegal across the globe, it did nothing of the sort. It was baloney, in a can. In fact, Petur Jonsson, the Professor of Economics and Chair of the Department of Finance, Economics, Entrepreneurship, and M... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933517 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:00:47 +0100 1933517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911656&cid=t_99907_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fmultiple-sclerosis%2Flife-with-ms%2Fcampath-reverses-ms-symptoms-why-are-we-just-now-hearing-about-this%2F Did your e-mail box fill up like mine did this past weekend about the news on Campath? I guess it is proof of two things; the power of a press release and the longing for the next “big thing” in multiple sclerosis research. Starting on the 22nd of the month, I began to get notes from friends with MS about a BBC press release touting the success of a “new” MS drug. Usually these kind of emails are from friends and family in the “community” not people living with MS. The generic name of the drug is called alemtuzumab with brand name of Campath. Campath has been in multiple sclerosis trials for a while now. In fact, I was surprised at the attention everyone was paying the release when results from the study were first announced in April of this year at the ... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911656 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:32:47 +0100 1911656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909355&cid=t_99907_177_f&fid=38134&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbabybound.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F23%2Fsince-when-is-poking-your-coworker-not-awesome-office-gossip%2F Technology has taken on a whole new meaning to me today.  While I have always enjoyed the conveniences of modern day communication, I have never seen the power it has on the world until now. With Mika’s passing, its been an odd mix of emotions, sure, but its also been really strange.  Facebook has really changed the way the world works. How did I find out about Mika’s passing?  Well?  My friend Tra texted me on my blackberry at which point I called her immediately and we cried about it.  Then?  I went onto Facebook where I had been sent an invite to the memorial service by an old friend - along with a very large group of high school friends - and I sent her a message as well.  We then tag teamed each other’s Facebook inboxes for a bit - never forgetting that this w... B a b y B o u n d blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909355 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:12:05 +0100 1909355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1701863&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D46 M.A.Z.E. Cord Blood Laboratories has posted the August issue of Waiting for Baby on its Web site.  August’s issue offers information on the stages of labor expectant mothers will go through.  It also offers an article on what to wear when you are expecting.  If you wish to subscribe, click here.  Waiting for Baby will be delivered to your email inbox every month. (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1701863 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:33:46 +0100 1701863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1625571&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F07%2F15%2Femailing-your-doctor-good-idea-or-no%2F This article on New York Times.com shares the experience of a doc dabbling in the world of patient email. What’s described are instances of near-misses, frustrated patients, and an equally frustrated doctor. Mind you, he is a mental health professional, but I wonder if the same could be true across the board. His deduction? For simple things like changing appointment times, refilling scripts and the like, email is a magical thing. But if there’s a major medical question or something’s burning on your mind, it’s best to call or maybe even head in. So what are your thoughts? Does your doc have an email system? Do you get the answers you seek in a timely manner? Or is there nothing that can replace good ‘ol fashioned face-to-face meetings? Leave us a comment and ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1625571 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:35:49 +0100 1625571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543570&cid=t_99907_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Ftop-5-rules-to-fight-spam%2F photo credit: Björn Kietzmann How prevalent is Spam? According to Scott McAdams, OMA Public Affairs and Communications Department (www.oma.org): Studies show unsolicited or “junk” e-mail, known as spam, accounts for roughly half of all e-mail messages received. Although once regarded as little more than a nuisance, the prevalence of spam has increased to the point where many users have begun to express a general lack of confidence in the effectiveness of e-mail transmissions, and increased concern over the spread of computer viruses via unsolicited messages. Here are the top 5 Rules to do to protect from spam: Number 1: Do what you can to avoid having your email address out on the net. There are products called “spam spiders” that search the Internet for email add... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543570 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:38:29 +0100 1543570 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1527497&cid=t_99907_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F313890055%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Related articlesPresenting Highlight HEALTH 2.0The Best of Highlight HEALTH 2007 - The Year in ReviewThe Highlight HEALTH Network RSS Dashboard WidgetSocial Networks and Health - The Research and the Reviews (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1527497 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:10:44 +0100 1527497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1522049&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F15%2Fhow-to-reach-a-teen-email%2F This article describes e-mail therapy with a teenager whom professionals found difficult to communicate with and understand. Anne had a 4-year history of low mood and unpredictable self-harming behavior that in the past had led to admission to a secure unit. Therapy involved weekly e-mails over a 3-month period and ended when she was transferred to adult services. The article focuses on how e-mail enabled engagement to occur. The therapeutic relationship allowed Anne to explore and understand past experiences, and start resolving present problems. Diagnosis also became clearer. In this case, email therapy worked and helped engage the teen in psychotherapy, showing that e-therapy can help engage someone who otherwise might have a difficult time engaging in psychotherapy. Reference Roy... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1522049 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:29:00 +0100 1522049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1514553&cid=t_99907_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2F310139307%2F A new tool for online creation of slide presentations is out. It is called 280 Slides and it is very easy and fun to use. You should definitely consider trying it the next time you have to present. I made a little presentation myself, just to show that you can design pretty nice looking slides and publish them online in under 20 minutes. (Source: Ivor Kovic, M.D.) Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1514553 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:07:03 +0100 1514553 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502526&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F08%2Fparents-spying-on-teens%2F Kids today are growing up with technology — cell phones, IM and the Internet — as a natural extension of their environment and the tools available to them. The problem is, parents don’t see it that way. The Boston Globe Magazine had an interesting article about the push and pull of parents desperately trying to control their teens’ technology and the connected environment they now live. But one of the key take-aways from the article is that no matter how much you may try and control it, you will end up losing if that is your only goal — control. Children and teens learn through example and the morals you instill in them from day one. If they don’t have them by the time they have access to technology, then you can’t “force” it through ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502526 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:25:13 +0100 1502526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1320507&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Fadministrator%2F2008%2F03%2F21%2Fdischarge-summaries-by-email-from-an-emr%2F Think about how wonderful the ability to send a discharge summary by email to a patient straight from your EMR. I think it’s pretty easy to see the tremendous benefits of this type of communication. Send the patient information to one place they probably visit every day and where they can read and process the information away from the hustle and bustle of the clinic. Certainly many doctors have been doing this with little pamphlets or handout sheets with clinical information. Unfortunately, too many of these sheets never get read. Certainly that same thing could happen with an email, but at least the next generation of patients are going to want this information in their email box. Of course, the problem with sending this information in an email is that email is not secure. Email enc... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1320507 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:26:03 +0100 1320507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1258316&cid=t_99907_93_f&fid=36200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.jammedph.com%2Fshare-large-files-in-blog-posts-im-and-e-mail-with-pando%2F Sharing large files is easy nowadays due to the advent of P2P software like LimeWire, Morpheus, Ares etc, and file-sharing websites like Rapidshare, Megaupload, and others. However, most of these softwares or sites require waiting time and download before you can download another file. This becomes a dilemma with split downloads like movie clips, e-book downloads, and other large divided files (i.e. part 1, part 2, etc). You can only avoid waiting time and download limits by paying as premium user. Yahoo! Mail, Gmail and other free e-mail service has attachment size limits (usually 5 MB). This attachment size is applicable only for documents, but not when sending large files as attachments like video clips, audio files, high resolution images, etc. Pando is a great free P2P software that l... Jammed: Full into Capacity blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1258316 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:08:44 +0100 1258316 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1250153&cid=t_99907_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F02%2F22%2Fpsychologists-what-is-the-psyusa-network%2F The PsyUSA network is the oldest and largest independent online network of clinical psychologists. But like many large social networks, it is a part of the “hidden Internet” because it is conducted exclusively through electronic mailing lists (or “listservs,” after a type of popular software that runs them). Online mailing lists have been around online since the 1980s, and yet still many people are unfamiliar with them and how they work. An electronic mailing list is a simple device that allows you to send an email to a large group of people transparently, and without having to type in everyone’s email address each time you want to email them. It’s sort of like a global email alias. Mailing lists tend to be topic-based, and you can choose to receive th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1250153 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:17:46 +0100 1250153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1245144&cid=t_99907_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F238228045%2F Copyright © 2008 Patti. Visit the original article at http://www.white-pebble.net/?p=4061. ShareThis (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1245144 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:35:52 +0100 1245144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1219911&cid=t_99907_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F09%2Fnew-get-3genfamily-blog-posts-by-email%2F Some readers have asked to receive these blog posts via email. Now you can. Three Easy Steps to Get 3GenFamily Blog by Email Click on the “Subscribe to 3GenFamily Blog by email” link at the top of the right hand column on this page. You will be taken to the sign up page at Feedburner. Tell us the email address where you want to read this blog. Confirm your request by clicking the link in the confirmation email. That’s it! When I post to this blog, you’ll receive a digest on that day. Just one email. You won’t be bombarded with posts every few hours. If there are no posts, you don’t receive any email Don’t miss a single post. Sign up today. It’s so easy! (Source: 3GenFamily Blog) 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1219911 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:35:26 +0100 1219911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1064256&cid=t_99907_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2F193660101%2F And the downside thereof. From my Tumblelog, when silence grew too small, she spoke Worse still, sending people Word documents is a discourtesy because it implies that if they don’t own the programs that you use, you’re not interested in whether or not they can read what you’ve written. Imagine sending a document in Latin to someone else without knowing whether or not they read Latin! If you send someone a Word document, the only way they can be sure of reading it properly is to go out and buy Microsoft Word. Not everyone can afford to do this, and millions of individuals and organisations use other word processing programs because they prefer them, or because they’re cheaper or even free. — Reverend Father Martin Sylvester ShareThis (Source: white pebble) white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064256 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:22 +0100 1064256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1051499&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=36671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fopen.medicdrive.org%2Fblog%2F2007%2F11%2F27%2Fcyber-monday-email%2F Cartoon by Dave Walker. We Blog Cartoons. This is a new section on current technology services in the web 2.0 that are free to use.Technology can be very intimidating to most of us, but it also helps in reducing our every day morning stress.This section is aimed at people who are not geeks but who require free or easy to use tools. Today’s Topic is about email system.Do you remember a time,when you were given a measly amount of storage space of around less than 10MB by some email providers to few hundred MB by most of them.To add to the frustration spam emails were responsible for utilizing most of the space which left you as a user with limited space.The concept of email was radically changed when Google entered the scene with 1 GB of user space which itself was huge but they then ... Constructive Medicine 2.0 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1051499 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:32:44 +0100 1051499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1048557&cid=t_99907_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2007%2F11%2F24%2Fwordpress-plugin-i-wish-every-blog-will-have%2F I think Comment Email Responder is the best WP plugin out there for busy bloghoppers like me. As for the description of the plugin, here’s one from the plugin author’s website: The Comment Email Responder v2 is based on the work of Andrew Flusche who can up with the original concept and wrote the first iteration of this plugin. It’s purpose is to provide an easy mechanism for a blog administrator to email a response to one of the comments placed on the website. The response becomes a comment in the normal way, but also fires off an email to the commentor with the content of the response and his original comment. Tell me that I’m starting to have memory gap, but I do need a way to remind myself which blogs I’ve left comments to.  I’m a busy person and I don&... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1048557 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:54:22 +0100 1048557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=841639&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F09%2Fchange-of-email-address.html Although NHS BLOG DOCTOR is still resting, I have been receiving a large number of emails, and replying to as many as possible.For reasons that escape me, but have something to do with Oranges, my usual email address of DrCrippen@nhsblogdoc.wanadoo.co.uk has been deleted as of Monday 3rd September. Any emails sent to that address since then will probably have been returned or, worse, will have disappeared forever into the electronic ether.I have therefore set up a new email address:nhsblogdocATgmail.comThis new address is up and working (after the usual spam substitution) and at least has the merit of simplicity.Apologies for the inconvenience.NHS BLOG DOCTOR will be back in three weeks time. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=841639 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:29:00 +0100 841639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=939244&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=36474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedsqodPodcastingForMedicalProfessionals%2F%7E3%2F122853651%2F Three little letters can make or break your show. RSS. As in, “RSS feed.” Problems with your RSS feed…suck. Your listeners automatically get your shows via this text-based file that shouts, Computer, look here for new content. People like that “automatically” part - they expect the automatic update notification to happen regularly, and without glitches. Your material is loaded into their podcast or blog reading software, and without having to lift a finger, your feed subscribers get your newest content, to be played back at their own convenience. You see the problem? (more…) (Source: MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals) MedSqod: Podcasting for Medical Professionals blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=939244 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:52:25 +0100 939244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=841732&cid=t_99907_132_f&fid=35004&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bioinformaticszen.com%2F2007%2F05%2Femail-is-your-friend-email-is-your-enemy%2F How often do you check your email? Once or twice a day? Obviously it’s not really necessary to check email more regularly than this. Well, speaking from experience, this is a bit of a fantasy world. Hands up everybody who I checks their email at least twenty times a day? (more…) (Source: Bioinformatics Zen) Bioinformatics Zen blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=841732 Tue, 29 May 2007 21:49:59 +0100 841732 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=631493&cid=t_99907_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fmtas-round-1-was-legal-but-disasterous.html Legally watertightRound 1 of MTAS is legally watertight. Remedy UK may have lost the legal action, possibly on a technicality, but morally it has won.Let us not forget why it was fighting, and what it was fighting against. A few months ago NHS BLOG DOCTOR found “the Templeton email” which was available here for all to read on the website of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Shortly after I published the email it disappeared from the site. The email was sent to Carol Black. The Carol Black who, with the now dismissed and discredited James Johnson, last week wrote a letter to The Times.I reprint that email again, in full:From: Anne MartinSent: 01 March 2007 19:13To: 'Carol Black'Cc: Sabaratnam Arulkumaran; Diana Garrett (E-mail)Subject: MTAS - FROM PROFESSOR ALLAN TE... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=631493 Wed, 23 May 2007 16:10:00 +0100 631493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493332&cid=t_99907_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fblogger-upgrade-unmoderated-comments.html It seemed to me for a while that no one was reading my blog. Yesterday, I logged in to blogger to make a small correction in a URL that was not working and to my horror, found that an upgrade to the new blogger was launched without my consent. As I waited to see if my blogs and all of my computer files would disappear, it soon became apparent that I had been having other problems that had not come to my attention.When the upgrade to blogger was complete, I found that all was well with my blogs. In fact , I learned that there had been 34 comments made on my blogs since November that had not been moderated. In fact, I had no notice that these comments had been posted and I could not have moderated them without specifically going to the moderation page to read through them. It was a relief ... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493332 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:17:00 +0100 493332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463398&cid=t_99907_113_f&fid=34649&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechnhealth.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fdoctors-slow-to-take-up-email-i-read.html Doctors slow to take up emailI read a great article from USAToday regarding the slow take up of Doctors using email to regularly communicate with patients.Apparently only 8% of patients received email from their doctors, according to an online survey conducted in 2005 by Harris Interactive for The Wall Street Journal Online. Many experts have noted many reasons for why take up has been so slow, some include:•Patient confidentiality will be compromised.•Doctors will be deluged by patient e-mail, which would add hours of uncompensated labor to their work weeks.•Patients will send e-mail about urgent matters — for, example, heart attack or stroke symptoms — that doctors won't see in time.Interestingly, the majority of these issues have already been resolved using technology and for ... Tech 'n' Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463398 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:00:00 +0100 463398