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 'google'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:47:15 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182237&cid=t_91931_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fdr-google-or-what.html So I have written about googlechondria recently. We are all victims of it. Our mind takes over our fingers and we google away until we are sure we have stage IV brain cancer or the bubonic plague. Then we go to our doctor and they look at our symptoms, listen to our complaints (whines), and give us a diagnosis and treatment plan. But what about if there needs to be a little more? What if the patient self educates and asks a panel of experts for their thoughts? Take a look at www.cancergrace.org. I know the video is long - 10 minutes - but at the end it directs you to CancerGrace where you can ask a panel of experts about your cancer questions. I think this is very cool. My problem is then to remember about this site so that if (when) I have cancer questions again, I can go ask them the... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182237 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:05:00 +0100 5182237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174862&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FARWc4nd1TSc%2F What did Larry Page know and when did he know it? Well, the US Department of Justice says that Google ceo Larry Page knew for years that online Canadian pharmacies were allowed to place ads that targeted US consumers and, ultimately, caused medicines to be imported illegally, The Wall Street Journal writes. Google, you may recall, last week agreed to forfeit $500 million (read here). “Larry Page knew what was going on,” Peter Neronha, the Rhode Island US Attorney who led the investigation tells the paper. “We know it from the investigation. We simply know it from the documents we reviewed, witnesses that we interviewed, that Larry Page knew what was going on…Suffice it to say that this is not two or three rogue employees at the customer service level doing this on t... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174862 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:52:30 +0100 5174862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174713&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fend-beginning-and-launch-i2o When Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for health information technology, addresses more than 4,700 healthcare professionals at the Allscripts Client Experience in Nashville on Monday morning, Aug. 29, he’s likely to discuss one of the most exciting developments in healthcare today – and perhaps surprisingly, it won’t be the meaningful use of electronic health records.  read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174713 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:48:46 +0100 5174713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169596&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F08%2F27%2Fbook-review-the-googlization-of-everything%2F In conclusion, the author proposes a bold new project, The Human Knowledge Project, which appeals to the need to have more public control over knowledge through libraries and democratic processes rather than commercial interests. One might agree with him since the recent demise of Google Health. If Google Books are not profitable in 5-10 years, will this project also be abandoned leaving the legacy of digitalized books behind? Yet much of the books skepticism about Google and fears are overdrawn. Perhaps Google’s service to higher education through Gmail and other services will help it keep a commitment to educational and knowledge resources in the future. This book by Siva Vaidhyanathan has the provocative subtitle “And why we should worry”, which defines the subtext o... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169596 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:19:43 +0100 5169596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158992&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmanaging-information-overload-in-the-age-of-unlimited-information%2F2011.08.25 Perhaps the biggest challenges facing the next generation of physicians is information overload.  The problem: Unlimited information on limited human bandwidth.  There’s simply too much to read and see.  For physicians the problem is compounded by a perceived responsibility to keep up. But the idea that we actually can have our hands around everything is reflective of a time when doctors actually could know all there was to know.  Many of today’s physicians were raised at a time when a paper inbox and a pile of journals represented their only information inputs.  But things are very different now. Here are a few ideas on controlling your inputs: (more…) *This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158992 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:15:32 +0100 5158992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159827&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Fgoogles-settlement-with-justice.html (Source: Pharma Marketing Blog) Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159827 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:43:00 +0100 5159827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159281&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2F_az5UonSHQ4%2F Discussion About EMR Study by Accenture One of the first people I talked with when I... Google Health Co-op (Making Google Health Portal Possible) This is a little late to be posting, but I’ve... (Source: EMR and HIPAA) EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159281 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:11:50 +0100 5159281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139934&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FMRIneOML2vQ%2F As I heard at AHIMA’s Legal EHR Summit earlier this week, clinical decision support isn’t a perfect science. (Check InformationWeek Healthcare for coverage on Thursday or Friday.) This is especially true when doctors rely too much on Google and don’t actually verify what they find on the Internet. This may sound hard to believe, but not everything posted online is true. Now, the notion that doctors guess with Google has made its way onto the funny pages, specifically in the cartoon Sherman’s Lagoon. To wit:     Hopefully, your own doctor is more qualified than Hawthorne. Related posts:Tasteless joke, but kind of on the mark How doctors use Twitter RIP, Google Health, doomed to fail from the start (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139934 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:41:54 +0100 5139934 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130746&cid=t_91931_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=5130965&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F14%2Fwho-is-the-real-google-guru%2F A nice video for Sunday from an old television show in which players tried to find out who the real Google founder was. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130965 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:06:50 +0100 5130965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107515&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcould-twitter-be-used-to-predict-epidemics%2F2011.08.09 Do you remember when Google Flu Trends was announced to be able to track and predict flu outbreaks in US states based on the search queries focusing on flu symptoms? Do you remember when a study pointed out although it was interactive and neat but was not as useful as CDC national surveillance programs? Well, now Twitter is meant to fill this gap. If you ask me, it won’t. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107515 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:00:43 +0100 5107515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118752&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2Findex.php%2F2011%2F08%2F10%2Fgoogle-translate-in-the-clinic%2F For those of you who work in an multi-ethnic environment (e.g. doctors seeing non-English speaking patients in the clinic) , I suspect there have been days you wish the Star Trek Universal Translator were a reality. While that only exists in SciFi, we are a step closer with Google Translate which is available as a mobile app for Android and the iPhone. It was recently updated which brought it to my attention. I found the app incredibly powerful with the ability to enter phrases either by typing or by voice recognition. The app then translates it to you in scores of languages you can select from a simple drop down list. The cool thing is that it can speak the translation for you (if text to speech is supported for that language). A two-way conversation can be carried out by switching the tr... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118752 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:00:00 +0100 5118752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096224&cid=t_91931_90_f&fid=34474&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCasesBlog%2F%7E3%2FJ6gDwSSWzJA%2Fdoctors-are-natural-communicators.html Doctors are natural communicatorsMy Google+ Circle labeled "Social Media in Medicine" now has 140 members - just one month after Google+ was launched. I think that's great.Doctors are natural communicators and should do very well on social media platforms. Patients, and society in general, would only benefit from physicians who share ideas and focus on education.Simple guidance for social media useThe suggested guidance for social media use by health professionals is very simple and based on a recent book by a nurse and social media advocate:1. Remember the basics:- your professional focus- the laws around patient privacy (HIPAA in the U.S.)- the professional standards of regulatory bodies and of your employers2. After that, explore all the different social media tools that are out there.W... Clinical Cases and Images - Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096224 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:10:11 +0100 5096224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086446&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F30%2Fthe-roast-of-facebook-video%2F This Facebook roast performed by Google, Twitter, MySpace, etc. made me laugh today. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086446 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:47:16 +0100 5086446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5140263&cid=t_91931_147_f&fid=39273&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FeTWBQRG870U%2Fepharma-west-emarketing-university-all.html Search & Video: Tips for Increasing Visibility on the Web and enhancing the User Experience Lisa Duncan, Senior Account Executive, Google Focus on Google Search: The key to having high success on Google with search is relevancy.  As an ad becomes more relevant and more people click through, the cost per click actually goes down because Google charges less for these successful ads. Google Search Rank should be 1-3 in order to get syndication on the Google Partner traffic to appear on sites other than Google. When starting an ad campaign, marketers should think about why they want people to go to your webpage. Traffic and page views are not great goals but look at activities as to what they could do on the site, like signing up for a newsletter. People are searching now with longe... ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5140263 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:10:00 +0100 5140263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062242&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoes-google-have-the-potential-to-be-used-in-medicine-and-pharma%2F2011.07.25 There have been some articles and blog entries lately focusing on whether Google+ could be used in medicine or pharma. I’ve been trying to use it more actively in the past couple of days and it’s still a question for me to figure out whether I should separate my professional Facebook and Google+ activities. A few comments from fellow bloggers: Google+: the ultimate tool for social geeks My first impressions are enthusiastic. Google+ has enormous potential and can become the future of private and social communication. Fresh and slim design, no gaming distractions, no 140 word limit. Yes, it sets itself between facebook and twitter. There is a necessary condition: people willing to adopt this new tool and even migrate from other platforms. If I really have to say, I think its competing ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062242 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:00:28 +0100 5062242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062281&cid=t_91931_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Frosalind-franklin-google-doodle.html Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British X-ray crystallographer who made pioneering contributions to the understanding of the detailed molecular structures of the genetic code with her data from DNA and RNA as well as viruses, coal and graphite. She died prematurely at the age of 37 from ovarian cancer and so missed out on Nobel recognition. The Nobel committee does not make its awards posthumously and the 1962 Prize for Medicine or Physiology famously went to her colleague Maurice Wilkins and to Francis Crick and James Watson with whom the structure of DNA is somehow now synonymous. Franklin would’ve been 91 today but as far as I can see she has not had a Google Doodle to celebrate her life. So here’s a simple montage I put together in lieu of suc... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062281 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:08:01 +0100 5062281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062525&cid=t_91931_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FCEhqG7Kd9sI%2F This was our second theme based week on Success Begins Today. The theme was communication and featured a free book giveaway. Theme: Communication Monday: Making A True Connection We all communicate, but do we truly connect? Tuesday: Communicating Your Title The words you use in your title say a lot about you. Choose wisely. Thursday: Google Plus: What Will You Write? A post about creating your about page for Google Plus and the Throne of Agony. Friday: Good Morning, Mike Guest post by Sarah McGaugh on using a greeting to change someone’s life. Links mentioned during the week: Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. Sally Hogshead Fascinate Test Throne of Creative Agony Career Builder Article Google Plus Bird in your Hand Additional References: John Maxwell: Everyone Communicates Book Page K... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062525 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:16:23 +0100 5062525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057912&cid=t_91931_147_f&fid=39266&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCreationInteractive%2F%7E3%2FB7jUg6zkfTA%2F Many articles have been written in recent weeks about the trend of the moment: Google Plus. Whenever a new platform or technology comes out, many predictions about its future are made. But do you trust predictions? Actually, it is interesting to read what people think about it because it helps us make our own decision on whether we want to get involved with a new platform or not, or simply to know more about it. I read people writing that Google+ is a revolution; others talk about an evolution, a competitor to Facebook, a “place to be” for companies, a useless + tool, or even that we will no longer see new web 2.0 platforms after Google’s one (or they will be copies). Anyway, my point is that all this information can obviously be valuable for marketers and communicators in order to ... Creation Interactive blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057912 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:47:20 +0100 5057912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051023&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F22%2Fwhy-do-i-like-google-even-in-medicine%2F I’ve been playing around Google+ for the last couple of days and I have to admit it I really love it. Why? I’ve been using Facebook as a source of professional information but I have to add those people I like to follow as friends even if in most cases we are not friends. A few reasons why I use Google+ now for this purpose. In Google+, we can easily create circles and start following people who we are not friends with. It’s easy to determine who can see the information I share (everyone, only circles, only people in my contact list) All Google tools are integrated. I can search for people with specific words in their biographies through Google. I can use Spark for following expressions. It might make it simpler to create private circles so then medical communication can... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051023 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:46:13 +0100 5051023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062325&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Fneil%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fwhat-will-happen-to-google-health-data-after-2012%2F Let’s face it, I haven’t actually been nice to Google of late when it comes to healthcare (or maybe I have, just once). While I believe the criticisms are justified, I can see why some people might think I’m beating a dead horse, namely Google Health. But there are some unresolved questions in the area of privacy that Google really should answer. Google’s ill-fated attempt at a PHR isn’t completely dead. The company won’t “retire” the online service until January, and will allow users to download their data through Jan. 1, 2013. Naturally, others have stepped up to try to fill the (tiny) void left by Google Health’s demise. To nobody’s surprise, Microsoft is helping the remarkably small number of Google Health users transition the... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062325 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:45:59 +0100 5062325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051317&cid=t_91931_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FmSdsEPwRibQ%2F I’ve had the privilege of using Google Plus in beta format for the last few weeks. Plus is the new social network from Google, that is similar to Facebook. It has a timeline and allows you to interact with friends with an interface called circles. You group your friends in different circles (such as work, family, friends, etc) and interact with them through posts, video, chat, and even group video chat. This circle feature is a big step ahead in Social Media and the reason that many people will migrate from Facebook to Google Plus. There are so many tools and features in Google+ that you will certainly want to take the interactive tour and sign up for an account. Once you do, you will be presented with a Profile Screen. This is where I want to challenge you today. I want to know what you... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051317 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:01:36 +0100 5051317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050674&cid=t_91931_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fgregor-mendel-on-google.html Today’s Google Doodle honours the birthday in 1822 of the most famous friar in science Gregor Mendel (July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884). Mendel gained posthumous fame as the founder of what would ultimately evolve into the science of genetics. He studied the inheritance traits of pea plants and demonstrated that inheritance followed particular rules, later known as Mendel’s laws. As I wrote many years ago for a booklet for UK TV station, Channel 4, the significance of Mendel’s work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century, when his “laws” were rediscovered by Hugo de Vries, Carl Corrensby and Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg. %%% Related articles Early history of genetics revised Related Posts:60 million chemicalsSix signs your wine stinksWhat&#8... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050674 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:06:43 +0100 5050674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5140266&cid=t_91931_147_f&fid=39273&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FoiJB1CCLFQo%2Fgoogle-health-is-being-shut-down.html According to its blog, Google is shutting down the “Google Health” personal health records project due to slow adoption. The Internet/IT Healthcare space is littered with successful entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies (Steve Case, Google, etc…) who have underestimated the complexities of healthcare as well as and their potential impact on the market. These are very smart people. I give them all credit for trying to come in a fix a system that is radically broken due to years of turf building and erecting barriers to entry by a wide array of players. It’s a shame our industry has a history of chewing up and spitting out highly charged and successful innovators, rather than capitalizing on their talents. The innovations and changes these entrepreneurs develop represent ... ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5140266 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:57:00 +0100 5140266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050794&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FwbRRoA18ohw%2F In case you were still of the opinion that Google and Microsoft were the major players and groundbreaking pioneers of personal health records, here’s a partial list of other companies that have been at it for at least as long. I believe CapMed goes back as far as 1991. Some have been bought by larger firms, but many are still independent. Clip and save, or pass on to your favorite tech journalist that got snookered by the Google PR machine. Access Strategies CapMed ActiveHealth Management MEDecision HealthCapable MyMedLab NoMoreClipboard.com Carefx Good Health Network iPHER MedicalDrive.com MediKeeper Applied Research Works In any case, I remain unconvinced that the direct-to-consumer, “untethered” model—no connection to an electronic medical record unless the patient s... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050794 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:43:06 +0100 5050794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036311&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FiOwGujYEzao%2F Remember back in February when I cut my face open at the HIMSS conference and needed medical assistance while 1,000 miles from home? I blogged then about how I used Google Maps to find an urgent care clinic close to the convention center instead of riding to a hospital emergency room in an ambulance? I’m guessing that course of action saved me at least $1,500, money that would have come out of my pocket because, as a self-employed individual, I was only able to qualify for an afford an insurance policy with a high deductible. Though most Americans still aren’t engaged as consumers when they seek healthcare services, there are tens of millions of uninsured people and a smaller number of people like me with high-deductible plans that would face the same conundrum when they have a... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036311 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:05:14 +0100 5036311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028865&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Fgoogle-in-medicine-and-pharma%2F There have been some articles and blog entries lately focusing on whether Google+ could be used in medicine or pharma. I’ve been trying to use it more actively in the past couple of days and it’s still a question for me to figure out whether I should separate my professional Facebook and Google+ activities. A few comments from fellow bloggers: Google+: the ultimate tool for social geeks My first impressions are enthusiastic. Google+ has enormous potential and can become the future of private and social communication. Fresh and slim design, no gaming distractions, no 140 word limit. Yes, it sets itself between facebook and twitter. There is a necessary condition: people willing to adopt this new tool and even migrate from other platforms. If I really have to say, I think its com... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028865 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:11:28 +0100 5028865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028122&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36069&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Fbuilding-digpen-community-on-google.html As my #digpener buddy Sophie Dennis knows, I'm a bit of a 'new paradigm lunatic' when it comes to Google+. It was quite unexpected for me. I'm not a big fan of monopolies taking over the world, didn't jump on Buzz or Wave, and have always felt a bit of a cynic when it comes to new platforms, especially when they involve social media. But as soon as I saw the Google+ circles, it really was like love at first site.So why this somewhat irrational willingness to fall for Google+, and is this my heart leading my head, or my head leading my heart? And why do I think it so good for our fledgling #digpen community? I have been trying to understand this myself, and find some logical reasoning to explain my passion.At first site, there is an issue with Google+, in getting it to work well for a commu... Frankie Speaking Frankly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028122 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:45:00 +0100 5028122 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029202&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Furl-shorteners-tech-glitches-censorship.html (Source: Pharma Marketing Blog) Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029202 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:44:00 +0100 5029202 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028557&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2FeGWUB4gsJgQ%2F It’s understandable that a healthcare delivery system would have a mindset and business objective to keep referrals within its network of care providers. Businesses have a right and an obligation to try to hang on to their customers. It’s a different issue whether closed or walled garden HIT is an acceptable means toward that end. Outside of healthcare, we understand and can accept that businesses used closed, proprietary IT as part of their business model. Apple has designed their iPod with an eye toward incompatibility and high hassle factor in not being plug-and-play with other music players and systems. IMHO, however, healthcare is different. Keep your proprietary business model away from my body and gimme my damn data. Google+ v. Facebook on Data Portability We are witnessing an... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028557 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:32:34 +0100 5028557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029203&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F07%2Ftracking-public-health-trends-twitter.html (Source: Pharma Marketing Blog) Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029203 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5029203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028576&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Freport-points-role-consumer-demand-hit-marketplace What happens to an emerging market when a big-name player bails out? According to one recent report, apparently not much. The emerging market revolves around Personal Health Records (PHR), and the big-name player is Google, which recently announced that it’s folding up Google Health, the online PHR service it launched in 2008. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028576 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:38:21 +0100 5028576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997657&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F1wckhjpaKlU%2F An earlier post — Could Facebook Be Your Platform for Care Coordination? resonated well with folks. Readers and commenters (on e-CareManagement and The Health Care Blog) quickly grasped that a social networking platform could play a very useful role in coordinating our health care, yet also agreed with the conclusion that Facebook wasn’t  “it”. So let’s ask the question again: Could Google+ be your platform for care coordination? This post will Describe Google+ and Circles Discuss how Google+ gets past some of Facebook’s limitations as a care coordination platform Comment on Google+ as a care coordination platform (promising, but too early to tell) (more…) Article Series - Social Networks and Care CoordinationCould Facebook Be Your Platform for ... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997657 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:24:57 +0100 4997657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984533&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fdeath-google-health-twitter-reactions By now, the news coverage of the loss of Google Health has probably hit an all-time high. The opt-in service will be deactivated by January 2012, and Google officials say any data that remains in the database after that point will be permanently deleted. Introduced in 2008, the endorsed reasoning behind the demise of the PHR tool is that it was unsuccessful in drawing in users beyond those who are exceptionally tech-savvy, therefore leaving out a majority population. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984533 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:32:23 +0100 4984533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984674&cid=t_91931_147_f&fid=39273&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2F7o_rmx0_U28%2Ffailure-of-google-health-and-what-it.html According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 80% of the American adults who use the Internet report that they regularly go online for access to health information. But so far, the Internet has not helped drive the adoption of health records created and maintained by consumers. 

That's why Google announced last week that it is shutting down Google Health, a personal health record service that allows individuals to centrally store and manage their health information online.Why hasn’t the Internet empowered consumers to manage their personal health information the same way it has better informed them about medical conditions? 

There are three reasons. But the underlying cause is that there is no such thing as a consumer in the American health care system today. A consu... ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984674 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:31:00 +0100 4984674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984673&cid=t_91931_147_f&fid=39266&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCreationInteractive%2F%7E3%2F1fI6jMpe8ZM%2F As Google announced the end of Google Health last week, a little over three years since its launch in May 2008 promised to revolutionise health records management, thousands of health consumers might well have wondered what this means for the future of their personal electronic health records. The answer to that, says Google, is that they can download their records for use elsewhere. Google says that it is ending Google Health because of a lack of adoption by users. In the blog post, Aaron Brown, Senior Product Manager, Google Health says: “When we launched Google Health, our goal was to create a service that would give people access to their personal health and wellness information. We wanted to translate our successful consumer-centered approach from other domains to healthcare and hav... Creation Interactive blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984673 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:51:07 +0100 4984673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975993&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fgoogle-health-too-early-market Few are surprised by this NY Times headline – Google to End Health Records Service After It Fails to Attract Users. Rumors and expectations of this announcement have been in the market for several months now. Reality has struck. Google Health evaporates. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975993 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:29:15 +0100 4975993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976117&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F27%2Fgoogle-health-its-over%2F I guess you’ve heard the news: Google is giving up on its vision of helping people live healthier lives with online personal health records. When Google Health was introduced in 2008, Marissa Mayer, a Google executive, said it would be a “large ongoing initiative” that the company hoped would attract millions of regular users. But Google Health never really caught on. Well, I know it’s easy to say now, but I wasn’t that surprised. After the first steps, and after years of hard work, Google Health failed to make a real impact on healthcare. When I read the news, an old blog entry of mine came to my mind: Expecting Google Health to change healthcare is something like expecting Wikipedia to substitute all encyclopaedias in the world… Some great pieces on this issue: ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4976117 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:09:38 +0100 4976117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975792&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fgoogle-is-shutting-down-its-cloud-based.html , by the end of the year.I wrote:"Who'da thunk it? -- Personal Health Record project with big corporate sponsors not working out so well ..." and"Label me skeptical: Personal Health Records as healthcare panacea?" both in 2007.Considering the education and expertise one needs to really manage (and comprehend) health records robustly, let me state that I consider the entire concept of the "personal heath record" inane.You heard it here first.-- SS (Source: Health Care Renewal) Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975792 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:28:00 +0100 4975792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968631&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FvWWzxxstVzo%2F It’s official, Google is in fact walking away from Google Health, the way overhyped, way underused personal health record platform. In a posting on the Google Blog today, Aaron Brown, Google Health’s senior product manager, said the company would “retire” Google Health Jan. 1, 2012. (Data will be available to download until Jan. 1, 2013.) Google also decided to wind down another experiment, Google PowerMeter. From the post: When we launched Google Health, our goal was to create a service that would give people access to their personal health and wellness information. We wanted to translate our successful consumer-centered approach from other domains to healthcare and have a real impact on the day-to-day health experiences of millions of our users. Now, with a few ye... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968631 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:59:23 +0100 4968631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968632&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2Fz-CZh0ii2vE%2F Has this been reported before, or have I just not been paying close enough attention? Yesterday at the Mobile Health Expo in New York, Sean Handel, vice president of subscriber business at Epocrates, said that the San Mateo, Calif.-based company known for its mobile medical reference tools, is building an EHR for small physician practices. “A significant portion of that product will be a patient portal,” Handel said. Handel also said to expect to see more integration of mobile apps into clinical systems as more people shift to tablets from traditional PCs. That’s no surprise. We have so little integration now that it really can only go up. While I’m being slightly cynical, I leave you with this thought from Google’s Dr. Roni Zeiger: #bbpBox_83635176860688385 a... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968632 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:28:22 +0100 4968632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952745&cid=t_91931_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F18%2Fsilly-saturday-40-explore-examine-discover-using-googles-search-by-image%2F This week Google launched “Search by Image”. Google already offered the possibility to search for certain characteristics like color, size, faces, or license-free images. See for instance this fabulous search of  “sea stars” limited to pink (never knew such sea stars exist). But now Google also allows search by image. If you found an image [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952745 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:48:42 +0100 4952745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934438&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FiwzPTMcTf9A%2F “Time’s Person of the Year is Mark Zuckerberg. Sorry, Julian Assange, I guess you didn’t violate enough people’s privacy.” — Stephen Colbert, Dec. 15, 2010. Yes, Facebook has issues with privacy. Just Monday, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Watchdog and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse formally asked the Federal Trade Commission to stop Facebook from launching a facial-recognition feature. Last week, European regulators said they would investigate Facebook after it came out that Facebook’s 500 million to 700 million users were automatically opted in to facial recognition. And now we hear that Microsoft is adding Facebook authentication to its HealthVault health information platform. Let me repeat: Y... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934438 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:25:56 +0100 4934438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902511&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2F25pNHaf_PnQ%2F You may have heard news of Google essentially putting its Google Health PHR platform in cold storage. Whether it’s true or not, the “untethered” PHR—one not connected to a health system’s EHR—has been a non-starter for years. I’ve been particularly critical of the undeserved attention Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault have received, when many smaller companies have been working on PHRs for much longer. The original head of the Google Health project, Adam Bosworth, left the company in 2007 under suspicious circumstances—did he quit or was fired?—prior to the way overhyped 2008 introduction of this vaporware. Bosworth has gone on to start a new company, Keas, that produces a PHR that incorporates care plans. Keas got some undeserved hype itself, in... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902511 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:11:18 +0100 4902511 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921558&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F06%2F03%2Fsocial-media-indicators%2F I’m not sure how many of you have followed the announcement of the Google 1+ button. If you haven’t seen them yet, you’ll start seeing them sprinkled all over the internet soon. I just added them to a couple of my sites including EMR and HIPAA. You can see it next to the Facebook button on the right side of each post. Feel free to click it if you’re reading a post that you like. It’s a simple action which can tell me a lot about whether people like the post or not. Of course, I’ve been using social media indicators like this for a while. For example, I’ve known the number of people who tweeted out my various posts on Twitter. I often can see how many times an article gets published on Facebook. I always love to get feedback like this that tells me ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921558 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:24:34 +0100 4921558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862664&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2Fmore-on-innovation-the-need-for-actionable-ideas%2F An excellent post on Venture Valkyrie discusses why Innovation is not enough in healthcare. The author views that “there is no doubt that innovation is necessary to respond to the challenges of our current healthcare system”  while “over-breeding of ideas that are innovative but not actionable.” It is important to consider innovation not just a good in itself, especially in healthcare where we are trying to impact personal health, as only good if it leads to real change. Some innovation will always fail, so the encouragement toward innovation should not have barriers that are too high, but realistic evaluation of these ideas, testing their viability, needs to occur. Another note on innovation comes from the site udemy, a site which enables the creation of courses. ... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862664 Thu, 26 May 2011 00:52:52 +0100 4862664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862548&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-to-take-back-control-of-your-google-searches%2F2011.05.24 Eli Pariser talks at TED about how we’re losing the internet to algorithmic gatekeepers at Google, Yahoo, Facebook and even our news sites, which tailor search results to what they think we want to see. Which is why I often start exploring my search results on page 10 instead of page 1. But what if some search results don’t even make it onto my queue? The side by side comparison of two different users’ internet search on the term “Egypt” during the crisis there is a stunning example of how computerized gatekeepers choose for us what we see (and don’t see) when we log on. You can’t have a functioning democracy if citizens don’t have a free flow of information. I encourage you to watch the entire video, and hope the big mahoffs of the internet sitting in the TED audience hea... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862548 Tue, 24 May 2011 21:00:16 +0100 4862548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853221&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fpok9CMr79cQ%2F Hello, everyone, and welcome to the working week. Another overcast day is unfolding here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we will be hosting a webinar on the injectable delivery drug market, so please join us. Meanwhile, the time has come to grab a cup of stimulation and peruse the news of the world. Hope your day goes well and stay in touch… FDA Approves Vertex Pharma Hepatitis C Drug (Reuters) Lilly Helps Create Biotech To Develop And Sell Xigris (Associated Press) How PR Tactics Skew Medical Research Presentation (The Guardian) J&J Woes Mitigated By New Drug Bets? (Bloomberg News) Lilly Chops 70 Jobs In Ireland (InPharm) Two Men Convicted Of Selling HIV Meds (NewJerseyNewsroom) Google Warned About Rogue Drug Ads (Wall Street Journal) Provenge, Medicare And Costs (CNBC... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853221 Mon, 23 May 2011 11:59:53 +0100 4853221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853216&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Ffda-doj-google-conspiracy-theory-part-2.html Last week, I suggested that the FDA’s infamous 14 warning letters sent to major pharma companies regarding violative search engine ads may have been a "shot across Googles bow," intended to force Google to halt its acceptance of ads from "illegal" online pharmacies (see "How FDA, in Cahoots with DOJ, Brought Google Down").Many people did not take my "conspiracy theory" seriously. Some pooh-poohed my suggestion that the FDA was involved. One commenter to my blog said "OMG... what a stretch...I'm sure they are laughing at you at FDA."It turns out that the FDA WAS INVOLVED in the criminal investigation of Google by the Department of Justice (DOJ).Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that "as part of the criminal investigation, undercover agents for the Food and Drug Administration contact... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853216 Sat, 21 May 2011 12:47:00 +0100 4853216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4848012&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Flost-in-health-information-maze.html 50 years ago, the major problem was that patients had too little information. All of this was locked up in medical books and journals, and this information asymmetry meant that the patient was often forced to put the doctor on a pedestal, because he had all the knowledge. Patients felt helpless because they did not know enough.Today, there's been a sea change, and patients still feel helpless - but this is because they have access to too much information - most of which is wrong, inaccurate or outdated ! Thanks to google, it's become very easy for patients to unearth thousands of pages of information on any topic - but because this information is badly organised and is not put in context, patients find it easy to get lost.It's very common to find two 2 different websites saying diametrical... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4848012 Fri, 20 May 2011 03:21:00 +0100 4848012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4848096&cid=t_91931_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F05%2F20%2Ffriday-fun-with-google-trends%2F Some years ago, Google discovered that when people are concerned about influenza, they search for flu-related information and that to some extent, search traffic is an indicator of flu activity. Google Flu Trends was born. Google Trends: bronchitisIllness is sweeping through our department this week and I have succumbed. It’s not flu but at one point, I did wonder if my symptoms were those of bronchitis. Remembering Google Flu Trends, I thought I’d try my query for “bronchitis” at Google Trends, where I saw the chart shown at right. Interesting. Clearly seasonal, peaking around the latest and earliest months of each year. Winter, for those of you in the northern hemisphere. Next: select USA and Australia as regions download the data in CSV format (I chose fixed sca... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4848096 Fri, 20 May 2011 01:55:17 +0100 4848096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841639&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fdrowning-in-too-much-health-information.html There's no question that it's important to be well informed if you are ill. Knowledge is power ( which is why you go to your doctor - he knows more about medicine than you do !)While not having enough information can result in poor care, today unearthing too much information has become a much bigger problem, thanks to google.Any one can search for any health topic on google and instantly come up with thousands of results. It's become very easy to search , but to find the relevant information is much harder. Making sense of these results is hard to do - and causes a lot of heartburn !Users get lost and confused and this often results in paralysis by analysis. In fact, after trying this a few times, many give up all together, thinking it's too complex and way above their heads and ability to... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841639 Thu, 19 May 2011 03:17:00 +0100 4841639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841671&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fcustomization-key-successful-pediatric-emr-systems As my interest in electronic medical records, especially in the pediatric realm, has grown alongside the weight and height of my young children, I did a little digging to see just how large the pediatric-specific EMR market has become. A simple Google search of “pediatrics, EMR” brought up, suffice it say, results too numerous to dive into (550,000, to be exact).   No sticky read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841671 Tue, 17 May 2011 13:38:09 +0100 4841671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841672&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fmusings-phrs-consumer-engagement The recent post on Google Health going into the deep freeze has solicited a number of emails, including some from the press. In one of those emails a reporter had spoken to several industry thought leaders to garner their opinions which follow: Consumers will not sign on to most Personal Health Platforms (PHPs) or services due to the issue of trust. - Leading researcher and developer of an open PHP. No sticky read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841672 Tue, 17 May 2011 13:12:06 +0100 4841672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841673&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fshould-we-abandon-cloud It's been a bad month for the cloud. First there was the major Amazon EC2 (Elastic Cloud) outage April 21-22 that brought down many business and websites. Some of the data was unrecoverable and transactions were lost. No sticky read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841673 Mon, 16 May 2011 13:40:07 +0100 4841673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829021&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fdoctor-google-thyself.html I found this great article , Doctor, Google thyself, on MDConsult." My patients fit into three broad categories. There are the patients who love me, there are the patients who worship me, and, unfortunately, there are the patients who hate my guts and share their feelings freely at various online “rate-the-doc”–type websites. These websites seem to be a magnet for every patient with a gripe and access to a computer."This is an article every doctor should read ! It's easy for unhappy patients to write unflattering ( and dishonest) reviews online - and this can cause serious harm to your online reputation ! (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829021 Sat, 14 May 2011 13:35:00 +0100 4829021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4821145&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fhow-fda-in-cahoots-with-doj-brought.html FDA’s Infamous 14 Warning Letters were a Ploy to Force Google into a $500M DOJ Settlement Regarding Illegal Online Pharmacy Ads“…something is happening here and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?”That’s how I’m feeling today as I try to understand what’s really behind the news about Google’s advertising policies, online pharmacies, and FDA’s 2009 warning letters to major pharmaceutical companies. If my thinking is correct, drug industry search engine ads were “collateral damage” in a war between Google and the FDA.Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google is “close to settling a U.S. criminal investigation into allegations it made hundreds of millions of dollars by accepting ads from online pharmacies that break U.S. laws” (see “Google A... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4821145 Fri, 13 May 2011 17:35:00 +0100 4821145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813388&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fwhere-does-your-hospital-website-rank.html When someone falls ill, you want them to come to your hospital for their treatment. Just like you want to be their preferred real-life destination for treatment of their medical problems, shouldn’t you want to be their online preferred destination as well ?Everyone knows that patients go online to research their medical problem and their treatment options. In fact , searches for medical problems are the second commonest reason for going online (after pornography !)However, patients will not google your hospital name. When someone has arthritis and needs knee replacement surgery, they will do a google search for knee replacement surgery. Does your hospital website feature on Page 1 ? Or are you going to lose them to your competing hospital’s website ?If they come to your website, the ch... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813388 Thu, 12 May 2011 03:16:00 +0100 4813388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813256&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsGbxfO-7udg%2F By Tad DeHavenPostal Vision 2020 is a conference scheduled for June in Arlington, VA, that will discuss the U.S. Postal Service’s long-term prospects in our increasingly digitized world. Here’s how the Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe frames the gathering: As mail volume continues to plummet and more Americans use the Internet to pay bills and keep in touch, Google executives, social media experts and some of the most passionate tech evangelists are planning to meet in Crystal City in mid-June to sort out how to save and remake the nation’s mail delivery service. That sounds like a good group for discussing ideas on how to “remake the nation’s mail delivery service” given that the USPS is the antithesis of companies like Google. Creative, innovative, entrepreneurial, and compet... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813256 Tue, 10 May 2011 21:36:26 +0100 4813256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813258&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBZvbCdFqdd0%2F By Jim HarperSenator Chuck Schumer rounds out a trifecta of bloggable moments from the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law’s hearing this morning. Ignoring the subject of the “mobile privacy” hearing, Schumer queried the witnesses from both Google and Apple on whether they will accede to his demand that they reject certain “apps” on Android phones and iPhones. The applications Senator Schumer dislikes alert people on their mobile phones to the locations of DUI checkpoints. Senator Schumer says these apps “allow drunk drivers to evade police checkpoints,” but that statement fails to include other parties who might rightly wish to avoid police checkpoints—such as law-abiding citizens who wish to live free in this count... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813258 Tue, 10 May 2011 19:23:55 +0100 4813258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813259&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FfnX39ECsn84%2F By Jim HarperAs I noted earlier, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held a hearing this morning entitled: “Protecting Mobile Privacy: Your Smartphones, Tablets, Cell Phones and Your Privacy.” In it, Sentor Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) engaged in a fascinating colloquy with Google’s Alan Davidson. Blumenthal pursued Davidson about the year-old incident in which Google’s Street View cars collected data on the location of WiFi nodes and mistakenly gathered snippets of “payload data”—that is, the data traveling over open WiFi networks in the moments when their Street View cars were passing by. Some payload data may have contained personal information including passwords. Google has meekly been working with data protect... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813259 Tue, 10 May 2011 18:36:13 +0100 4813259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794913&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fobama-osama-google-and-healthwise.html When Osama was tracked down, Obama was advised that there were two options to deal with him - a bomb attack; or a finely crafted precise surgical strike using helicopters. Obama quickly figured out that a bomb was too heavy duty to use and would cause a lot of collateral damage. Why use a hammer to kill a fly ?This is equally true when you want health information. While it's true that google indexes millions of pages and billions of kilobytes, a lot of what google crawls is just rubbish, and the results only end up distracting users; confusing them; and infuriating their doctors . Google's focus is on being comprehensive and regurgitating as many pages as it can find ( which makes sense , because they make their money by showing as many ads as possible).When you need health information, wh... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794913 Sat, 07 May 2011 03:22:00 +0100 4794913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789365&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fsearching-for-health-information-why.html It's become a knee jerk reflex for most people to use the web when they have a medical problem. They need information, and it's quite logical that the internet is the first place they turn to ( most people live in nuclear families and don't have a family physician, so they can no longer tap into the insights of their family doctor or the wisdom of their grandmother).While the web is a great source of health information, unfortunately, using google to search for information is not always a smart thing to do. This is because while google is a great search engine, it's not always good at helping you to find reliable information. Google finds lots of stuff - but a lot of it is poor quality garbage - and google is not smart enough ( yet !) to be able to separate the wheat from the chaff !For he... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789365 Thu, 05 May 2011 19:14:00 +0100 4789365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775446&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fdr-google-is-quack.html When you need information on a health topic, the first thing you are likely to do is a google search. However, you will get fed up and frustrated very soon. Rather than help you find what you need, google will display hundreds of websites, many of which provide information which is outdated, unreliable , dangerous and even downright wrong ! You will just get confused and may end up sicker, simply because google has no way of judging how good or bad a medical website is. And as Mark Twain pointed out many years ago - " Be careful when you read a health book - you may die of a misprint !"You need a better way of searching for health information as compared to google ! You need information which has been tested for its reliability and accuracy - knowledge which has been created by experts who... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775446 Mon, 02 May 2011 18:57:00 +0100 4775446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758780&cid=t_91931_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Flatest-science-news.html Crowdsourcing a clinical trial to treat ALS – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a pretty grim disease. Victims experience progressive muscle weakness, leading to death; patients survive a median of only two to five years following the onset of symptoms. Currently, there are no effective therapies. So it's not surprising that when a preliminary study shows a hint of efficacy, patients will do what they can to get access to the drug and share their experiences with fellow patients. A company called PatientsLikeMe has now used this tendency to share information to crowdsource a sort of clinical trial, obtaining data on the effectiveness of off-label use of a drug. China seizes 26 tonnes of melamine-tainted milk powder – It's the food story we hoped we'd heard t... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758780 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:00:16 +0100 4758780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747619&cid=t_91931_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FOHY-ZNVzpjs%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747619 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:47:48 +0100 4747619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4742393&cid=t_91931_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FdnxC_5R5vmI%2F Struggling to maintain a blog of this size is becoming an increasingly difficult task, and recently Google found a good reason to put us out of circulation again - MALWARE. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742393 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:26:07 +0100 4742393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747723&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Fneil%2F2011%2F04%2F21%2Fmore-unrealistic-expectations-from-the-public-this-time-involving-cds%2F Yet again, someone needs to educate the general public about healthcare in general and health IT in particular. HealthLeaders last week asked the question, “Does Decision Support Make Docs Look Dumb?” The story, apparently based on a 2007 study (not 2008, as HealthLeaders reported) in the journal Medical Decision Making, says: “Most clinicians would agree that evidence-based decision support tools have the potential to improve clinical quality. But patients’ perception of the tools—and the physicians who use them—might be yet another barrier to their adoption. The problem is twofold: Some patients are skeptical of docs who need a computer to help them make a diagnosis. And some physicians don’t want to be seen as being too reliant on technology.” We’ve... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747723 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:05:53 +0100 4747723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734095&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwill-our-healthcare-system-end-up-looking-like-an-apple-or-android-product%2F2011.04.21 The future direction of American health care is unclear.  Certainly the cost trend as it exists is unsustainable with health care costs being a major concern of the private sector, the government, and individuals.  How does the nation manage costs while ensuring high quality medical care, access, and service?  Proposals include increasing competition among insurers, providers, and hospitals to drive down prices or giving more financial responsibility to patients via higher deductibles and co-pays with the belief that they will demand price transparency, shop around for the best price, and as a result slow health care costs. What if both ideas are wrong? While it is possible these plans might work, I cannot help but notice the similarities in the challenges for patients in navigating the... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734095 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:00:00 +0100 4734095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734260&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Fbook-review-data-source-handbook%2F This new book from O’Reilly Media, written by a former Apple engineer, Pete Warden, is a catalog of code for connecting to publicly available APIs for all kinds of sites. It shows data sources by websites (whois, delicious), people by email (Amazon, FriendFeed), people by name (white pages, LinkedIn), search terms (Bing, Google), location (Google geocoding, US census), companies, IP addresses, books, films, music, products. The brief reviews and code for each source includes those which use REST/JSON, YQL and other languages. Overall the book is a very practical guide for programmers wanting to integrate public data into their websites or creating mashups. However, the book lacks any data sources related to health although many existing on the web from PubMed to ClinicalTrials.gov. ... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734260 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:53:02 +0100 4734260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4709238&cid=t_91931_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Ffive-more-science-stories-3.html Fukushima did not get any worse and is no Chernobyl? – Nothing had changed when they elevated Fukushima to the same level as Chernobyl, leaked radiation has gone down, although efforts are ongoing to cool the nuclear fuel and prevent any further radioactive material from escaping. The change simply recognises that it overall it was worse than at first thought. BUT this is still no Chernobyl. The Chemist of Life and Death – Science has always been capable of huge innovation, and frightening destruction. The life of one scientist encapsulates that tension more than any other – Fritz Haber. Milk poisoning in northwest China ‘deliberate’ – Three children who died after drinking tainted milk appear to have been the victims of deliberate poisoning, Chinese sta... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4709238 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:00:03 +0100 4709238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670200&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fimho-google-dropping-google-health-just-rumor There is a rumor out there that Google is planning on dropping Google Health, its personal health record platform. I’m going to go out on a limb here, and say it is highly unlikely the rumor is true, in my honest opinion (IMHO). And here's why.  read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670200 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:30:28 +0100 4670200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636596&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2Fsap7Qlb_Fmc%2F Recently I was woken up during the wee hours of the morning by a sharp pain in my chest. I’m not typically prone to overreaction, but that night I sat in the dark of my room and fretted. I made a mental checklist of all the heart attack symptoms I knew. Chest pain? Holy heck, yes. Arm or back pain? No. Nausea? No. Cold sweats? No. Light-headedness? No. Shortness of breath? No. Whew. I breathed a sigh of relief. But then I started to feel a little nauseous and short of breath, too. Worry officially crept in and freaked me out. Luckily, before I started chomping on aspirin and making a trip to the ER, sanity kicked worry to the curb. I took a few deep breaths, reminded myself that mere seconds before I hadn’t had those extra symptoms and it wasn’t long before they melted away. I know I... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4636596 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:00:45 +0100 4636596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4631646&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fiyxzq8Eu-jc%2F For those who debate the usefulness of creating more and more branded web sites - which, of course, are designed to promote specific pharmaceuticals - a new analysis suggests these pages do influence both existing and prospective patients to seek a prescription. Of course, how they find those branded sites can also make a difference. To wit, a branded site offered a 11.5 percent boost among people who are not currently taking a med, but go online to learn about the drug or condition and found the site by a so-called natural search. This would involve going to Google, for instance, and clicking on a listed site that is not a paid ad. The prospective customers, by the way, acted on the info at least 60 days after seeing the branded site. “This created a lift over and above what the dru... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4631646 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:38:06 +0100 4631646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615233&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fmuch-ado-about-patient-portals From Chilmark Research’s perspective, patient portals are by and large much ado about nothing. Sure, plenty of healthcare organizations (HCO) talk about patient access, engagement, satisfaction and how they wish to empower their patients. They point to their glossy patient portal and say "look at this wonderful tool we are providing for our patients." But if one digs a little deeper one finds that most patient portals suffer from numerous ills including: read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615233 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:52:08 +0100 4615233 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592369&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6l3b7Oy1uew%2F By George Scoville How can we have an "adult conversation" on the budget if the White House won't release its budget and deficit projections to the public? A new guide to India's uneven spread of economic freedom could help state-level policymakers there improve the welfare of citizens there. "When the Cato guy tells you someone is corrupting the idea of HSAs, pay attention." Despite having the bully pulpit, and despite touting opinion polls in favor of reform, the Obama administration finds it necessary to use taxpayer funds to tell Googlers what's best for them. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has doubled down on the social issues truce--Cato's John Samples talked about this on Friday on the Cato Daily Podcast: Monday Links is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: C... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592369 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:17:19 +0100 4592369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592370&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F99MBD8Yhig8%2F By David BoazI have two items published today about how governments and other tax-consumers use taxpayer dollars to lobby the government to get more taxpayer dollars. Politico Arena asks, "Will the public warm up to the health care law?" My reply: I'm amused -- at best -- that the vast United States government is using my tax dollars to try to persuade voters that the signature legislative accomplishment of the president's term is actually a good idea. Search Google for the term "Obamacare," and the first paid link is for healthcare.gov, a government propaganda site for the Affordable Care Act. They're also using Medicare.gov that way. And roping in poor old Andy Griffith for a TV ad that Factcheck.org says uses "weasel words" to "mislead" seniors. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathl... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592370 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:16:15 +0100 4592370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4566336&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FDmJ2p7BJIyA%2F Earlier today, President Obama nominated US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next US ambassador to China and former Pfizer ceo Jeff Kindler is among the names being mentioned as a possible successor, according to Bloomberg News, citing unnamed sources. The 55-year-old Kindler, you may recall, spent four years as the Pfizer ceo before unexpectedly resigning last December amid ongoing tension with some board members (see here and here). And there has long been speculation that he would next look to Washington, DC, whenever he left the drugmaker. Last July, in fact, Kindler was named by Obama as a member of a presidential advisory board devoted to increasing US exports. And the portly one had already angled to become a Democratic mover and shaker. Three years ago, for instance, he part... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4566336 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:30:45 +0100 4566336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545020&cid=t_91931_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2011%2F03%2F04%2Fgoogle-body-3d-model%2F Discovered an astonishing piece of help for med students: Google Body, a detailed 3D model of the human body. You can have a detailed look at the vascular system and heart, bones and the brain. You can add labels and zoom in, rotate the model. Learn the cranial nerves or brain structures with the help of labels on and of. You will need a Web browser that supports WebGL, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta. You can peel back anatomical layers, zoom in, click to identify anatomy, or search for muscles, organs, bones and more. You can also share the exact scene you are viewing by copying and pasting the URL.   No related posts. (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545020 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:40:37 +0100 4545020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532591&cid=t_91931_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FL0BdydgdxEc%2F One of my connections on LinkedIn asked how to share things from Google Reader on LinkedIn using the LinkedIn Answers feature. It’s one of my favorite features of LinkedIn, as instead of searching for an answer through Google, for what may or may be the right answer, you can ask the smart people you’re connected to and they can help you. Here are the step by step instructions for adding this button: In Google Reader: Go to: Settings Reader Settings Send To Click on: Create a Custom Link In the Name field, type in: LinkedIn In the URL field, copy and paste the exact URL that follows: http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=${url}&title=${title} In the Icon field, copy and paste: http://www.linkedin.com/favicon.ico If you’re more of a visual learner, there’... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532591 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:26:33 +0100 4532591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512612&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FQuxCL-HX5SA%2F If you live in the US and search Google for a prescription drug, you’re likely to be directed to the web site run by the National Library of Medicine. But Canadians will be directed to Wikipedia for generic meds or sites run by drugmakers when scouring for a brand-name treatment, according to a study published in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy (here is the abstract). Why? One reason is a partnership between Google and the National Institutes of Health, which returns NIH-sponsored drug info pages more prominently for searches in the US. The study found that US patients using Google would most often encounter NIH-sponsored pages, hosted by the National Library of Medicine, as the top result. But US residents using Bing and Yahoo, or Canadian residents using Google for searches were led... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512612 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:04:14 +0100 4512612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4498289&cid=t_91931_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Ffive-picks-from-the-science-news.html Fix your H, increase citations and get more grant money – Citations have become the currency of science, which is used to reward scientists and scientific institutions. Small variations in citation scores can make millions of pounds difference in the financial outcomes of national Research Assessments . Therefore keeping your citation record updated is of critical importance. First February Alchemist – Something for the Alchemist to get his teeth into this week with chiton dental work offering new insights for biomimetic materials. Also, this week a sight unseen with calcite crystals revealing little but their invisibility prowess. Breath tests based on determination of acetone could be useful in sports science and training as well as diabetes monitoring. There's also a pl... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4498289 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:00:07 +0100 4498289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495206&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fapp-tracking-the-flu%2F2011.02.18 As a part of the TheraFlu campaign, Novartis has developed free Android, Blackberry and iPhone applications for tracking flu outbreaks in the U.S. These days it’s become inevitable to develop free apps on all platforms in order to promote your product. From Novartis: Keep up-to-date on the most active cold and flu reports around the country. The WheresFlu™ app follows sickness incidence levels from week to week and keeps track of the current top 5 affected cities in the nation. The WheresFlu™ app will find your current location and provide you with results for that area. Or you can enter a ZIP code to get information for that area. If you’re wondering how it actually works and how it differs from Google Flu Trends, here it is: WheresFlu™ measures weekly activity for cold ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495206 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:00:39 +0100 4495206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482846&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2Fn_8NskSrwx4%2F There’s a pretty fierce battle going on right now between all the various stakeholders interested in exchanging patient data. The stakeholders range from very large companies to government initiatives to startup companies. One of the major problems that I see is that it’s not completely clear which model of patient data exchange will win out. In fact, let’s not be surprised if a number of different options take hold. With this said, I found it interesting that my favorite open source healthcare IT advocate, Fred Trotter, has chosen to get behind the Direct Project. In Fred’s post describing the challenges with the IHE-protocol HIE model approach is flawed and that the direct exchange of healthcare information is the way to go. In fact, he provides the following two ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482846 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:09:45 +0100 4482846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4478151&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=34889&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpharmamkting.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fgoogles-new-onebox-rx-ads-steal-clicks.html At last week's ePharma Summit, John Mangano, comScore's Marketing Solutions Vice President, presented data suggesting that Google's OneBox NIH Rx ads "effectively reduces organic search visitation driven to pharma sites pushing the traffic to NIH content instead" (see chart below).To illustrate the OneBox format, I did a search on Lipitor and the result is shown below (click on image for an enlarged view):Just below the paid Lipitor ad at the top is the NIH OneBox "ad," which is not really an ad because it is not a paid placement. But I'll just call it an ad because it looks like one and perhaps Google users may think it's an ad.When the OneBox "ad" format was introduced in June, I asked "Will these NIH ads compete with drug company's paid search drug ads, not to mention natural search res... Pharma Marketing Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4478151 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:52:00 +0100 4478151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455252&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8cho0RTmMwM%2F By David Boaz"Google is under siege in Washington like never before," Politico reports. In an interview with POLITICO, a Google spokesman argued that a cabal of antitrust lawyers, lobbyists and public relations firms is conspiring against the Internet search giant. The mastermind? Google says it’s Microsoft. Maybe it’s irony, or maybe it’s payback. In the 1990s, Microsoft was the tech industry wunderkind that got too big for its britches — and Google CEO Eric Schmidt, then an executive at Sun Microsystems and later Novell, helped knock the software titan down a peg by providing evidence in the government’s antitrust case against it. . . . But there are also increasing calls from some Silicon Valley competitors and Washington-based public interest groups for the Justice Departm... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455252 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:57:00 +0100 4455252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436800&cid=t_91931_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F24054555%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EIts-Super-Bowl-Brain-Scan-Time.htm Lots of people look forward to the Super Bowl. While most eagerly anticipate the on-field action, a significant portion of the game’s TV viewers pay more attention to the ads. (If you are reading this, you are likely one of the latter!) Then, there’s the smaller set of neuromarketing-types that want to see how viewers’ [...] Comments[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Timothy (Tim) ... by Tweets that mention It’s Super Bowl Brain Scan Time! | Neuromarketing -- Topsy.comRelated StoriesBrain Movies: Top 5 Super Bowl AdsThe Power of TextUniversity Neuromarketing Lab Opens (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436800 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:59:10 +0100 4436800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389295&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F24%2Fgoogle-translate-conversation-mode%2F If you have ever had language problems with patients or collegues, you will find the Conversation Mode Beta of Google Translate amazing.   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389295 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:13:05 +0100 4389295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4349697&cid=t_91931_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fnk6szfZDL1c%2F Without doubt, the JP Morgan Health Care Conference is the most significant event of its kind: a conference that attracts thousands of investors and execs over four days at what becomes a very cramped Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco. For those unfamiliar with the routine, the program is simple: each of 300-plus companies gets a 30-minute speaking slot, followed by a 30-minute “breakout” Q&A session. The real action, though, takes places at countless behind-the-scenes meetings, parties and private dinners. We asked Brian Reid, a public relations counselor at WCG, who we have known since his days as a journalist, to provide a little color*… “Relatively little news gets broken at this conference. Instead, companies made announcements at the end of last w... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4349697 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:59:49 +0100 4349697 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4343097&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fgoogle-ceo-eric-schmidt-on-healthcare.html At the Jan. 11, 2011 WSJ health blog, in an article entitled "JP Morgan Healthcare: Google’s Schmidt on Open Source and Health IT", Google CEO Eric Schmidt is cited as saying:... One solution to the problem may be to take the electronic-medical record architecture out of the hands of the corporate world, suggested Google CEO Eric Schmidt at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference last night. “If I were not doing what I’m doing and I wanted to do something in health care … I would go to all of the research universities and would try to figure out where the best, interesting IT software is that can be open-sourced,” he said at a health-IT panel discussion. “My guess is that a platform like that would be remarkably different from the platforms that we are using today,” he said. Firs... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4343097 Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:14:00 +0100 4343097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4330995&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FzSsVgh--nzU%2F By Julian SanchezThis weekend, we learned that the U.S. government last month demanded records associated with the Twitter accounts of several supporters of WikiLeaks—including American citizens and an elected member of Iceland’s parliament. As the New York Times observes, the only remarkable thing about the government’s request is that we’re learning about it, thanks to efforts by Twitter’s legal team to have the order unsealed. It seems a virtual certainty that companies like Facebook and Google have received similar demands. Most news reports are misleadingly describing the order [PDF] as a “subpoena” when in actuality it’s a judicially-authorized order under 18 U.S.C §2703(d), colloquially known (to electronic surveillance geeks) as a &#8220... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4330995 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:01:46 +0100 4330995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302980&cid=t_91931_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F02%2Fagony-aunt-edition-twenty-one-its-been-a-while%2F It’s been so long since I’ve actually bothered to complain to the Internet at large about the cretins that google continues to insist that I am best positioned to help with their eternal queries with regards to very private (and often more than a little ridiculous) matters that I almost think I need to reintroduce Agony Aunt to you all. Hi, this column is known as Agony Aunt and as a newfound twenty one-er Agony Aunt would like to point out that she can get literally AND figuratively pissed in just about any jurisdiction you care to choose. Bring it, Google. I’m ready. ….and so it begins again. I decide that I cannot let Goog.le proclaim me the font of all knowledge with regard to ‘geriatric backboarding’ and the Giant Bathing Suit with Frills On The A... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302980 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 02:38:49 +0100 4302980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304958&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D3427 What a year it has been. I was reading the excellent capsule summary at PreCentral on what has happened to Palm and webOS in 2010. I have had first hand experience with webOS for over a year now and continue to be impressed with what Palm (now HP Palm) has achieved with this new mobile OS. We can expect new hardware (tablets and smartphones) from HP Palm in 2011 but how will these stack against the army of devices from Android and what Apple has in store with the iPhone (Verizon launch and the iPhone 5?) ?. My own mobile journey has taken me from PalmOS (devices like the Palm Pilot Professional, IIIx, Tungsten series, Treo smartphones), Windows Mobile (Treo Pro, Dell Axim X50v), iOS (iPod Touch, iPad) and more recently Android (I got a HTC Desire to get a taste of Android). I briefly had a... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304958 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4304958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302175&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2010%2F12%2F31%2Fyear-in-review-books-of-2010%2F Following Kent Bottle’s lead in influential books in 2010, I decided to compose my own list: Chasing Medical Miracles The Promise and Perils of Clinical Trials. Tells it like it is – to be a participant in a clinical trial. Googled-The End of the World as We Know It – somewhat disappointing in that it discussed the advertising side of the business and less about the history of its technical evolution. DIYU: Epunks, Edupeneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. This book was recommended by a speaker at the J. Boye conference in Philadelphia. Questions the future viability of universities as they are undermined by Web 2.0 technology. Leading Geeks – Required reading for anyone who manages geeks, especially programmers. Helpful for anyone to understand... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302175 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:05:31 +0100 4302175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294779&cid=t_91931_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=4309870&cid=t_91931_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FInsidePaTraining%2F%7E3%2FO03SVUnNLmE%2Fthe-secret-to-acing-any-interview-not-just-for-pa-students If I'm being honest, I didn't plan for very long before I applied to PA school. But by the time I interviewed, I had become something of a prodigy on the field. Not medically, of course, but on the PA profession as a whole. I've written articles on the application process, interviews, and the other aspects of getting in to PA school, and I've made much out of the need to show up prepared. But how?Visit us at Inside PA Training - Becoming A Physician Assistant (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309870 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:37:57 +0100 4309870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281561&cid=t_91931_175_f&fid=39258&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmypatraining.com%2F2010%2F12%2F21%2Fthe-secret-to-acing-any-interview-not-just-for-pa-students%2F If I'm being honest, I didn't plan for very long before I applied to PA school. But by the time I interviewed, I had become something of a prodigy on the field. Not medically, of course, but on the PA profession as a whole. I've written articles on the application process, interviews, and the other aspects of getting in to PA school, and I've made much out of the need to show up prepared. But how? (Source: Palpating the Field) Palpating the Field blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281561 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:37:57 +0100 4281561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272288&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-google-body-browser%2F2010.12.19 Google has released an awesome in-browser anatomy viewer to demo the new 3D graphics capabilities of their Chrome development version. It lets you explore the human body in all its glory in a Google Earth-like fashion. Individual anatomic layers (skin, muscles, bones, etc.) can be selected or deselected for viewing, but can also be made semi-transparent on an individual level. Labels can be displayed, and all anatomy is fully searchable. The catch is you will need a WebGL enabled browser to try it. WebGL is a technique that enables 3D graphics within the browser without the use of plugins. Chrome 9 Dev Channel, Chrome Canary Build and Firefox 4 beta have this enabled by default. In Chrome 8 (the current stable version), you can enable it by going to about:flags (type it in the address bar)... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272288 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:00:54 +0100 4272288 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265963&cid=t_91931_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareBlogLaw%2F%7E3%2FMUykWiIiaLA%2Fbody-browser-think-google-earth-for.html Yesterday Google released Body Browser. Think Google Earth for human anatomy.Body Browser is described as a 3-dimensional multi-layered anatomical model of the human body that you can rotate, zoom in on, and search. More information about Body Browser is available in Google Labs.Great to see Google developing this new tool that should be useful for educators, physicians, and others in the health care field. I can't wait to show this new tool to my kids.Thanks to Brian Klepper over at Care and Cost for blogging about this new Google health tool.Very cool! (Source: Health Care Law Blog) Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265963 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:04:44 +0100 4265963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4259012&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=39280&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMarkHawker%2F%7E3%2F9Lg4Y6r6QRA%2F2303282102 TeachParentsTech. Select from more than 50 basic how-to videos to send to mum, dad, your neighbour, or anyone else who could use a little help with tech. tasks. (Source: Mark My Words 2.1) Mark My Words 2.1 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4259012 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:04:00 +0100 4259012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4220386&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-google-story-and-medical-search-engines%2F The 9th week of the world’s first university accredited course focusing on medicine and social media was dedicated to the Google story and medical search engines. First slideshow: The Google phenomenon The first Google search engine in 1998 The founders, the basic concept, the workplace, the challange search engines face Definition of SEO and pagerank Presenting the best Google applications: News, Groups, Docs, GMail, Images, Google Ads, Scholar, Talk, Youtube, Google Earth, Maps, Calendar, Trends (Flu Trends), Reader, Alerts, Translate, Google Fight Also some of the dead ones: Google Lively and Knol Google Demo Slam: Talking about 23andme and how our genomic profiles will affect the future of healthcare Take-home message: Google can make our lives easier. The question is how c... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4220386 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:25:19 +0100 4220386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152095&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F10%2Fgoogle-demo-slam%2F Google came up with something innovative again! They asked users to create videos in which they demonstrate the real power of Google apps and tools. And they do this through a competition. My favourite video is the one in which two US girls use Google Translate to order Indian food. I’m wondering how people would show the real power of Webicina.com.   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152095 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:13:13 +0100 4152095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098297&cid=t_91931_132_f&fid=35021&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FYourBonesGotALittleMachine%2F%7E3%2FbkGkw1Rbhl0%2F Recently I developed a simple mobile interface to the Registry of Standard Biological Parts – the database that is currently the focal point for parts-based synthetic biology. I’ve called this mobile interface mPartsRegistry and I thought it would be worth outlining it’s features and sharing some notes about the project, in case someone else finds it useful. mPartsRegistry is a simple interface to the Registry of Standard Biological Parts aimed at mobile smartphone browsers. It’s powered by the Parts Registry API, which provides a simple RESTful interface to key metadata about parts in the database. It features: . A simple interface tailored for mobile WebKit browsers (Android browser, mobile Safari, probably others). Web-based, zero-installation required. . Basic... Your bones got a little machine. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098297 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:37:47 +0100 4098297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4097903&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaM2-zw01nAY%2F By Daniel J. MitchellThere’s been considerable attention to the news that the IRS only managed to grab 2.4 percent of Google’s overseas income. As this Bloomberg article indicates, many statists act as if this is a scandal (including a morally bankrupt quote from a Baruch College professor who thinks a company’s lawful efforts to lower its tax liability is “evil” and akin to robbing citizens). Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda. Google’s income shifting — involving strategies known to lawyers as the “Double Irish” and the “Dutch Sandwich” — helped reduce its overseas tax rate to 2.4 percent, the lowest of... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4097903 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:14:27 +0100 4097903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082134&cid=t_91931_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F19%2Fwhat-research-can-you-believe%2F There’s a fascinating article in the Nov. 2010 issue of The Atlantic by David H. Freedman that examines the world of medical research and that suggests much of our empirical, research-based knowledge may be flawed. Anyone who reads World of Psychology regularly already knows about the problems in a lot of industry-funded studies. But this article suggests that the problems with peer-reviewed research go far deeper than simple for-profit bias. Scientists are biased in many, many ways (not just for monetary gain). And this bias inevitably shows up in the work they perform — scientific research. This is not a new drum to beat for me — I’ve talked about researcher bias in 2007 and how researchers design studies to find specific results (this example involved researchers... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082134 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:30:10 +0100 4082134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4073978&cid=t_91931_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F15%2Fmedical-information-matters-2-8-is-up%2F The new edition of Medical Information Matters (formerly Medlibs round) is up at Danielhooker.com. The main theme is “Programs in libraries or medical education”. Besides two posts from this blog (A Filter for Finding Animal Studies in PubMed” and more on the topic: An Educator by Chance) the following topics are included: a new MeSH (inclusion under [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4073978 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:00:05 +0100 4073978 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055714&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmobile-health-joy-or-dismay%2F2010.10.11 Last month, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) issued a report, Healthcare Unwired, examining the market for mobile health monitoring devices, reminder services, etc. among both healthcare providers and the general public. One of the big take-away points seems to be that 40% of the general public would be willing to pay for mobile health (or “mHealth”) devices or services ranging from reminders to data uploads — and the reaction by insiders is either joy (40% is good) or dismay (40% is not enough). PwC estimated the mHealth market to be worth somewhere between $7.7 billion and $43 billion per year, based on consumers’ expressed willingness to pay. Deloitte recently issued a report on mPHRs, as well — and there is tremendous interest in this space, as discussed in J... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4055714 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:00:27 +0100 4055714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4053427&cid=t_91931_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F09%2Fbiostar-users-of-the-world-unite%2F Egon writes: Can someone please plot the BioStar users on a Google Map? Sounds like a challenge. Let’s go. 1. Harvesting user IP addresses BioStar user profiles (here’s mine) include a location field. It’s free text and optional, which means that location is missing or inaccurate for many users. However, if you’re logged into BioStar (and perhaps, if you’re a moderator – I’m not sure), you’ll see a field that says: Last activity: 4 hours ago from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX where “XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX” is either an IP address or, for your own page, the text “this IP address” (assuming your latest activity was from your current machine). IP addresses can be used for geolocation – we’ll see how shortly. The problem is th... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4053427 Sat, 09 Oct 2010 07:04:46 +0100 4053427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4027142&cid=t_91931_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=4027157&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fever-google-your-doctor%25e2%2580%2599s-name%2F2010.10.03 Andrew takes you behind the scenes of what health information people are searching for online, and how we know: Popular Health Search: Your Doctor’s Name from Patient Power® on Vimeo. *This blog post was originally published at Andrew's Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4027157 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:00:01 +0100 4027157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994195&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F09%2F23%2Fhealth-2-0-news-astronauts-google-health-and-mhealth%2F Popularity can come at a price: getting flu first It turns out that this person is probably more popular than you, a tendency that scientists might be able to use to predict the spread of disease. Pharma, Facebook, and Inappropriate Ads A Google Health update Are Doctors Socially Lazy? I did an experiment recently.  I emailed a half dozen of my colleagues and asked them to peek at a recent controversial 33 charts post and then offer their comments below the post.  Not one did.  However four emailed their thoughts – passionate, insightful stuff.  When I asked why they wouldn’t formally comment they demurred.  They expressed a mishmash of concerns over their privacy and ‘being seen’. 5 Ways To Be The Lady Gaga Of Science Media Astronauts’ fingernails fall off ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994195 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:15:49 +0100 3994195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3976557&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fgoogle-hits-reset-button-google-health Google Health has seemingly been stuck in neutral almost from the start. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3976557 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:58:28 +0100 3976557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3972975&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2010%2F09%2F15%2Fgoogle-health-new-features-fit-and-trim%2F Today Google Health launched a major update. Many of the features were part of the demo at HIMSS 2010 include the flexible graph feature for lab results. As with the previous version, editing information is easy and intuitive. In viewing individual lab results, a definition is in the right column along with news and articles from Google Scholar – contextual information.  Usability research was an important aspect of the updates which included adding new features: “Dedicated wellness tracking including pre-built and custom trackers Efficient manual data entry as well as automatic data collection through devices A customizable summary dashboard of wellness and other health topics Goal setting and progress tracking using interactive charts Personalized pages for each topic with ... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3972975 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:04:25 +0100 3972975 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3973135&cid=t_91931_180_f&fid=38607&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fsuccessbeginstoday%2FBHWQ%2F%7E3%2FFuGwOPV0UkM%2F Is Twitter just noise? Have you given up on this personal communication tool? Are you tweeted out? That’s the way I feel sometimes when I look at my Twitter stream. There are Friend Fridays, massive re-tweets of popular quotations, and endless tweets about Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and on and on and on. Is there anything useful taking place here? Under the surface, I think there is. People are actually communicating, but it takes some tools to sift through the rubble to pull out the gems. Here are three quick tips to make life easier on this high speed data stream. 1. Give Your Twitter Homepage a Facelift. If you are still using a stock Twitter background, you may find that your followers won’t give you the time of day. Here is a quick ten minute solution. Fire up Powerpoint and creat... Success Begins Today blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3973135 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:37:53 +0100 3973135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3958018&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F09%2F10%2Fa-periodic-table-of-google-elements%2F The new semester of my Internet in Medicine university elective course for medical students is coming soon, so I’ve already started looking for new materials and updates about the topics I cover. There is a presentation about Google in the 9th week and I just found this periodic table of Google elements. So far, I’ve been using the periodic table of collaboration. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3958018 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:47:59 +0100 3958018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946563&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Ffeds-set-example-data-portability The Personal Health Record (PHR) market is fraught with challenges.  First there is the issue of getting personal health information (PHI), which is most often not in a common digital, computable format such as a CCD or CCR-based file. Even when PHI is in a common data standard, such as administrative data (claims data), that data can be fraught with errors that would confuse even the wisest and most knowledgeable of patients. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946563 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:13:36 +0100 3946563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965428&cid=t_91931_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F1Bp9qmiX4Zc%2F Life in the Fast Lane is proud (if a little surprised) to celebrate it's second blogiversary this week! (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965428 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:01:15 +0100 3965428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3935821&cid=t_91931_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fperiodic-table-of-google-elements.html This Periodic Table has even less to do with chemistry than my PT of science bloggers. Regardless, it’s still worth a mention, just because it hints at chemistry however indirectly. More periodicity A Periodic Table of Google Elements Using the Periodic Table Blogging the Periodic Table: Rare earths Related Posts:Real chemistry at the periodic table partyPeriodic Table of Science BloggersParty tricks for scientistsYou Are a MonkeyK Barry Sharpless LivePeriodic Table of Google Elements is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog (Source: Sciencebase Science Blog) Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3935821 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:00:46 +0100 3935821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3913114&cid=t_91931_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F28%2Fsilly-saturday-32-do-you-know-whos-watching-you%2F Curious to know “who is watching you” then watch the infographic* made by Wordstream.com (a marketing company). A previous post already addressed privacy problems with Facebook (also showing infographics).  Here is also described how you can reclaim your privacy using a simple bookmarklet. * At Wordstream I could only find this infographic, which is part of the infographic shown above. The entire [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3913114 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:00:14 +0100 3913114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907589&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fn2zmGKPmp08%2F By Jim HarperThe Washington Post editorializes this morning on the “Google-Verizon” proposal for government regulation of the Internet: For more than a decade, “net neutrality” — a commitment not to discriminate in the transmission of Internet content — has been a rule tacitly understood by Internet users and providers alike. But in April, a court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission has no regulatory authority over Internet service providers. For many, this put the status quo in jeopardy. Without the threat of enforcement, might service providers start shaping the flow of traffic in ways that threaten the online meritocracy, in which new and established Web sites are equally accessible and sites rise or fall on the basis of their ability to ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907589 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:42:22 +0100 3907589 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889156&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fgoogles-window-healthcare-it-market One of the major goals of the federal government's push for nationwide electronic medical record adoption is to create an information network where "health data can flow freely, privately, and securely to the places where they are needed." So far, this is proving to be a challenge for the nation's hospitals and doctors. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889156 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:57:23 +0100 3889156 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880825&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQNUAe3pc8aA%2F Google and Verizon’s proposed framework for net neutrality regulation has provoked cries of protest from advocates of aggressive regulation at places like Free Press and Public Knowledge. Some of the loudest objections have concerned the distinction between the “public Internet,” which (at least for wireline broadband) would be subject to neutrality requirements, and vaguely defined “differentiated” or “managed” services—presumably things like IPTV or digital telephone service—which would not. This, according to the pro-regulation camp, would amount to a massive loophole that defeats the purpose of imposing neutrality rules. As Public Knowledge writes in their press release: Thus, it is conceivable under the agreement that a network provider co... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880825 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:39:39 +0100 3880825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3865222&cid=t_91931_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F13%2Ffriday-foolery-31-waving-goodbye-or-not%2F WHEN THE SHIP SANK… (it was August 4th,  I remember I was at home multitasking (twittering, blogging, mailing, scratching my back, playing patience, humming a tune and looking out of the window) WHEN.. THE REASON BEHIND IT WHAT’s NEXT? HERE AT WORDSTREAM THEY THINK THE SAME. THE GOOGLE FLOPS & FAILURE GRAVEYARD IS EXTENDING (HT: [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3865222 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:57:13 +0100 3865222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3865322&cid=t_91931_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F08%2F13%2F10-gmail-tricks-you-might-not-know-video%2F Most bloggers are gmail lovers. In this video 10 very clever tricks, some of you might know them already but for those low on the nerd scale, enjoy Related posts:Google Apps Tricks Top 10 pdf tricks 14 Tips and Tricks for doctors when meeting the press (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3865322 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:42:09 +0100 3865322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854677&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F08%2F10%2Fwikiproject-medicine-google%2F I just joined an initiative on Wikipedia which features Google and the medical editors on Wikipedia. WikiProject Medicine editors and Google reviewers work together on articles within Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine. Initiated at Google.org and then announced at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#Announcement to WikiProject Medicine community prior to trial editorial review, this collaboration is intended as an exploration of active cooperation between professional medical editors and wikipedians to further improve the quality of articles. Work began with the identification of a short list of articles for review, selected as a cross-section of medicine-related topics. Each article on the list now has an assessed “Class” and “Importance”, harvested from its talk-page... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854677 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:39:28 +0100 3854677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876753&cid=t_91931_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F08%2F08%2Fgoogle-wave-and-phr%2F In this Sunday’s HUH? news we have a report by Healthcare IT news that Google may be considering using their Google Wave technology for EHR. Of course, I think the writer at Healthcare IT news must have had a deadline or something since the paper written by Google engineers Shirley Gaw and Umesh Shankar about representing “Individual Health Records” that are aggregating from “multiple sources” which sounds a lot more like a PHR to me than an EHR That minor verbiage aside, it’s hard for me to imagine Google Wave used as a PHR or an EHR. Ok, I get the idea that it would be interesting to see all the clinical data elements added to a patients history in real time (basically what Google Wave does). This is an innovation that is needed. I just think that re-a... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876753 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:40:03 +0100 3876753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3833414&cid=t_91931_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F08%2Fkaleidoscope-2-2010-wk-31%2F Almost a year ago I started a new series Kaleidoscope, with a “kaleidoscope” of facts, findings, views and news gathered over the last 1-2 weeks. It never got beyond the first edition. Perhaps the introduction of this Kaleidoscope was to overwhelming & dazzling: lets say it was very rich in content. Or as Andrew Spong tweeted: “Part cornucopia, [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3833414 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:46:33 +0100 3833414 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3833454&cid=t_91931_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F07%2Freal-mental-health-is-healthyplace%2F Who runs Real Mental Health? Who owns Healthy Place.com? Are they one and the same? These are interesting questions to ask, because you can’t find such information on their websites. What makes it even more interesting is what recently happened to the Real Mental Health website that demonstrates a behind-the-scenes connection between these two sites — a connection not acknowledged anywhere on either site. Real Mental Health is a small mental health community built upon a third-party social networking suite of tools. The website used to reside at realmentalhealth.com. But at the end of May, the site suddenly went away without notice to its members. That’s when the intrigue began. It came back a week later at a different URL (realmentalhealthsite.com), with little explana... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3833454 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:56:00 +0100 3833454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831509&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F08%2F06%2Flets-find-out-if-google-is-watching-you%2F When you’re browsing the web and personal information is being sent to Google servers, it means some kind of a risk for you. How can you find out when it’s happening? Google Alarm that works with Firefox and Chrome, will let you know now. So how does the plugin work? “[It] inspects each page you visit for Google-related URLs: googleanalytics.com/ga.js for Google Analytics, doubleclick.net/googlesyndication.com URLs for AdSense, youtube.com/v/ for YouTube embeds, and many more,” Wilkinson says. “Each service triggers an individual visual and audible alert to help you become more aware of when you’re transmitting data to Google.” If you’re into the idea, the source code is currently open, and Wilkinsen welcomes suggestions. Check out the video below for more info: ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831509 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:28:44 +0100 3831509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3822886&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F192879%2F Do the Unemployed Care Less About the Environment? A new paper reveals that an increase in a state’s unemployment rate decreases Google searches for “global warming.” (via Grist) Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3822886 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:40:20 +0100 3822886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816384&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtwSm1Pj2YqA%2F By Jim HarperThe Wall Street Journal has stirred up a discussion of online privacy with its “What They Know” series of reports. These reports reveal again the existence and some workings of the information economy behind the Internet and World Wide Web. (All that content didn’t put itself there, y’know!) The discussion centers around “tracking” of web users, particularly through the use of “cookies.” Cookies are little text files that web sites offer your browser when you visit. If your browser accepts the cookie, it will share the content of the text file back with that domain when you visit it a second time. Often cookies have distinct strings of characters in them, so the site can recognize you. Sites use cookies to customize your experie... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816384 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:49:09 +0100 3816384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4018281&cid=t_91931_118_f&fid=39279&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Ffoxepractice%2F%7E3%2FnGbk-Egk1Yc%2F This study compared different online advertising campaigns, and while the average enrollment rate of 9.1% exceeds most traditional offline recruitment approaches, Google Adwords stood out with the only double digit result (16%) among online methods. Find out more about how Google Adwords  can link your healthcare services to patientsin your community? Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Digg this! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on del.icio.us Subscribe to the comments for this post? (Source: Fox ePractice) Fox ePractice blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018281 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:18:47 +0100 4018281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794942&cid=t_91931_125_f&fid=34820&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dentalblogs.com%2Farchives%2Fadministrator-2%2Ffree-google-tools-for-dentists%2F Google offers some pretty cool FREE tools that you may want to get on board with, primarily Google Local and Google Alerts. Google Local (Google Maps or Google Places) This little tool will get your business on the map. The Google Map. If you don’t claim your listing, someone else may. And there’s nothing you can do about it! Google takes precautions to prevent this, but your best bet is to claim your listing now. It just takes a minute. Go to http://local.google.com. In the left sidebar, you’ll see a hyperlink that says “Put your business on Google Maps.” Click it! If you don’t have a Google account, go ahead and set one up. If you do have an account, simply choose Google Places from your main Google Accounts page. Then just follow the instructions to get your business listed.... dental blog for dentists about dentistry blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794942 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:55:43 +0100 3794942 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3763054&cid=t_91931_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F17%2Fam-i-alone-out-here-does-anyone-read-my-blog%2F Sometimes I wonder why I do this? When I look at my analytics and dont see sizeable numbers reading my blogs … Are you in the same position? Well, there are thousands of blogs in the search results leaving us to really have to think outside of the box – not only to get visitors to your site but also to have them create some sort of action once they get there. This is my solution :: Here are 6 basic blog marketing ideas that I think simply go hand in hand right now in making a blog successful in any niche. Forget Free Blogs If you are getting serious about turning your blog into something more than a hobby you are going to need to move beyond the free blogging platforms. Blogger, WordPress, etc. are not going to make the cut if you want to turn your blog into a business endeavou... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3763054 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:49:33 +0100 3763054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3758091&cid=t_91931_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F15%2Fgoogles-advise-on-link-building-efforts%2F Last month the Google Webmaster blog had an informative post  on what constitutes a “valuable” link and what you can do to get those links. Read this post to learn the best and worst ways to build your links, directly from the horses mouth :: Best Strategies :: • Become an expert in your field and get involved in online communities. Contribute to blogs  but don’t spam with shameless self  promotion for your blog. Quality links come through the relationships formed in the communities, not the comments themselves. • Publish helpful, interesting content. This could range from a tutorial to a video or tool. Original research or polls attract quality links. • For an immediate traffic bump, try out some humour. Funny content gets picked up by social media and can attra... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3758091 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:14:36 +0100 3758091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753984&cid=t_91931_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F07%2F14%2Fhealth-2-0-news-palatometer-telescopic-eye-and-google-voice%2F A Closer Look at The CompleteSpeech Palatometer Searchdocs.net : Social documents search engine MedLibs Round 2.6: Jacqueline at Laikas MedLibLog just published a new blog carnival entry featuring several Scienceroll posts as well. Telescopic eye implant approved by the FDA: It might help elderly people dealing with macular degeneration. Augmented reality taken to the extreme Google Voice – Users Want a Desktop Application, Started A Petition – Tool for Doctors As Messages Get Free Transcription Services and Easy Texting Capabilities Improved Quality At Kaiser Permanente Through E-Mail Between Physicians And Patients The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act identified secure patient-physician e-mail messaging as an objective of the meaningful use of ele... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753984 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:23:35 +0100 3753984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750121&cid=t_91931_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fhow-technology-helps-doctors-save-time.html This is a guest post from Aditya Patkar, Marketing Director, Plus91.Doctors need to incorporate technology in their daily life to increase their efficiency. Let’s look at how Dr. Thakkar can use everyday easily available off-the-shelf inexpensive technology intelligently, to help him become more productive. .1. A website and and Email Id2. A smart Mobile Phone3. A pen drive4. A laptop or PC with Internet5. An EMR solution1. Website and Email Id:a. Dr Thakkar’s contact Information with a google map is readily available , so that his staff does not have to waste time giving directions to patients as to how to reach the clinic !b. Important patient information captured on the website: Dr. Thakkar likes each patient to fill in a comprehensive form before he sees them. In the past, pat... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750121 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:47:00 +0100 3750121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750024&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fopen-spot-app-parking-made-less-annoying-by-google%2F Nothing pisses us off more than wasting 30 minutes looking for a parking spot, and wasting another 30 just trying to calm down from the maddening stress of circling city blocks in traffic. So even for those of us who feel like we couldn’t possibly find more room in our lives for apps and gadgets, Google’s new Open Spot app inspired us to find an open spot on our phones. The app allows users to log in and indicate when they’ve left a parking spot, so that other users can see when it’s free. The app awards karma points to users to encourage logging in when you leave a spot open; we hope enough users catch on that this thing works. For now, the app is available for phones running Android 2.0 or higher, and works in the U.S., Canada, and the Netherlands (Maybe this was ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750024 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:50:17 +0100 3750024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740588&cid=t_91931_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0qu4dzOffo4%2F By Jim HarperWhen I know I’m going to write something more technical and detailed, I generally switch over to writing on the TechLiberationFront blog, which has a lovable propeller-head audience (and authors).  If you don’t mind wading through semi-technical talk of radio waves and encryption, you might enjoy the TLF post, “Consumer Watchdog Gets Creepy With Congress Trying to Make its ‘WiSpying’ Case.” In its misleading and over-the-top effort to highlight corporate wrongdoing, Consumer Watchdog—a California corporation that reported over $3 million in 2008 revenue—arguably did more to invade privacy than the object of its attack. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740588 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:33:34 +0100 3740588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3723445&cid=t_91931_167_f&fid=38271&url=http%3A%2F%2Frebeccascritchfield.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F03%2Fbalancing-health-with-being-a-chef-an-interview-with-chef-charlie%25c2%25a0ayers%2F I scored an interview with Chef Charlie Ayers of Calafia. Find out what he thinks about cooking healthy and eating delicious food. 1. As a restaurant chef, what is essential for creating healthier menu options?  Whether it is swapping out butter for a healthier oil, or lower fat dairy, etc., how do you keep high-taste in tact while still offering healthful options? C.A: It is important to give your guests compelling flavor profiles, so that they are satisfied and not missing the added fats that are normally associated with restaurant foods.  We tend to use a lot of ingredients that are versatile and can be either applied to Latin American or Asian cuisines.   We make all of our own dressings, our ketchup is made in house with no high fructose corn syrup, and instead use an organic brow... Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3723445 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:03:40 +0100 3723445