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 'information science'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872094&cid=t_105109_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-medical-blogs-may-be-more-reliable%2F2011.05.26 Last week Aaron Sorkin wrote for The Atlantic a piece in which he details his daily news feed, in What I Read. He’s not into blogs: When I read the Times or The Wall Street Journal, I know those reporters had to have cleared a very high bar to get the jobs they have. When I read a blog piece from “BobsThoughts.com,” Bob could be the most qualified guy in the world but I have no way of knowing that because all he had to do to get his job was set up a website–something my 10-year-old daughter has been doing for 3 years. When The Times or The Journal get it wrong they have a lot of people to answer to. When Bob gets it wrong there are no immediate consequences for Bob except his wrong information is in the water supply now so there are consequences for us. PZ Meyers, whose tagline f... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872094 Thu, 26 May 2011 21:00:02 +0100 4872094 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704585&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F04%2F12%2Fnational-library-week%2F It is National Library Week! Did you know that? To be honest I didn’t. Today, Tuesday, is even National Library Workers Day — a time to thank librarians and the rest of the library staff (LA-Times). I didn’t know that either, until I received a tweet from @doc_emer which was retweeted by doctor_V (see Fig). [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704585 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:04:40 +0100 4704585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704588&cid=t_105109_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Ffool-computer-bigger-fool.html As a blogger, I often receive obviously machine-generated spam generously offering to allow me to post links to the wisdom of others.Some of the time, the "wisdom of others" is related to medicine.Often it is not. It is often just bizarre.Examples:From: Kristen McneillSent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:39 PMSubject: Ham radio resource suggestion for www.ischool.drexel.eduHi!My name is Kristen McNeill, I am a high school teacher, and I have been using your page: http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/faculty/ssilverstein/biography.htm in my class for a while now, I hope you don't mind, it is a wonderful resource and has a lot of great information on it!I also wanted to let you know of a nice resource on ham radios one of my students stumbled across: [I redacted a link about dating ham radio operators ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704588 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:45:00 +0100 4704588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4472939&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F13%2Finternet-sources-blog-posts-in-a-reference-list-yes-or-no%2F A Dutch librarian asked me to join a blog carnival of Dutch Librarians. This carnival differs from medical blog carnivals (like the Grand Rounds and “Medical Information Matters“) in its approach. There is one specific topic which is discussed at individual blogs and summarized by the host in his carnival post. The current topic is [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4472939 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:10:55 +0100 4472939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139189&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F06%2Fmedical-information-matters-call-for-submissions%2F I would like to remind you that it is almost the first Saturday of the Month and thus submission time for Medical Information Matters, the former MedLibs round. Medical Information Matters is a monthly compilation of the “best blog post in the field of medical information”, hosted by a different blogger each time. The blogger [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139189 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:53:18 +0100 4139189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036590&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F06%2Fhow-will-we-ever-keep-up-with-75-trials-and-11-systematic-reviews-a-day%2F An interesting paper was published in PLOS Medicine [1]. As an information specialist and working part time for the Cochrane Collaboration* (see below), this topic is close to my heart. The paper, published in PLOS Medicine is written by Hilda Bastian and two of my favorite EBM devotees ànd critics, Paul Glasziou and Iain Chalmers. Their article gives [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036590 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:45:04 +0100 4036590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013102&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F30%2Fmay-i-introduce-to-you-a-new-name-for-the-medlibs-round%2F A couple of weeks or even months ago I asked you to vote for a new name for the MedLibs Round, a blog carnival about medical information. The decision was clear. Hurray! And the winner is…… Drumroll…. Medical Information Matters! ………………… I’m very pleased with the results because the name reflects that the blog carnival is [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013102 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:00:10 +0100 4013102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3437659&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F04%2Fthe-university-library-uba-goes-mobile%2F Our Medical Library at the AMC hospital is one of main (autonomous) libraries of the UBA, the University Library of the University of Amsterdam. The UBA developed the Spoetnik (library 23 things-like) course -inspiring the start of this blog-, has a library-coach with chat function, a library blog (UBA-e), and is now on Twitter as @bibliotheekuva. Plus, [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3437659 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:55:37 +0100 3437659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846323&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fgrand-rounds-vol-6-no-2%2F Welcome to the latest edition of Grand Rounds, the weekly compilation of the best of the medical blogosphere! I presume you would rather take a tour through the Netherlands, visiting windmills and tulips, but we will save this for another time. Right now, let’s take a trip around the library. Because you know what William [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846323 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:50:06 +0100 2846323 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793123&cid=t_105109_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fcadre-of-people-who-understand-science.html Here is a fascinating, spot-on exchange regarding biomedical information science between Bill Moyers on PBS and the new President of Dartmouth College Dr. Jim Yong Kim (link). My comments in [red italics]:DR. JIM YONG KIM: My own particular take on it is that I think for many, many years, we've been working under the fantasy that if we come up with new drugs and new treatments, we're done. 

The rest of the system will take care of itself. In my view, the rocket science in health and health care is how we deliver it. And unfortunately, there's not a single medical school that I know of that actually teaches the delivery of health care as one of the essential sciences. 

In other words, what we've learned about organizations is that it is very difficult to get a complex organization... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793123 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:33:00 +0100 2793123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751832&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Fbeware-of-top-50-great-tools-to-double-check-your-doctor-or-whatever-lists%2F Just the other week I wrote a post “Vanity is the Quicksand of Reasoning: Beware of Top 100 and 50 lists!” In short this post describes that (some) Top 100 etc lists may not be as useful or innocent as they seem. Some of these lists are created by real scam-sites, who’s only goal is to [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751832 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:33:45 +0100 2751832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2733987&cid=t_105109_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F26%2Fvanity-is-the-quicksand-of-reasoning-beware-of-top-100-and-50-lists%2F During the weekend I added some links to sites referring to this blog in the sidebar. There was the 3rd place in the Medgadget competition for the Best New Medical Weblog in 2008,  a nice critique by Danielle Worster (the Health Informaticist) in the “Library + Information Gazette”, the inclusion in the Dutch Twitterguide [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2733987 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:51:48 +0100 2733987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741101&cid=t_105109_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FTVEsJ5kfSQE%2F USA Today’s Snapshot for 29 June was a survey in which 1000 adults were asked to name a famous scientist. Here are the results: 47% named Albert Einstein 23% could not name anyone 6% named Marie Curie 4% named Louis Pasteur 4% named Thomas Edison The survey was conducted by L’Oreal, but the methods were not revealed. Therefore it is not possible to determine if the results can be extended to the adult population in general. Nevertheless, the poor showing on naming a famous scientist is an indictment of the science education of those who participated in the survey. I’m interested in how the readers of virology blog would respond to the question, ‘Name a scientist’ – it doesn’t have to be a famous scientist, and it should not be a relative, or the a... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741101 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:12:51 +0100 2741101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486926&cid=t_105109_132_f&fid=35011&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fmndoci%2F%7E3%2F101563780%2F That’s the question on my mind today. HPC wire carries an interview with Rick Stevens at Argonne National Labs (link thanks to Bio-IT world). Michael Feldman, who conducts the interview and writes the article, writes that since biology requires large scale computing, it has become in essence a sub-domain of information science. In keeping with that thinking, ANL has put biology and computing under the same directorate (Computing and Life Sciences). I will let you read the article to find out more about Prof. Stevens’ (he holds a faculty position in the computer science department at the University of Chicago) desire to apply petaflop computing to systems biology and the challenges of combining computer science, mathematics and biology. The part that I am still at odds with is ... business|bytes|genes|molecules blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486926 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:44:26 +0100 486926