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 'medicine 2.0'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:54:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182161&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F09%2F02%2Ffrom-self-reported-patient-data-to-mobile-predictions%2F E-Health 3.0: How Can The Semantic Web Change The World Of Internet Health Information? TEDxOverlake – Dr. H. Jack West – Self-Educated Patients and The Future of Cancer Care A beginner’s guide to digital pharma: part 15 – implementation “Don’t believe those that say you can’t measure the return on investment (ROI) of digital and social media programs – if you can’t measure it you shouldn’t be doing it…” NHS medical director urges GPs to use Skype for consultations He said some GPs already offer consultations via Skype and may interest many others. ‘Then I find myself thinking that’s the sort of thing that will appeal to some people. It would appeal to me,’ he said. He argued it would be much more convenient for patients and GPs. How Do Genera... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182161 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:04:38 +0100 5182161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182162&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fwebicina-and-streaming-well-become-partners%2F It’s a great pleasure to announce the new partnership between Webicina.com and Streaming Well, the leading European health video production and distribution channel. Webicina, a free services curating medical resources in social media will feature videos created by professionals on Streaming Well. Here is one example for allergy. I did an interview with Francis Banbury Namouk, head of Streaming Well about this collaboration: How was Streaming Well launched and what is the rationale behind that? Having worked in online health publishing for 5+ years in the United States, where the DTC model encourages publishers to prioritise SEO keyword content, I felt there was a real lack relevant and useful information for patients online. As our chief medical adviser, Paul Stillman puts it &#8220... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182162 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:57:50 +0100 5182162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182163&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fradboud-reshape-academy%2F One of the best initiatives in social media and healthcare I’ve recently seen is definitely the Radboud REshape Academy. Finding for our path to migrate into real participatory healthcare we come across a lot of interesting people, information, innovations and most of all questions. Right from the beginning we started to share, with our network. We have been doing this with our conferences, our research, our lectures and through field trips made to our Radboud REshape & Innovation Centre for HC institutions, insurers, government and other people interested in changing healthcare. And of course our Innovation Centre. In setting up The Radboud REshape Academy (@REshapeAcademy on twitter) we would like to create a place, in real life and virtual as well that one could find peers loo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182163 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:33:46 +0100 5182163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182164&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F09%2F01%2Fhashtags-on-twitter%2F I’ve recently realized how important it is to use hashtags when sharing content, ideas or links on Twitter. When I started using hashtags massively again, I got into more discussions and got more feedback. So if you don’t know which hashtag you should use at the end of your tweets, here are the most famous ones in medicine and healthcare. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182164 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:29:47 +0100 5182164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182165&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2Fwhat-you-write-online-is-forever%2F This is a great general rule. The Clinical Cases and Images blog shared a video in which the Dartmouth Hitchcock health care system described how employees should use social media. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182165 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:19:38 +0100 5182165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182166&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F31%2Fopen-access-guideline-for-pharma-about-using-social-media-v3%2F If you follow Scienceroll.com, you know we have been working on a collaborative open access guide for pharma about using social media since May. Here are the Q&As about the project. As we are approaching the end of August, it’s time to insert the final thoughts, comments and additional links about positive and negative examples for pharma using social media channels because we should have the first draft of the guides by the end of September. I hope you join us! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182166 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:06:56 +0100 5182166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182167&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F30%2Fwebicina-search-interview-about-semantic-indexing%2F Now that Webicina.com has a new design and a brand new search engine, I thought it would be useful to show the basic features and I also publish an interview with Endre Jóföldi, CEO at WebLib LLC, the company behind the search engine of Webicina.com. If you do a search for diabetes, you will see whether Webicina has a diabetes resource (a blog, podcast, Facebook group, Twitter user, etc), collection (Diabetes and Web 2.0) or sub-section (Diabetes Mobile Apps). You can narrow the search by “social media collection” (e.g. a diabetes resource in the asthma collection), “curated dynamic news category” (e.g. news categories featuring diabetes resources), “resource type” (RSS, resource, subsection or collection) or “languages”. Please tell us... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182167 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:50:50 +0100 5182167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169665&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F27%2Fmedikidz-medical-information-for-kids%2F I’ve recently come across Medikidz, a fantatsic initiative with a mission to help children understand medical information, especially diseases. I cannot imagine a better way to promote such important messages to children. Millions of children worldwide are diagnosed every day with conditions that even their parents may find difficult to comprehend. Most children don’t understand their medical conditions, or associated investigations, procedures and treatments, and are often scared by what is going on around them. That is where the Medikidz come into action! The Medikidz are five energetic, larger-than-life superheroes on a mission to help young people understand illness and medical concepts. Chi, Pump, Skinderella, Axon and Gastro take children on a journey through Mediland &#8... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169665 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:40:57 +0100 5169665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159566&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fiphone-preventing-er-visits-and-other-stories-this-week%2F Google Hand Holding Brings Pharma to YouTube As Facebook prepares to force pharma marketers to include comments on most pages, Google is actively courting the highly-regulated industry. Working directly with extremely risk-averse drug makers, the company developed a new YouTube feature for them that also can be applied for other marketers. For AstraZeneca’s Medimmune, the change was the difference between having a YouTube channel and scrapping the project all together. AstraZeneca has a new blog! Patients Get Social About Their Health In its April 2011 survey, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions found that 11% of US healthcare consumers use social networks to find or share health information and 8% use blogs. The respondents who use blogs and social networks for health purposes... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159566 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:02:45 +0100 5159566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130747&cid=t_107082_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fshould-doctors-want-their-patients-to-use-the-web-to-stay-informed%2F2011.08.15 Recently, I’ve had an interview with a national newspaper and the woman who performed the interview told me she was surprised that I seemed to be the first doctor in her life who was happy about patients using the internet. Well, she surprised me with this statement as I’ve never thought about that before. But she must be right. There are many doctors who get upset when they find out the patient tried to find information online. They are frustrated as they don’t even know how to use these online tools and have no idea how to help the patients in this perspective. Myself, I’m pretty much happy about it. I love to hear patients (more…) *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5130747 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:41 +0100 5130747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096840&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F05%2Fim-happy-that-patients-use-the-internet%2F Recently, I’ve had an interview with a national newspaper and the woman who performed the interview told me she was surprised that I seemed to be the first doctor in her life who was happy about patients using the internet. Well, she surprised me with this statement as I’ve never thought about that before. But she must be right. There are many doctors who get upset when they find out the patient tried to find information online. They are frustrated as they don’t even know how to use these online tools and have no idea how to help the patients in this perspective. Myself, I’m pretty much happy about it. I love to hear patients use mobile apps to track their health; use Webicina.com and Honcode for assessing quality online; write blogs about their health management o... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096840 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:53:41 +0100 5096840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096841&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F05%2Fmayo-connect-thats-how-you-launch-an-online-community-site%2F Discussion area 5) Social aspects. Mayo Connect is one of the better online communities launched in recent months. It has a great concept and a good chance of success. Like most communities, however, it leaves plenty of room for both technical and social improvements. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096841 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:49:17 +0100 5096841 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096844&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F03%2Fredesigning-waiting-room-in-healthcare%2F I’ve recently come across fuelfor a company focusing on redesigning the common processes of healthcare. They just launched a project in which they aim at creating a new concept for waiting rooms: Waiting is a common pain point in many health systems. As resources are increasingly overstretched, some degree of waiting is inevitable for most healthcare services. And yet hospital waiting rooms tend to be some of the most uncomfortable spaces to spend time, both physically and emotionally. Research shows that a well designed waiting experience has the potential to improve the overall perception of a health care service and to optimise care delivery processes. Gathering insights through site visits to several hospitals and clinics and discussions with care givers and patients, fuelfor h... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096844 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:26:05 +0100 5096844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096846&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F02%2Fnew-medical-communities-medcrowd-doctors-global-and-compact-onair%2F There are now over 65 biomedical community sites in the list I’ve been updating for years. Here are the 3 new additions: Medcrowd: Doctors Global: Doctors Global intends to facilitate physicians to collaborate across all boundaries, to share views, experience and learn new things from colleagues across the world every day in a secure environment. Comp’act Onair:  An evidence-based practice bases clinical decisions on the best available evidence. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096846 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:15:33 +0100 5096846 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086442&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F02%2Fdoctors-go-digital-in-the-21st-century-infographic%2F There is a nice infographic about the digital device and mobile app usage of doctors. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086442 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:13:38 +0100 5086442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062242&cid=t_107082_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=5051023&cid=t_107082_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=5051025&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fmobile-apps-regulated-by-fda%2F FDA has published an announcement about regulations regarding medical mobile applications. The agency’s draft guidance defines a small subset of mobile medical apps that impact or may impact the performance or functionality of currently regulated medical devices. This subset includes mobile medical apps that: a. are used as an accessory to medical device already regulated by the FDA (For example, an application that allows a health care professional to make a specific diagnosis by viewing a medical image from a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) on a smartphone or a mobile tablet); or b. transform a mobile communications device into a regulated medical device by using attachments, sensors or other devices (For example, an application that turns a smartphone into an ECG mac... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051025 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:13:37 +0100 5051025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028863&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F15%2Forganizing-virtual-medical-events-interview%2F I did an interview with a medical professional (virtual name is Vera Zhaoying) who has been organizing medical events for years in Second Life. When and why did you start organizing medical events in Second Life? That is I think 4,5 years ago that I spoke for AMMC (the Ann Myers Medical Center), I was still a student and in real life I was not happy to talk in public. During that time Ann (founder of the AMMC) still taught in AMMC. When I proposed a subject, Ann said OK and you go do it yourself. Looked it up on the website. That was the 10th of September, 2007 and the topic was spinal cord injuries. I think during 2008 I began to organize meetings on a regular bases and created the AMMC intern group. By that time Dr Ann began to have more serious health problems and had asked me to do t... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028863 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:21:09 +0100 5028863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028865&cid=t_107082_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=5028868&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F13%2Fkinect-for-cpr-training-video%2F Federico Semeraro sent me this description about his project: The main objective of this research project is the development of a training platform for quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation of lay and health care personnel. The proposed training platform is composed of a traditional manikin for the physical interaction and Kinect Sensor, that will beautomatically reconstruct trainee’s hands position and posture while performing chest compressions. The system will automatically extract and analyse the movement features performed by the trainee, to assess the trainee performance in terms of  compression rate and depth and the correct arms‘ position and alignment with the mannequin. An on-line feedback correction will be provided during the performance. The training session will be also ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028868 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:57:09 +0100 5028868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028869&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F12%2Foncology-in-social-media-the-most-relevant-resources%2F As the number of medical websites is exponentially growing, it’s getting harder to find quality and relevant resources in oncology, a very sensitive and fast-growing field of medicine. The newest selection on Webicina.com, Oncology and Web 2.0, was designed to help you find relevant and quality resources even in social media. Blogs, podcasts, news sites, communities, mobile apps and many more. PeRSSonalized Oncology, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggregator will also let you follow these resources easily in a personalized way. Feel free to share any of these resources and let us know if you think others should be added. If you are wondering how Webicina and PeRSSonalized Medicine work, here are some tutorials: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028869 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:53:35 +0100 5028869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028870&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F12%2Ffrom-digital-canes-to-e-patients-and-the-unknown-killer-infographics%2F Discussion on Physician Social Media Use Healthcare associated infections: Infographics by GE (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028870 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:46:38 +0100 5028870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028872&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F11%2Fwhat-impact-will-e-patients-have-on-how-healthcare-is-delivered-my-interview-on-pharmaphorum%2F Rebecca Aris just interviewed me on Pharmaphorum about my views on health 2.0, the impact of social media on medicine and the pharma world. An excerpt: Unlocking the true potential of social media within healthcare is a daunting task where obstacles and regulatory barriers are all too evident. Wouldn’t it be simple if all patients and healthcare professionals could easily identify and access accurate digital information and follow up with an informed online conversation about how best to proceed with treatment. As desirable as this scenario is, few of us dedicate ourselves to turning it into a reality. We spoke with Bertalan Mesko who is committed to helping patients and medical professionals enter the web 2.0 world. Aside from being a medical doctor, Bertalan is also the administrator o... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028872 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:46:25 +0100 5028872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008193&cid=t_107082_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-blood-pressure-monitor-for-iphone-costs-4-times-more-than-off-the-shelf-version%2F2011.07.08 One of the most interesting things I saw at this year’s Doctors 2.0 and You event was Withins’ Blood pressure monitor. This iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor made its first appearance at CES, but you’ll finally be able to order one of your own today. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, the $129 accessory costs three to four times as much as off-the-shelf blood pressure monitors, but integrates well if you’re looking to pair it with your Withings scale for a complete vitals management solution. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008193 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:00:08 +0100 5008193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008518&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F07%2Ficard-ecg%2F I’ve recently come across a nice app that helps perform ECG with your mobile. Though they are still awaiting FDA approval. AliveCor’s iPhoneECG case was pretty sweet but, being a case, could only be strapped to an iPhone 4. Doctors content with their 3GS or patients who prefer to hug an iPad to their chest will be elated to hear the company is working on a more hardware-agnostic option for your iOS heart monitoring needs. The business card-sized iCard ECG mounts to the back of your iDevice using velcro and wirelessly feeds data from its electrodes to the AliveECG app. The app automatically records 30 seconds of your heart’s rhythmic pulse before uploading it to AliveCor’s servers for sharing with your doctors. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008518 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:58:01 +0100 5008518 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997742&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F03%2Fwithings-blood-pressure-monitor-for-ios%2F One of the most interesting things I saw at this year’s Doctors 2.0 and You event was Withins’ Blood pressure monitor. This iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor made its first appearance at CES, but you’ll finally be able to order one of your own today. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, the $129 accessory costs three to four times as much as off-the-shelf blood pressure monitors, but integrates well if you’re looking to pair it with your Withings scale for a complete vitals management solution. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997742 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:45:08 +0100 4997742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984616&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F30%2Ffrom-google-to-e-mails-for-doctors-and-wikipedia%2F Google+ for doctors, and why physicians should be careful What should doctors know about about Google+?  Obviously, this is Google’s last, best attempt to combat Facebook’s dominance.  It features the Google+ Stream, which is similar to a Facebook news feed, which in itself is similar to a Twitter feed. A room with a view: Wikipedia – a simple strategy for pharma? In this article I would like to propose what could be a simple transparent stepping stone for pharma in gaining more influence over one of the most powerful sources of information on the internet. Email Risk For Doctors Doctors risk a heavy fine and GMC censure if they fail to protect patients’ personal information when sending emails. Blitter is a clinical search engine with content highlighted by clinicians ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984616 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:43:34 +0100 4984616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976117&cid=t_107082_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=4960246&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F22%2Fbeing-a-co-author-of-a-medical-textbook-medical-communication%2F I had the honour to write a chapter for a new medical textbook focusing on Medical Communication. My chapter is about medical communication, online tools, telemedicine, using e-mails between patients and doctors, virtual worlds, mobile applications and more. The textbook is available in English and German and will be used at medical universities. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960246 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:56:30 +0100 4960246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952842&cid=t_107082_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnpo-allows-medical-professionals-to-get-feedback-on-rare-health-problems%2F2011.06.21 Human Health Project is  a non-profit organization funded by donations aiming at giving feedback on medical cases uploaded by medical professionals. Here is the description: The Human Health Project began in California in 2006 as a non-profit organization when its founder, Dr. Phil Harrington, M.D., decided to create a platform for medical professionals to discuss rare and unusual health problems. The idea came from personal experience – for three years he went from doctor to doctor and struggled to find a diagnosis for his own illness. Even with access to modern healthcare and a background in medicine, the answers were still elusive, and the process was frustrating. For someone without the same access to healthcare, such as a patient in a developing nation, the challenge would have bee... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952842 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:00:39 +0100 4952842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934658&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F17%2Fdo-you-have-an-idea-or-invention-and-look-for-help-let-us-know%2F In partnership with Revosense, I would like to announce a new project here on Scienceroll. If you are a developer of a new medical technology/solution/product/mobile application or online service and look for funding or don’t have the insfrastructure for the development of a prototype, please let me know and we will see how we can help with technical infrastructure or expert opinion. Please send submissions to info at webicina.com. We aim at helping those innovators who have the technology but don’t have experience in promoting it or transforming the idea into a real medical product. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934658 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:46:08 +0100 4934658 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934659&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F16%2Feclinic-speak-for-your-health%2F I’ve been updating a list of medical/scientific video sites for years and here is the newest addition, eClinic, a video directory for physicians and medical questions. eClinic was founded by David Buck in 2009 while he was a medical student at Tufts University. eClinic was created to extend the knowledge and therapeutic touch of trusted physicians beyond the office setting. We are passionate about improving health in innovative ways. And we hope that eClinic can compliment in-person counseling with online patient education. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934659 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:03:52 +0100 4934659 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934660&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F15%2Fmedicine-and-social-media-news-from-this-week%2F MMS Physicians Approve Guidelines for Professional Use of Social Media The 12-page report states that a “carefully planned and professionally executed participation in social media by physicians is appropriate, and can be an effective method to connect with colleagues, advance professional expertise, educate patients, and enhance the public profile and reputation of our profession.” AMA Policy: Professionalism in the Use of Social Media Healthysparx: a Quora-like attempt for health questions Online physician professionalism, a medical student opinion 7 tips to avoid HIPAA violations in social media While there are several excellent guidelines and policies on this topic, there isn’t a whole lot of practical advice, so here are my tips to help you avoid privacy violations (... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934660 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:08:37 +0100 4934660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934018&cid=t_107082_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F14%2Fthe-second-twitjc-twitter-journal-club%2F In the previous post I wrote about  a new initiative on Twitter, the Twitter Journal Club (hashtag #TwitJC). Here, I shared some constructive criticism. The Twitter Journal Club is clearly an original and admirable initiative, that gained a lot of interest. But there is some room for improvement. I raised two issues: 1. discussions with 100 [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934018 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:28:31 +0100 4934018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934663&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F13%2Fhuman-health-project-getting-feedback-on-cases%2F Human Health Project is  a non-profit organization funded by donations aiming at giving feedback on medical cases uploaded by medical professionals. Here is the description: The Human Health Project began in California in 2006 as a non-profit organization when its founder, Dr. Phil Harrington, M.D., decided to create a platform for medical professionals to discuss rare and unusual health problems. The idea came from personal experience – for three years he went from doctor to doctor and struggled to find a diagnosis for his own illness. Even with access to modern healthcare and a background in medicine, the answers were still elusive, and the process was frustrating. For someone without the same access to healthcare, such as a patient in a developing nation, the challenge would have... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934663 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:08:39 +0100 4934663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921653&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F09%2Fthe-weekly-best-of-health-2-0-and-medicine-2-0%2F Sickweather Analyzes Social Data to Map Illness Outbreaks: They track the signs of sickness via social networks and generate maps so that people can determine who and where to avoid. SMS Support Improves Breastfeeding Rates, Australia New mums are four times more likely to stop breastfeeding after eight weeks, than mothers who have received text message support, according to a world first study by Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Keynote: Seth Roberts and the rise of personal science Video link doctor saves stroke victim Emergency workers at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton scrambled into action when a 56-year-old woman was taken into the accident and emergency unit showing symptoms that she was having a stroke. The on-call stroke consultant was at home and wo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921653 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:56:17 +0100 4921653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893607&cid=t_107082_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F06%2F02%2Fthe-healthcare-social-media-landscape%2F Here is a slide show I created reflecting on the different communities developing in this space. Although each emerged on its own, there is certainly collaborative projects and people across these communities and a sense of mutual support. I myself attended the first Health 2.0 conference, then Medicine 2.0 and also part of the e-Patient community. More conferences occur each year both in the US and Europe; two recent examples are TEDx Maastricht which had a health focus and Doctors 2.0 taking place later this month in Paris. Also, the Quantified Self movement is coming to health care as well. I’d be interested in other’s opinions on this. Health care social media communities View more presentations from John Sharp (Source: eHealth) eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893607 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:33:37 +0100 4893607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872340&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F27%2Fhow-to-start-social-media-as-doctors%2F My old friend and mentor, Ves Dimov, MD at Clinical Cases and Images shared some great instructions about how to start using social media as medical professionals. - Start on Twitter, expand to a blog as natural progression. - Input your blog posts automatically to a Facebook like/fan page. - Listen to the leading physicians, nurses and patients’ voices on Twitter, and reply. - Comment on blogs. - Do not be afraid to share your expertise. - Comply with HIPAA and common sense. Also here is what Ves thinks about using Twitter. I have published a series of similar entries on my Medicine 2.0 page. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872340 Fri, 27 May 2011 08:28:36 +0100 4872340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872341&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F26%2Ffuturemed-coverage%2F My good friends at Medgadget.com attended Future Med and covered the whole event through a great series of posts. It’s really worth reading the whole bunch of entries. FutureMed Day 1 – Ray Kurzweil, Gabor Forgacs, Eythor Bender, and More FutureMed Day 2 – Eric Schadt, Esther Dyson, a Tour of Kaiser’s Innovation Center, and More FutureMed Day 3 – Robert Hariri, Mike West, a Visit to Autodesk, and More FutureMed Day 4 – Philip Low, Andrew Hessel, a Visit to Intuitive Surgical, and More (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4872341 Thu, 26 May 2011 08:25:43 +0100 4872341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862803&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F24%2Ffrom-ipatients-to-the-five-steps-of-social-media-grieving%2F The Dual Online Identities of Physicians Through the Looking Glass by Lisa Emrich iPatient: The New Citizen-Patient? Automatic tracker ensures your doctor washed their hands Researcher Uses Facebook To Aid Crowd-Sourcing Science That’s when Bloom, who isn’t exactly the most tech-savvy guy out there, suggested Facebook. Sidlauskas loved the idea, so he uploaded photos of each species. And in less than 24 hours, their network of friends – many of whom hold PhDs in ichthyology and are “diehard fish-heads” – had identified almost every specimen. With 5,000 identifications in hand, the team was able to deliver their results to the government and return home on schedule. The Colourful World of Statistics 3 Reasons Why Social Networking Is Not a ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862803 Tue, 24 May 2011 08:04:01 +0100 4862803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853085&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F22%2Fthe-social-life-of-health-information-2011%2F Susannah Fox at Pew Internet Research just published the newest report about people using health information online. The internet has changed people’s relationships with information. Our data consistently show that doctors, nurses, and other health professionals continue to be the first choice for most people with health concerns, but online resources, including advice from peers, are a significant source of health information in the U.S. As broadband and mobile access spreads, more people have the ability – and increasingly, the habit – of sharing what they are doing or thinking. In health care this translates to people tracking their workout routines, posting reviews of their medical treatments, and raising awareness about certain health conditions. These are not yet mainstream act... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853085 Sun, 22 May 2011 07:57:58 +0100 4853085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813545&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F12%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-pharma-to-health-games%2F 25 Android Apps to Learn About Any Disease, Symptom, or Medicine Competitors Are “Best Source” of Complaints About Promotions Received by FDA Among FDA’s TOP three “normal” surveillance activities was “complaints submitted by industry competitors.” In fact, Gray said “we have found that industry competitors tend to be some of the best sources of information about potentially false and misleading advertising.” Study tests effectiveness of weight loss apps Generation Alzheimer’s: The Defining Disease of the Baby Boomers Interview With Dr. Berci Mesko by Al Jazeera -Personalized Medicine From Hungary With Webicina Tapcloud, Movement Through Real Space in a Casual Game The Rise of Social Media & Participatory Medicin... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813545 Thu, 12 May 2011 08:37:41 +0100 4813545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4813546&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F11%2Fopen-access-social-media-guide-for-pharma-launched%2F After I published the announcement about creating collaboratively an open-access set of guidelines that pharma companies could use for free and personalize for their own needs and preferences, I received several e-mails and tweets from people who want to participate. If you want to participate, please send me an e-mail to “info at webicina.com” and I give you permission to edit the document. Webicina.com happily hosts the platform on which we can create this guide. Check it out here! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813546 Wed, 11 May 2011 12:58:55 +0100 4813546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803389&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F09%2Ffamily-medicine-social-media-video%2F Dr. Mike Sevilla has recently given a presentation about using social media in family medicine. Mike Sevilla & Deb Clements present at the 2011 Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine meeting in New Orleans. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803389 Mon, 09 May 2011 13:25:08 +0100 4803389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803390&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F08%2Frevolutionary-new-paper-computer%2F We won’t even need tablets or smartphones in hospitals any more, as here are flexible paper computers. The world’s first interactive paper computer is set to revolutionize the world of interactive computing. “This is the future. Everything is going to look and feel like this within five years,” says creator Roel Vertegaal, the director of Queen’s University Human Media Lab,. “This computer looks, feels and operates like a small sheet of interactive paper. You interact with it by bending it into a cell phone, flipping the corner to turn pages, or writing on it with a pen.” (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803390 Sun, 08 May 2011 13:17:46 +0100 4803390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803391&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F08%2Ftweet_fit-tweets-while-you-do-exercises%2F Tweet_Fit is an amazing idea that is similar in nature to Kickbee. Here are the details: Developed by a UK design student, the connected gym accessory attaches to the end of a standard dumbbell and sends updates to your Twitter account when you start and stop your workout. Take it offline and it guides you through the perfect curl. Tweet_Fit’s designer points out that it offers a novel way for trainers to keep track of their clients, and can be used to spur healthy competition between friends. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803391 Sun, 08 May 2011 13:12:02 +0100 4803391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4768182&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F29%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-rap-to-sequencing%2F Join The HealthyRT Experiment: Let’s Use Twitter To Drown Out Health Misinformation I’d like to get a small group of volunteer experts together – healthcare professionals committed to science and common sense – and have them read and approve links before they are promoted on Twitter. I have created a new Twitter account called “HealthyRT” – the volunteer experts will have access to this account and can promote content that is medically sound. Did Boehringer Mishandle This Adverse Event Report on Twitter? The New Era Of Interactive Health Rap video teaches how to recognize, treat sepsis in hospitals Meet Science: What is “peer review”? When the science you learned in school and the science you read in the newspaper don’t quite match up, the Meet Sc... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4768182 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:33:56 +0100 4768182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762895&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F28%2Fopen-access-social-media-guide-for-pharma-want-to-join%2F I’ve been planning to launch this project for some time but before launching it officially I wanted to get feedback from some companies I spoke at about this important topic. So here is the deal. I would like to create collaboratively an open-access set of guidelines that pharma companies could use for free and personalize for their own needs and preferences. I believe we (medical professionals and patients) have to know how the pharma sector do and should not use social media and vica versa. Let’s get together and please let me know if you think you would like to contribute to that. Myself, I would cover the Wikipedia usage section but I would need participants focusing on pharma and Twitter, blogs or Facebook, etc. Please let me know what you think! If there are enough partic... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762895 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:18:11 +0100 4762895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758904&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F28%2Fmedicine-2-0-congress-in-stanford-2%2F Medicine 2.0 Congress taking place at Standford this September is one of the best medical/social media conferences this year. I’ll speak at the Stanford Summit and at the Congress as well. I hope to see you there, but for this, don’t forget to register! Here I talk about one of my topics, digital literacy in medical education: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758904 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:50:26 +0100 4758904 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758905&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Fhealthtap-hunch-style-in-medicine%2F I’ve recently come across HealthTap, a new service that aims to give us personalized health information based on our answers for various questions. Currently it only works for pregnant women and the first year of life but they will open up the site for more conditions later. An excerpt from an article: The idea behind HealthTap isn’t to help visitors self-diagnose that ache in their side or that lump under their skin, Gutman emphasizes—it’s simply to help connect them with trusted physicians and prepare them to ask smarter questions when they get to the doctor’s office. “We are not building technology to replace physicians, but to empower patients to find information in collaboration with physicians,” says the CEO. In fact, a big part of the site is devoted to Facebook-li... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758905 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:30:43 +0100 4758905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758906&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Finterview-about-crowdsourcing-in-medicine-on-al-jazeera-english%2F I’ve recently had a live interview on Al Jazeera English about crowdsourcing a diagnosis on Twitter. I really enjoyed the discussion and I hope you will enjoy it too. Here is the article about it and you can watch the interview on my Facebook profile. Debrecen-based Bertalan Meskó, a medical doctor who tweets under the name @Berci and has more than 6,000 followers, reported on his blog [en] that he was listed among the Top 10 Medical Tweeters on Project IVLine. He wrote this about his Twitter experience: “Whenever I have a question about my profession, PhD, or social media, generally I receive a valid and relevant answer in minutes. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758906 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:10:27 +0100 4758906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753695&cid=t_107082_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhy-you-should-use-twitter-instant-medical-crowdsourcing%2F2011.04.25 I’ve been building a medical community on Twitter for years and now I have about 6000 followers including doctors, medical students, patients, medical librarians, scientists, etc. Whenever I have a question about my profession, PhD, or social media, generally I receive a valid and relevant answer in minutes. I don’t always know who might have the answer for my questions, that’s why it can be beneficial to put that into a large pot full of people with similar interests and wait for the answer. There is always someone with an answer or there is always someone in the communities of my community who might have the final solution. That’s why I use Twitter for everyday communication, even though my main platform is my still blog. It’s an honor to be included in the world’s top 10 med... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753695 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:00:01 +0100 4753695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734447&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Fthe-future-of-doctor-patient-video-calls%2F A Swedish company came out with an amazing innovation at a mobile company with which sales people can contact customers directly through a Minority Report-like solution. Is this the future of doctor-patient video calls as well? Check it out! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734447 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:04:24 +0100 4734447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734448&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Ffrom-patients-on-facebook-to-wifi-enabled-asthma-inhalers%2F Facebook friend request from a patient? (The Lancet) In the USA, birthplace of most of these technological advances, various associations of health-care professionals are starting to issue codes of conduct when dealing with new digital media. Other countries, such as the UK, Canada, and Australia, are also debating what rules should be set. But some doctors believe such codes will have to evolve and adapt as younger generations, used to living an online life from an early age, start to dominate health care and to teach subsequent waves of professionals. The 9 wireless health investments so far this year TEDxPugetSound – Stephen Friend, MD, PhD – True Crowd Sourcing of Medicine: Activating All of Us The Future of the Doctor-Pharma Relationship But I find the element of ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734448 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:33:11 +0100 4734448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4724136&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F18%2Ffuturemed-2011%2F I give about 70 presentations a year which means I’m invited to many conferences and medical events, but there is one event on the top of my wish list, FutureMed with the most innovative speakers, most interesting topics at one of the most prestigious venues. I’ll try to make it next year for sure! How will rapidly developing technologies such as the low cost genomic sequencing, artificial intelligence, telemedicine, robotics, 24/7 body wearable monitors, smart pills, stem cells, synthetic biology, gene therapy, mobile phone Apps and crowd sourced health data affect the future of healthcare and medicine? In this 5-day immersive program held at Singularity University on the NASA-Ames Research Park in the heart of Silicon Valley, participants through a series of talks, workshops... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4724136 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:32:24 +0100 4724136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4720030&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F16%2Fappropriate-use-of-social-media-in-healthcare-organizations%2F John w. Sharp published a great slideshow focusing on how healthcare institutions should use social media and he also mentioned the potential dangers. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4720030 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:10:13 +0100 4720030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4714946&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F15%2Fcrowdsourcing-in-medicine-via-twitter%2F I’ve been building a medical community on Twitter for years and now I have about 6000 followers including doctors, medical students, patients, medical librarians, scientists, etc. Whenever I have a question about my profession, PhD, or social media, generally I receive a valid and relevant answer in minutes. I don’t always know who might have the answer for my questions, that’s why it can be beneficial to put that into a large pot full of people with similar interests and wait for the answer. There is always someone with an answer or there is always someone in the communities of my community who might have the final solution. That’s why I use Twitter for everyday communication, even though my main platform is my still blog. It’s an honor to be included in the ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4714946 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:46:01 +0100 4714946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4704850&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F12%2Fsocial-media-in-medicine-course-medical-blogging%2F The 2nd week fo the world’s first university course focusing on medicine and social media focused on medical blogging. Here are the links and definitions I mentioned. Definition of blog, post, trackback, pingback (difference between them), comment, tag. First blog: Jorn Barger, 1997 Technorati statistics about the state of the entire blogosphere Blogs in plain English: Types of blogs and bloggers Major medical blogs as examples: Kevin, MD; Medgadget; Sixuntilme; Doctor Anonymous; Street Anatomy. Analyzing the results of the study of Ivor Kovic et al. (Examining the Medical Blogosphere: An Online Survey of Medical Bloggers) Blog carnivals and microcarnivals How to educate with blogs (e.g. Alan J Cann) Some examples such as the recent post from Sergey Brin about his genes and th... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704850 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:59:50 +0100 4704850 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696855&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F11%2Fhealth-informatics-and-social-media%2F Some days ago, I talked with Peter Murray, director of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), and we agreed that there should be a Webicina.com section dedicated to health informatics. So it is a great pleasure to announce that Webicina.com, in collaboration with IMIA, published a selection focusing on relevant health informatics blogs, news, Twitter users, Youtube channels and peer-reviewed journals in PeRSSonalized Health Informatics, the simplest customizable medical information aggregator that is available in 17 languages. You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696855 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:42:26 +0100 4696855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693444&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F08%2Fjay-parkinsons-story%2F I’ve been an admirer of Jay Parkinson, MD does since I first met him online. I also did an interview with him, include him in the medical curriculum of the University of Debrecen through my course about Internet and medicine; and present his story in nearly all my presentations. He now described details of his own story on his blog. An excerpt: Upon finishing my second residency at Hopkins in Baltimore in September of 2007, I moved back to Williamsburg to start a new kind of practice: Patients would visit my website See my Google calendar Choose a time and input their symptoms My iphone would alert me I would make a house call They’d pay me via paypal We’d follow up by email, IM, videochat, or in person Medical education and residency is pretty militaristic. You fall in line o... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693444 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:28:24 +0100 4693444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684635&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F07%2Fthe-american-medical-association-mobile-app-challenge%2F The American Medical Association came up with a nice challenge for doctors and medical students. An excerpt from their announcement: The American Medical Association (AMA) today introduced its first-ever app designed specifically for physicians that allows them to quickly find CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) billing codes. The app is now available for free through the iTunes store. It also launched the 2011 AMA App Challenge to find the next great medical app idea. Open to all U.S. physicians, residents and medical students, the 2011 AMA App Challenge calls on those on the front lines of medicine to submit their unique app idea for a chance to have the AMA bring it to life. Participants can submit their app ideas easily through an online form beginning today. Submissions will be accep... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684635 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:25:04 +0100 4684635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677010&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F05%2Ffda-launches-consumer-friendly-web-search-for-consumers-during-recalls%2F Here is an interesting press release from FDA: Beginning today, consumers can search for food and other product recalls easier and quicker on FDA’s website than previously. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) signed into law in January by President Obama called for a more consumer-friendly recall search engine. To provide greater ease of use for consumers, the search results provide data from news releases and other recall announcements in the form of a table. That table organizes information from news releases on recalls since 2009 by date, product brand name, product description, reason for the recall and the recalling firm. For more information: FDA Web page:  Recalls & Safety Alerts FDA Consumer Update Video:  Identifying Recalled Products FDA photostream of recalled ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677010 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:17:37 +0100 4677010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676747&cid=t_107082_87_f&fid=36069&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fnew-medworm-blast-service.html Last week I spoked to Denise Silber who was looking for media partners for the Doctors 2.0 conference that she is organising in Paris in June this year. I suggested that I put out a simple message with hyperlink promoting the conference via all the unsponsored MedWorm feeds.Less than one week later I ran an exact search in Google on the text used in the message:"Find out about the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris, June 22-23rd. The call is now on for posters and the start-up contest."It returned approximately 109,000 indexed pages from across the web containing this text (and the hyperlink most of the time, except for the cases where the hyperlinks were stripped out of the RSS feeds). Here's the evidence.Isn't that amazing? And this is just a glimpse of the MedWorm feed distribution... Frankie Speaking Frankly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676747 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:10:00 +0100 4676747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670193&cid=t_107082_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F04%2F01%2Ftedx-maastricht-the-future-of-medicine%2F In anticipation of the International event on April 4, I wanted to share some links. Although many conferences which claim to be futurist meccas for healthcare, this one is bringing together a group of people including a very strong patient perspective which all are thinking innovation. Also, it is completely full and is being simulcasted to several countries. Website, speakers Some of the attendees via a tool which exploits LinkedIn mashup on VPRO Simulcast schedule – I am being interviewed at 11:15 local time Follow tweets at #tedxmaastricht (Source: eHealth) eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670193 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:17:06 +0100 4670193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636597&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F25%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-radiation-charts-to-data-visualization%2F XKCD’s radiation dose chart XKCD created this exceptionally helpful chart showing exactly how much radiation exposure you might encounter by doing something like flying from LA to NYC, getting a chest x-ray, hanging out at Chernobyl, living near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, or sleeping next to another human being. Impact factor and other indices to assess science, scientists and scientific journals. First-person account from surgeon who removed his own appendix I worked without gloves. It was hard to see. The mirror helps, but it also hinders — after all, it’s showing things backwards. I work mainly by touch. The bleeding is quite heavy, but I take my time — I try to work surely. Opening the peritoneum, I injured the blind gut a... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4636597 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:39:16 +0100 4636597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4626979&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F23%2Fhealthmash-on-iphones%2F Healthmash, a Revolutionary Health Knowledge Base and Semantic Search Engine now has its iPhone version as well. Check it out and let us know what you think. The HealthMash™ semantic health search engine combines universal search and discovery technology with Semantic Web concepts to find relevant health information (drugs, diseases, symptoms, treatments and alternative medicine approaches) from trusted sources on the Web. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4626979 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:34:01 +0100 4626979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622440&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F22%2Fwebicina-iphone-app-feedback%2F Last week, I happily announced that the free iPhone application of Webicina.com is now available in iTunes. Basically we wanted to let you access the curated social media resources we feature on mobile and also provide an interesting and educational game that discusses issues related to quality medical information online and the health 2.0 field. Enjoy and reach the highest score! The feedback has been amazing. Webicina iPhone App Helps Navigate Medical Social Media (Medgadget) Our good friend Dr. Berci Meskó who writes at ScienceRoll and curates Webicina, has a new iPhone app that brings a lot of the medical social media resources into one place. Both patients and clinicians can find sites that are relevant to their specific topics of interest. Webicina Goes Mobile with a Free iPhone A... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622440 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:23:52 +0100 4622440 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4622441&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F22%2Fpush-baby-push%2F The author of one of my favourite science microblogs shared this link with me. The site’s name is Push Baby, Push. Pregnant women can text their due date for free weekly advice during pregnancy. Physicians can sign up, edit the text messages, add new ones and invite patients via their mobile numbers. There is no information available about the business model if there is any. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4622441 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:10:23 +0100 4622441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605986&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F17%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-wheelmap-to-tablets%2F Wheelmap: iPhone City Guide for Wheelchair Users The iPad 2, healthcare, and platform agnosticism Boy, 4, Diagnosed With Leukemia After Picture Is Posted on Facebook Philip Rice posted the photo of his son, Ted, on the social networking site after putting him to bed with a rash. A family friend, Dr. Sara Barton, recognized it as a symptom of acute lymphocytic leukemia and sent a message saying Ted needed to go to the hospital straight away. He has now started a three-year course of chemotherapy. Free iPhone medical translation app sets a new standard, MediBabble Translator app review Large numbers of non-English-speaking patients receive care on a daily basis in the United States, and the accompanying barriers to communication often negatively impact the level of care these patien... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4605986 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:27:13 +0100 4605986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600731&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2Fdigital-literacy-and-medicine-2-0-video-for-stanford-university%2F When I attended Medicine 2.0 in Maastricht last November, organizers of the Medicine 2.0 Stanford event created a video interview with me in which I talked about my “Internet in Medicine” university course, medicine 2.0 and Webicina as well. Bertalan Mesko, MD, is a firm believer that social media applications and services will revolutionize medical education, as well as communication between physicians and patients. Mesko’s interest in technology and health care led him to create a university course focusing on bringing the web into medical practice and to launch Webicina, which offers social media tutorials, guides and other tools to help physicians navigate the web. In this video, Mesko talks about the growing movement of participatory medicine and the importance of di... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600731 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:14:36 +0100 4600731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592609&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Fwebicina-iphone-application-is-available-in-itunes%2F Finally, it’s a great pleasure to announce that the free iPhone application of Webicina.com is now available in iTunes. We cannot wait to hear your feedback and suggestions. The Android version is coming soon! Basically we wanted to let you access the curated social media resources we feature on mobile and also provide an interesting and educational game that discusses issues related to quality medical information online and the health 2.0 field. Enjoy and reach the highest score! Webicina.com curates online medical resources in social media for patients and medical professionals for free in over 15 languages in over 80 medical specialties and conditions. This application makes it easier to access these selected resources on smartphones and also includes a Health 2.0 Quiz which was d... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592609 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:30:25 +0100 4592609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570695&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F10%2Finternet-in-medicine-course-week-1-web-2-0-and-medicine%2F The new semester of the world’s first university accredited course focusing on medicine and social media just launched with 130 registered students. Here are the core points of my presentations as well as useful videos and links. In the first week’s lecture, the aim was to give a detailed introduction of web 2.0/social media and to highlight potential applications and solutions in medicine and healthcare through a Prezi.com slideshow. This is still the first and only university accredited course about web 2.0 and medicine for medical, dentistry, pharmacy and public health students. Results from last semester’s surveys which will soon be published in a medical journal. Highlighting the blog of the course and the Facebook page as well where we can interact. Positive example... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570695 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:48:11 +0100 4570695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540692&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F02%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-a-new-semester%2F It’s a real pleasure to announce that the new semester of my Internet in Medicine course which I will present at the Stanford Summit 2011 will be launched this Thursday with 140 registered students. In the first week’s lecture, the aim is to give a detailed introduction to web 2.0/social media and to highlight potential applications and solutions in medicine and healthcare through a Prezi.com slideshow. This semester is in English and I plan to come up with assessments/tasks as well for the students, of course, through social media. Time: 3rd of March, 17:00 Location: Lecture Hall of the Department of Pathology, University of Debrecen The materials and some of the slideshows will be posted on Med20course.com throughout the whole semester. Read more about last semesters’ lectur... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540692 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:32:52 +0100 4540692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4517302&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F25%2Fnew-health-networks%2F There are over 50 (!) biomedical community sites in my constantly updated list. Here are the 2 newest additions. bevalley is a global network where healthcare professionals and organizations share medical facts and the ways they use them. It includes several applications to work with data, such as analysis tools and graphical representations. bevalley is free of charge and grows in a controlled way through an invitation system. Each user has a limited number of exclusive invites to the network. If you already know some users in bevalley, ask them to invite you! Vivu: a network of professionals and users that care about our health and wellness. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4517302 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:29:55 +0100 4517302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512544&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F23%2Fcan-pharma-companies-edit-wikipedia%2F Recently, I’ve received plenty of e-mails asking whether pharma companies can or should edit Wikipedia entries about their own products. Here is a quick summary of what the medical Wikipedia community thinks about that: The Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guideline addresses this, while Wikipedia:Neutral point of view and Wikipedia:Username policy are also relevant. Disclosure of COI is not required by any Wikipedia policy. Some editors have voluntarily chosen to disclose a conflict of interest by including their employers’ names in their account names, e.g., all these folks from GlaxoSmithKline. More self-identify on their user pages. Self-identification is a two-edged sword: You get points from most users for being honest, but a few will use it to harrass editors. See, e.g., ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512544 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:11:10 +0100 4512544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507488&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F22%2Fperssonalized-conductive-education%2F Conductive education (CE) was developed by Professor Andras Peto and became an educational system for children and adults who have motor disorders of neurological origin. This area has lots of fantastic resources and it was just time for Webicina.com to publish a selection focusing on relevant CE blogs, news, Twitter users, Youtube channels and peer-reviewed journals in PeRSSonalized Conductive Education, the simplest customizable medical information aggregator that is available in 17 languages. The idea came from Izabella Vajda, a Pető-trained conductor-kindergarten teacher as she started a great blog under the name Playing With Angels. You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the data... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507488 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:01:59 +0100 4507488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495206&cid=t_107082_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=4489891&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Fwheresflu-mobile-app%2F Novartis, as a part of the TheraFlu campaign, developed free Android, Blackberry and iPhone applications for tracking flu outbreaks in the US. I believe that these days it has become an inevitable idea to develop free apps on all platforms in order to promote your product. 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 are wondering how it actually works and how it differs from Google Flu Trends, here it is: WheresFlu™ measures weekly activity for cold and ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489891 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:44:39 +0100 4489891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482919&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F16%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-avatars-to-medical-data-explosion%2F Social Media Prepares Docs For Traditional Media Your Avatar Could Affect the Way You Live With advances in technology continually making the world more and more connected with itself, avatars will continue to evolve also. According to Jeremy Bailenson, creator of VHIL, “avatars will soon play an even bigger role in our lives online. How we shape our own avatars and how we interact with others could have profound influences on our behavior.” EmbedPlus as an educational tool for videos: core features could help teachers focus students on relevant parts of existing videos and allow them to add extended material. What can social media do for EBM practices? Breaking the 140-character Limit of Twitter Opens the Door to FDA-Compliant Branded Tweets Playing for Real: V... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482919 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:25:58 +0100 4482919 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433246&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F03%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-twitter-trial-to-androids%2F Emergency Medicine Tweducation Trying to Save Lives in Real Time via Twitter Health Digital Check-Up: Content Curation in Healthcare Regulations are a challenge yes. Where there is challenge, there is often opportunity. Check out www.webicina.com for a great example of healthcare content curation created by Dr. Bertalan Mesko. Top 15 Free Android Medical apps for Healthcare professionals (iMedicalApps) Growing Role of Social Media Among Policymakers (Eye on FDA) Social media connects physicians and patients, but guidelines may be necessary Physicians are encouraged to determine the goal of their social media presence, whether it is promoting their practice, promoting themselves and speakers, or advocating an issue they are passionate about, Dr. Vartabedian said. Once t... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433246 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:17:20 +0100 4433246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419348&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F01%2Fprognosis-app-for-android%2F Last November, I wrote about a great iPhone application, Prognosis, that is actually a clinical case simulation game for doctors, medical students and nurses. I also wrote that I couldn’t wait to see it on Androids, and now here it is! I had a chance to test it on my Galaxy Tab and it works perfectly.You choose a simulation, read the family history and symptoms, choose investigations and get to the final diagnosis. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419348 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:55:39 +0100 4419348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419350&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F31%2Fhealcam-chatroulette-in-medicine-2%2F HealCam, a project launched by the Medgadget team, got huge attention due to a recent BoingBoing post. I wrote about this interesting service that is the medical alternative of ChatRoulette months ago and as the only element of success for HealCam is the critical mass, this cross post might help them reach their aims. HealCam is a ChatRoulette variant that invites you to select a disease, medical condition, or health issue (Crohn’s, back pain, pregnancy, bipolar disorder, allergies, HIV, etc) and connects you with someone else who shares your problems, so you can share notes. Sounds like a helpful way to find tips and commiseration when you need it. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419350 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:03:27 +0100 4419350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419351&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F31%2Fstanford-summit-2011%2F I was honoured to be invited to speak at the upcoming Stanford Summit about the university course I launched in Debrecen in 2008 that helps medical, dentistry, pharmacy and public health students become web-savvy regarding social media, digital technologies and e-patient connections. The Stanford Summit @ Medicine 2.0 is a special one-day event that will occur on September 16, 2011, on the eve of the Fourth World Congress on Social Media and Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Science. It is designed to complement, yet be distinctly different from the two-day academically-focused Medicine 2.0 conference. I guess you can spot a few names among the confirmed speakers. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419351 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:31:41 +0100 4419351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4414629&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F30%2Fmedicine-2-0-congress-in-stanford%2F Last November, I gave a presentation about Webicina.com at the Medicine 2.0 Congress in Maastricht, The Netherlands. The next event will take place at the great Stanford University. It’s now time for the abstracts! Medicine 2.0 ’11 will contain a mix of traditional academic/research, practice and business presentations, keynote presentations, and panel discussions to discuss emerging issues. We strive for an interdisciplinary mix of presenters from different countries and disciplines (e.g. health care, social sciences, computer science, engineering, or business) and with a different angle (research, practice, and business).   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4414629 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:31:29 +0100 4414629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382909&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F21%2Fwhat-medical-smartphones-apps-do-you-use%2F I’ve recently described how I use a Samsung Galaxy Tab in medicine and in all my online activities.  There is no doubt about the power of mobile health and as now there is a medical category even on the Android Marketplace, there will be more and more health apps this year. I also wrote about websites and search engines that will help you find interesting and useful medical apps, but the best way would be crowd-sourcing, of course. As a first step, I asked my friend and squash partner, Gabor Csato, MD, registrar (anaesthesiology and intensive therapy) to share the apps he uses in his practice on his iPhone with us. Pubmed search app, anaesthesiology descriptions and guides, calculators, Epocrates database, pharmindex and one surprise app (Webicina.com which I will descibe in detail... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4382909 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:40:51 +0100 4382909 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377721&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F19%2Fhealth-2-0-news-cloud-discovery-and-overhyped-smartphone-apps%2F Smartphones: More Vulnerable Than Ever CNN Money made a valid point in their recent article when they said that the smartphone is quickly becoming one of your most dangerous possessions. Because of services that make our lives easier, like online mobile banking and online shopping via your phone’s web browser, your smartphone has surpassed your wallet as the main target for pickpocketers and thieves. Medicine 2.0: Ordering Your Own Medical Tests Virtual Healthcare Center in Second Life Facebook “friend” request from patient? French doctors decline EBM Pioneer Dr. David Sackett Speaks Health 2.0 San Francisco – Tim O’Reilly Keynote Happy 10th birthday, dear Wikipedia, we all admire and love you! #wikipedia#wp10 Cloud Discovery & Licenced Library In... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377721 Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:30:47 +0100 4377721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338183&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F12%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-microsoft-surface-to-gene-machine%2F New Visualization Tool Gives Real-Time View of What Scientists Are Reading Introducing Microsoft Surface 2.0—our vision for healthcare infographic – Social Media in 2010 year end review Great Story About Value of Healthcare Information The ER doctors were able to effectively treat her because she had her digital device which provided them all of her medications, conditions, allergies (she is allergic to latex). Because of this rare condition and her acute distress she was told by the doctors had she not had this device there would have been adverse events, medical errors and it would have been fatal. Taking DNA Sequencing to the Masses and Gene Machine Audaciously named the Personal Genome Machine (PGM), the silicon-based device is the smallest and cheapest DNA decoder ever t... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338183 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:17:20 +0100 4338183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331167&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F10%2Fnew-infant-video-monitors%2F You may remember my post about the Dutch Telebaby projectin which cameras were installed at the incubators and parents can watch their child live 24 hours a day through even a mobile device. Now Samsung included BabyView infant video monitor option in the new Galaxy. Samsung took a break from pushing its connected HDTVs and Galaxy S line here at CES to introduce something just a wee bit different: a baby video monitor line. Yeah, seriously. The BabyView range is said to be engineered to fit into the wild and crazy lifestyles of “tech-savvy parents,” enabling proud mamas and papas to share audio and video of their youngster with friends and family via Twitter and Facebook. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331167 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:00:20 +0100 4331167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4327000&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F10%2Fsamsung-galaxy-tab-in-medicine%2F I predicted a massive role of tablets in 2011 and also wrote about the pros and cons of using iPad in healthcare when it became a hit last year. So it’s time to talk about Samsung Galaxy Tab which actually has changed totally my online activities in the past 3-4 weeks. Pros: Flash-based websites don’t mean any problems. Multi-tasking works nicely. Has a camera (both photo and video), plus videoconferencing is possible. Battery life seemed to be over 15 hours. Much smaller than iPad, really easy to hold for long time. Has barcode scanner app. Reading medical papers, e-book and PDFs is comfortable. The voice-controlled search app Vlingo is at least as good as Siri on iPhones. Cons: If it’s connected through USB to laptops, battery won’t be charged. There are stil... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4327000 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 05:01:24 +0100 4327000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322638&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F07%2Facne-and-web-2-0%2F If you have ever tried to find useful, medically reliable information on acne without advertisement-based websites or spams, I’m sure you had to go through plenty of useless resources until you found at least a good one (if you have found any). Webicina.com now published a selection focusing on relevant acne blogs, news, Twitter users, Youtube channels and peer-reviewed journals in PeRSSonalized Acne, the simplest customizable medical information aggregator that is available in 17 languages. You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web. You can personalize any of the ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322638 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:39:53 +0100 4322638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322639&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F07%2Fbest-ecg-mobile-solution-ever%2F I’ve already written about numerous ECG solutions in smartphones (see below), but a recent Medgadget report beats them all.What you need is an iPhone with the special app, a wireless case and you can perform an ECG. There are so many great ideas which will probably never be used in practice, but this, I believe, will be an exception. Seattle, Washington based Alivecor will be showing off its new iPhonECG system at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company has partnered with Oregon Scientific to manufacture the units, which are expected to sell for under $100 a piece. Related posts: OpenECGproject: Open Source for Electrocardiography DIY ECG at Home Health 2.0 News: Youtube, Patient Data and Google Wave Mobile Health News and Innovations (Source: ScienceRo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4322639 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:32:09 +0100 4322639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309791&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F04%2F2011-predictions-in-medicine-healthcare-technology-and-innovation%2F I hope everyone survived New Year’s Eve and the first days of work, so it’s just time to share my predictions for 2011 in medicine, healthcare, technology and innovation. I would love to get feedback about any of these points so please tell us what you think! This is going to be the year of tablets, and I’m not only talking about the iPad, but also Samsung Galaxy Tab (which I will write about in details soon) and others. New medical and media apps designed only for these tablets will appear. As the number of medical websites and the number of people searching for medical resources are both increasing, online medical content curation will become crucially important. See Webicina.com. Prezi will keep on developing into a collaborative brainstorm platform besides being the... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309791 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:33:13 +0100 4309791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300664&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F30%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-genomic-crowdsourcing-to-ibm-predictions%2F IBM 2010 Predictions For Next 5 Years The Top 10 in 2010 Global Health Communication If global health communication was characterized by anything in 2010, it was the rise of Twitter and other social media among non-profit organizations as a way of bypassing increasingly irrelevant traditional media and taking their messages directly to their target groups. Survey Exposes Physician-Patient Communications Gap (Pardon My Cynicism – Really?) You Prescribe with iPrescribe on iPhone Is Your Facebook Account a Privacy Breach? A recent article in the Journal of Medical Ethics (there is a link to the paper at the bottom of the article) reviewed doctors’ current Facebook use and what this might imply in terms of the doctor/patient relationship.  The study is small (only 202 peo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300664 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:25:28 +0100 4300664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281459&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F22%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-mobile-search-to-virtual-fluoroscopy%2F Mobile application search on Mimvi.com Med Schools Flunk at Keeping Faculty Off Pharma Speaking Circuit A ProPublica investigation found that more than a dozen of the school’s doctors were paid speakers in apparent violation of its policy—two of them earning six figures since last year. Doctor-patient relationship compromised by Facebook The VCL’s are software applications that simulate X-Ray Fluoroscopy equipment using a real-time interactive 3D Games engine (like the PlayStation or X Box). Entire School Population Tracked in Real Time to Learn How Disease Spreads What to Get the Scientist in Your Life: Christmas presents Tweet your chart: Why social sharing of medical data is a good idea Word Lens instantly translates printed words from one language to another u... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281459 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:28:07 +0100 4281459 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281460&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F22%2Fcancer-2-0-from-pew-internet-research%2F Pew Internet Research published again a very interesting study focusing on cancer patients using the internet. Findings related to the use of the internet for health information comes from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates between November 19 to December 20, 2008, among a national sample of 2,253 adults. A combination of landline and cellular random digit dial (RDD) samples was used to represent all adults who have access to either a landline or cellular telephone. Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish. For results based on the national sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects is plus or minus 2.3 percentage points.  For results based on internet users (n=1,650), the ma... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281460 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:48:21 +0100 4281460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277920&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F21%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-semester-is-over%2F I believe that this is still the first and only university accredited course in the world that focuses on social media and medicine for medical, dentistry, pharmacy and public health students. This semester is just over after 10 weeks, 20 slideshows and hundreds of questions from the students. They also filled in surveys before and after the course. I plan to publish the results in a peer-reviewed journal early next year. Thank you for the participation and the comments, questions, I hope you (both in the course and through the blog) enjoyed the lectures. See you next February when the new semester will be launched. The last week was dedicated to the future of web, semantic search and the survey results: First part of the Prezi.com slideshow: Life after web 2.0 Buzzwords! (there is no ph... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277920 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:16:34 +0100 4277920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4275537&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F21%2Fnewistic-mining-social-media%2F I’ve recently come across Newistic as I was about to meet the co-founder, Horatiu Mocian, but we couldn’t make it. The service sounds intereting and timely to me. Newistic offers a customizable web dashboard used for monitoring and analyzing social media for the pharma and healthcare industries. It enables persons or companies interested in the healthcare vertical to get a social media overview for any drug, disease, pharma company, or any other keyword. The features that set Newistic apart from other social media monitoring systems are: Monitoring patient communities Discovering diseases and symptoms that are associated with any search The possibility of searching all or some of the brand names of a generic drug To demonstrate its real power, here is a recent analysis they ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4275537 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:52:16 +0100 4275537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4275539&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F21%2Fa-new-look-for-who%2F Andre Blackman reported that the World Health Organization has a new website design. While it looks better than the last one, there are very important issues that are missing. Is there an RSS logo somewhere? The massive social media presence of WHO is totally missing from the whole site. The new center for health information is the internet, and to be honest, WHO hasn’t been able to deal with this in the past 10 years. What do you think about the new design?   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4275539 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:17:46 +0100 4275539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4275540&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F20%2Fheart-diseases-social-media-in-a-curated-way%2F There are hundreds of quality blogs, news sites, medical journals, Twitter users or Youtube channels focusing on the different types of heart diseases, but Webicina selects the most relevant resources in social media in PeRSSonalized Heart diseases, the simplest medical information aggregator that is available in 17 languages. You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web. You can personalize any of the sections. You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a condition, etc. and click Se... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4275540 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:55:17 +0100 4275540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272471&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F20%2Fsocial-media-and-the-medical-profession-from-australia%2F The American Medical Association (AMA) has recently published guidelines for doctors using social media regarding which I described that this set of guidelines is without details and clear recommendations. Now the Australian Medical Assocation published really comprehensive and detaileds instructions including case studies and examples as well. A joint initiative of the Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors-in-Training, the New Zealand Medical Association Doctors-in-Training Council, the New Zealand Medical Students’ Association and the Australian Medical Students’ Association. Although doctors and medical students are increasingly participating in online social media, evidence is emerging from studies, legal cases, and media reports that the use of these media can pose ris... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272471 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:16:19 +0100 4272471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266099&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F15%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-who-to-medical-songs%2F Implementing Twitter in a Health Sciences Library Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs AIDS Drugs Lower the Risk of HIV Infection Synthetic Cell Blood Test for Alzheimer’s FDA Approves Botox for Migraines Taking the Resuscitation Out of CPR The FDA Restricts Avandia Blood Test for Heart Attack Predicting IVF Success Artificial Ovary Creating iPS Cells Safer and Faster Why More Health Experts Are Embracing the Social Web If it’s the latter, it may be time to find another doctor. With nearly 90% of online Americans searching the Internet for health resources, it’s likely you and your friends and family already use the Internet to research health issues. It’s true that the web has a jumble of health information, and engaging online takes time, which most health experts don’t have.... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266099 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:03:28 +0100 4266099 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4251226&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F11%2Fhealthmash-iphone-app%2F HealthMash, WebLib’s next generation semantic health search engine, that utilizes proprietary natural language processing and semantic technology tools and resources in order to find highly relevant, reliable and recent health information from the most trusted sources and facilitate user exploration and discovery, will release an iPhone application in January.   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4251226 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:35:26 +0100 4251226 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245479&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F09%2Fwhat-is-telebaby%2F There are more and more premature children and their situation for their parents is dramatic. They would love to be with the newborn 24 hours a day, but in most cases they obviously cannot. At the Dutch UMC Ultrecht, they launched a project under the name Telebaby, in which cameras were installed at the incubators and parents can watch their child live 24 hours a day through even a mobile device. Of course, the system is password protected, so only the affected parents can access the specific video channels. Isn’t it great? A very human, but not that expensive idea, a really Dutch approach. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245479 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:40:22 +0100 4245479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4241891&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F08%2Fnhs-health-2-0-tools-with-webicina%2F NHSWebTools.com is a repository of selected health 2.0-related social media services. For my great pleasure, it also includes Webicina.com, a free service the curates medical content even in social media. The Web is beginning to change how healthcare is experienced and delivered. To-date many of the health 2.0 tools have originated in the USA, but the UK is now beginning to catch-up. Have a good look around, be curious, try out the tools. Most importantly rate what you see and leave comments. This site will get much more useful as you and others share your reactions and insights. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4241891 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:36:54 +0100 4241891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4238064&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F12%2F08%2Fmedicine-2-0-congress-2010-slideshows%2F I just came back from Maastricht where I attended the Medicine 2.0 Congress. Here are the related slideshows on Slideshare. A few examples:   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4238064 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:31:02 +0100 4238064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4220386&cid=t_107082_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=4214372&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F30%2Fdoctors-2-0-and-you-conference-in-2011%2F I think one of the most exciting conferences in 2011 will take place in Paris between 25 and 26 of June: Doctors 2.0 and You. I’ll give a presentation so see you there! How are Doctors using Social Media, Apps, and Web 2.0 Tools to work with Patients, Colleagues, Governments,  Industry, Payers? There is so much excitement about Web 2.0 and Social Media in Health Care, but do we know what physicians and other health care professionals are actually doing online? Doctors 2.0™ & You conference will be highly interactive, with workshops, contests, live tweeting, and interactive voting. Doctors 2.0™ & You is organized by Basil Strategies,  an eHealth eMarketing consultancy, founded by Denise Silber to help healthcare organizations take advantage of New Technologies, Health ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214372 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:34:23 +0100 4214372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214375&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F29%2Fmedicine-2-0-congress-in-maastricht%2F I’m currently attending the Medicine 2.0 Congress in Maastricht, the Netherlands (I was also in Toronto in 2008). It’s a great event with many medicine 2.0 faces and voices. I spoke about Quality of Medical Information in Social Media and presented the concept behind Webicina.com, a service featuring free curated content in social media. I will publish the Prezi soon. I also have a poster set up focusing on my internet in medicine university course. And had a chance to drop by and see how the HCSMEU Camp is going. Great discussions as usual. If you want to follow the conference, here is a Netvibes page, a Twubs aggregation and a Flickr account. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214375 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:28:22 +0100 4214375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4206093&cid=t_107082_155_f&fid=38412&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpathlabmed.typepad.com%2Fsurgical_pathology_and_la%2F2010%2F11%2Flab-report-makeover.html Anyone read this month's issue of Wired (November 2010)? There is a fascinating article for us lab folks in which the author (Steven Leckart) tapped three designers to re-design the standard lab report.  First, let me say that the standard lab report design harkens back to the days of dot-matrix printers and green bar fanfold paper.  There seems to be little evolution since.  The lab reports from my lab invite more questions from clinicians and I field at least 3 calls per week just trying to cipher the results for the ordering physician!  Imagine a patient trying to make sense of their own lab results.  Actually, I can.  Every few months I receive a pdf by email from my dad or mom wondering what their lab results mean and if the "H" or &qu... The Daily Sign-Out blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4206093 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:46:06 +0100 4206093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197267&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F24%2Flooking-for-medical-iphone-and-android-apps%2F There is no question about the growing importance of mobile applications focusing on health and medical communication. I thought I would share some tools and websites with you that will help find the most relevant medical mobile apps either for Androids or iPhones. 1) Webicina selections of mobile apps dedicated to medical conditions or specialties. 2) iMedicalApps and PalmDoc are great blogs. 3) Medical apps for iGadgets on Appolicious. 4) Android health apps on Androlib.com and AppBrain. Myself, I use the following health-related Android apps: Endocrine Diseases First Aid Genetics and Birth Defects JEFIT Layar (for searching for hospitals, etc.) Instant Heart rate What are your favourite apps? (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197267 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:27:17 +0100 4197267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190388&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F23%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-new-media-in-medicine-and-education-2-0%2F The 8th week of the world’s first university accredited course focusing on medicine and social media was dedicated to New Media in Medicine and Education 2.0. Many thanks to Doctor Anonymous who sent  a personal message to my students (see the video below)! First slideshow: New Media in Medicine What is new media? Internet in Medicine: 2000 vs 2010 How to deal with reporters as a medical professional: tips and tricks We don’t watch TV on TV any more. Statistics about Youtube (pros and cons) ustream.tv; Twiddeo.com How could a doctor reach the patient? (newspaper, ads, word of mouth) How can they reach them now? Through online videos such as scivee.tv, thedoctorschannel.com, emedtv.com Sites of Medical/Scientific Videos: The List Podcasts: Is it easier to read or to listen? Lis... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190388 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:00:36 +0100 4190388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190389&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F22%2Finterview-with-dr-flea%2F I use the famous story of Dr. Flea, an anonymous medical “star-blogger” , who had a malpractice lawsuit but kept on blogging about the situation in my Internet in Medicine course when I tell students about the potential troubles around blogging as a doctor. His story in a nutshell (reviews 1, 2 and 3): In May 2007 Robert Lindeman, a pediatrician from the Boston area, found himself uncomfortably in the public eye when the Boston Globe exposed his pseudonymous life as a blogger in a sensational front page story. The reason? Dr. Lindeman, who clearly loves writing, had been live-blogging under the name “Flea” about his experiences as a medical malpractice defendant. The plaintiff’s attorney found out, he was exposed on the witness stand, and the case immediately settled. His... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190389 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:50:55 +0100 4190389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190390&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F22%2Ffacebook-stories-and-scandals-mayo-clinic-deals-with-them%2F We all know that Mayo Clinic is an example for all the healthcare institutions in the world regarding the inclusion of social media in their communication. Here are two stories that happened with Mayo Clinic and that they could handle properly. 1) A Latvian doctor at Mayo sent a controversial letter to a Latvian government official in 2009 in which he stated “as a physician, [he] cannot treat equally Russians and Latvians.” Now the letter was translated and caused serious troubles to Mayo as users left comments on the wall of the Mayo Facebook page. Mayo could deal with this properly by using fast, accurate communication with users, open comments and they tried to “flood” the stream of negative comments with positive news and announcements. Later, they asked users t... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190390 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:49:51 +0100 4190390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4183444&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F19%2Fobesity-in-social-media%2F After collections focusing on Fitness and Weight Loss, it was time to create a similar collection containing social media resources aimed at medical professionals. PeRSSonalized Obesity, the simplest medical information aggregator that is available in 17 languages, is the newest selection on Webicina. If we missed something, please let us know. You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web. You can personalize any of the sections. You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a condition, ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4183444 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:28:55 +0100 4183444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179445&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2Fama-guidelines-for-physicians-in-social-media%2F Finally, the American Medical Association (AMA) published guidelines for doctors using social media. The new policy encourages physicians to: Use privacy settings to safeguard personal information and content to the fullest extent possible on social networking sites. Routinely monitor their own Internet presence to ensure that the personal and professional information on their own sites and content posted about them by others, is accurate and appropriate. Maintain appropriate boundaries of the patient-physician relationship when interacting with patients online and ensure patient privacy and confidentiality is maintained. Consider separating personal and professional content online. Recognize that actions online and content posted can negatively affect their reputations among patients and... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179445 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:40:21 +0100 4179445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179446&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-android-interfaces-to-wikipedia-hard-cover-editions%2F Google Celebrates Discovery of X-rays With Special Doodle New Medical Calculators in Wolfram|Alpha Wikipedia hard-cover editions now available Top 10 EMR and operational iPhone medical apps Imagine Medicine: The Photography / Photoshop Contest Welcome to the Imagine Medicine contest! We are looking for fascinating medical photography that… imagines medicine. Nothing is off the table: portraits, group shots, happy shots, tragic shots, clinical shots, photoshop illustrations, macro, micro, and anything in between. Can you imagine medicine, showcase it as art, and make us wonder? Future Android Interfaces (Videos) The World of e-Patients: A Content Analysis of Online Social Networks Focusing on Diseases. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179446 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:31:41 +0100 4179446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4179447&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F18%2Fneo-perinatology-selected-resources-in-social-media%2F There are hundreds of quality blogs, news sites, medical journals, Twitter users or Youtube channels focusing on neonatology and perinatology so Webicina just selected some of the best in PeRSSonalized Neo- & Perinatology, the simplest medical information aggregator that is available in 17 languages. If we missed something, please let us know. You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web. You can personalize any of the sections. You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a conditio... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4179447 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:22:16 +0100 4179447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175894&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F17%2Fcommunity-outreach-by-hospitals%2F When I was preparing to the next lecture of the Internet in Medicine course, I asked my friends on Twitter whether they know about examples for community outreach by hospitals. Lucien Engelen shared a great example with me. The Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre (RUNMC) helps young people with cancer to develop their own community. More details here and in the video below. Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre starts with the development of AYA4 (All information You’ve Asked For) : a unique online community for and by young people with cancer. Soon after the scoping process one of the FIRST steps was to have the Chief Listening Office of the REshape-team start listening to doctors, nurses, patients, parents and others in the informal care. So we as a University hospital... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175894 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:14:41 +0100 4175894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175895&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F17%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-social-media-in-healthcare%2F The 7th week of my Internet in Medicine university course was dedicated to healthcare in social media and also collaboration online. First slideshow: Healthcare in social media What is social media, web 2.0 and the difference between them Focusing on 3 topics: 1) hospitals in social media How Mayo Clinic uses social media Lee Aase’s slideshow about Mayo Clinic 2) doctors promoting practices via social media Describing Hello Health Why doctors can organize their practices properly? Homepage = reputation 3) science 2.0 problems with impact factors and presenting article level metrics Take-home message: Doctors, hospitals and scientists use social media for different purposes. Find your strategy and the proper tools. Second slideshow: Collaboration Online Collaboration so... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175895 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:11:56 +0100 4175895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172259&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F16%2Fcopd-and-web-2-0-selected-resources%2F COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is the 4th leading cause of death and is an important medical issue worldwide. Webicina just published the newest social media collection, COPD and Web 2.0, that features social media resources/applications selected by professionals focusing on this important issue. Blogs, podcasts, news sites, communities, mobile apps and many more. PeRSSonalized COPD, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggregator will also let you follow these resources easily in a personalized way. Here is table of contents: News and Information on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Blogosphere Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Podcasts and Interviews Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disea... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172259 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:47:50 +0100 4172259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4172260&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F16%2Fprognosis-a-clinical-case-simulation-game%2F Finally, Prognosis, a new iPhone app is released. It is actually a clinical case simulation game for doctors, medical students and nurses. I can’t wait to see it on Androids. Tired of poring over long, complicated medical case studies? Try Prognosis : your Diagnosis – a fun and free game that lets you investigate, deduce and diagnose real life medical cases within minutes. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4172260 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:43:58 +0100 4172260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159397&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F12%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-blekko-to-cellphones-saving-lives%2F Blekko is a new search engine that aims to remove spam content from search results by slashtagging websites. What to Do When Patients Contact You on Twitter Five ways your cell phone can save you Illustrated licensing tutorial for Wikimedia Commons Free knowledge is the foundation of all Wikimedia projects: anyone is free to use, modify and redistribute the content for any purpose. But copyright and free licenses are very confusing for new users, especially when they want to contribute pictures and other media files. A new illustrated licensing tutorial will now guide new users through the basics of copyright and free licenses to make their first steps easier. Blausen Human Atlas iPad v3.0 New Features Medicine and the iPad: Lessons from an Early Adapter Early iPad adapter, an... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159397 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:59:23 +0100 4159397 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159398&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F11%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-virtual-reality-in-medicine%2F The 6th week of the world’s first university accredited course focusing on medicine and social media was dedicated to virtual reality in medicine. First slideshow: Definition of virtual worlds Why do we need a second life? community + online games + simulation One example is secondlife.com A shorter version of the original slideshow with my own narration: More than 20 million users, 30,000,000 online hours What does SL mean for people? It used to mean gambling (but not now) Game? work? (The number of Second Life residents generating more than $5,000 in monthly income has more than quadrupled to 116 in the past year, according to San Francisco’s Linden Lab, owner of Second Life.); place?; tool?; entertainment?; sport?; opportunity?; appearance? Technological barriers: reg... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159398 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:56:11 +0100 4159398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4155339&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F11%2Fphotocalorie-picture-your-diet%2F Although I can check the calorie content of any food on WolframAlpha, it’s good to have a site which focuses only on this issue. PhotoCalorie is an application inspired by the ideas of Dr. Mark Boguski of Harvard Medical School, who realized that the current methods available to track your daily nutrient intake are monotonous and simply too complicated.  As a result, people would lose interest in tracking their diet or stop the diet all together. Our mission is to create the easiest food journal on the planet to help dieters lose weight and monitor their diet with ease. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4155339 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:22:48 +0100 4155339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152096&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F09%2Findonesian-collection-of-medical-resources%2F We launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date easily. It’s the simplest, free, customizable medical information aggregator covering over 70 medical specialties and conditions in 17 languages! The Indonesian selection is the newest one in which the platform is in Indonesian and the blogs, news sites, Twitter users and peer-reviewed journals are also the most relevant ones in that language. Please let us know if you want to see PeRSSonalized Medicine in your language. Many thanks to Dani Iswara, MD for the translation and for the help in finding quality resources! Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of th... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152096 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:00:18 +0100 4152096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134086&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F04%2Fsleep-and-web-2-0-sleep-health-and-disorders-in-social-media%2F The web is really rich in content related to sleep, healthy sleep, sleep disorders and more. Webicina’s new Sleep and Web 2.0 collection features social media resources/applications selected by professionals focusing on these important issues. Blogs, podcasts, news sites, communities, mobile apps and many more. PeRSSonalized Sleep, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggregator will also let you follow these resources easily in a personalized way. Here is table of contents: News and Information on Sleep Sleep in the Blogosphere Sleep Podcasts and Intreviews Sleep Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums Microblogging: Twitter and Friendfeed Sleep Wikis Sleep videos, animations and videocasts Mobile Applications Social Bookmarking Medical Search E... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134086 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:41:01 +0100 4134086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134090&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F02%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-e-patients-and-medical-communities%2F The 5th week of the Internet in Medicine university accredited course was focusing on e-patients and medical communities. First slideshow: The world of e-patients Who is a good patient? (referring to I am a good patient, believe it or not; Alejandro R Jadad, Carlos A Rizo, Murray W Enkin; BMJ  2003;326:1293-1295 (14 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7402.1293 ) Types of patients: the powerful other; external controller, internal controller or google patient or brainsucker or googlers An e-patient is equipped, enabled, empowered, engaged, equal and expert. Examples (several stories) including maartensjourney.com, Jen, Kerri and many more What do e-patients use? Websites (Web MD), blogs (fightpompe.com, sixuntilme.com); Second Life (Healthinfo Island), services (sugarstats.com or traineo.com) Com... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134090 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:20:54 +0100 4134090 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134091&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F02%2Fals-research-through-social-media%2F I’ve recently come across ALSUntangled.com, a site that aims to use social media for coordinating research on ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Check out the list of completed investigations. ALSUntangled has been in existence for 15 months. Our NING consists of ALS clinician scientists from across six countries, participating in 32 active discussions. We have published five investigations on six different alternative and off-label treatment options. We have created this website with hopes it will make it easier for clinicians, scientists and PALS to find us and to interact. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134091 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:32:38 +0100 4134091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125191&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F01%2Finternet-in-medicine-2000-vs-2010%2F Whenever I talk about using social media in medicine to doctors, they seem to think there are more cons than pros regarding this issue. Well, I like reminding them about some major differences between 2000 and nowadays. What would I do if in 2000 Now I need clinical answer Try to find a collegue who knows it Post a question on Twitter I want to hear patient story about a specific condition Try to find a patient in my town Read blogs, watch Youtube I want to be up-to-date Go to the library once a week Use RSS and follow hundreds of journals I want to work on a manuscript with my team We gather around the table Use Google Docs without geographical limits Here is what Web, MD looked like in 2000 and what it looks like now: Web MD in 2000 Web MD today The same for the website of ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125191 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:52:33 +0100 4125191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125192&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F11%2F01%2Fnanomedicine-selected-resources-in-social-media%2F There are hundreds of quality blogs, news sites, medical journals, Twitter users or Youtube channels focusing on nanomedicine and nanotechnology so Webicina just selected some of the best in PeRSSonalized Nanomedicine, the simplest medical information aggregator that is available in 16 languages. If we missed something, please let us know. You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web. You can personalize any of the sections. You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a condition, etc. a... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125192 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:02:10 +0100 4125192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119470&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F29%2Fsocial-media-toolkit-from-cdc-is-out%2F The Center for Disease Control and Prevention published the newest the Health Communicator’s  Social Media Toolkit (here is the PDF version). A guide to using social media to improve reach of health messages, increase access to your content, further participation with audiences and advance transparency to improve health communication efforts. The guide is truly fantastic, detailed, comprehensive. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119470 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:29:11 +0100 4119470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105912&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F26%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-wikipedia-and-medical-wikis%2F   The 4th week of the Internet in Medicine university accredited course was focusing on Medical wikis and Wikipedia. First slideshow on medical wikis. We need wikis for collaboration, teaching, organizing events, etc. Definition and history of Wiki Wikis in plain English: Medical wikis, featuring two examples: Askdrwiki and Radiopaedia How to launch a wiki on Wetpaint Semantic Wikis? Wikiproteins Classification of diseases, WHO project using a wiki in ICD classification 3D Wiki = Second Life? Take-home message: If you want to share and create content online, a wiki is a great tool to use. I’ve been a Wikipedia administrator since 2006 so this topic is really close to my heart. Second slideshow is dedicated to Wikipedia issues. Facebook + Google + Flickr (=) Wikipedia Ho... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105912 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:38:41 +0100 4105912 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105913&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F25%2Fepilepsy-and-web-2-0-selected-resources%2F Epilepsy is without doubt a very important medical issue and while there are plenty of related resources, nobody has reviewed these and selected the most relevant ones so far. Webicina’s new Epilepsy and Web 2.0 collection features selected social media resources/applications focusing on epilepsy. PeRSSonalized Epilepsy, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggregator will let you follow these resources easily in a personalized way. Here is table of contents: News and Information on Epilepsy Epilepsy in the Blogosphere Epilepsy Podcasts and Intreviews Epilepsy Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums Microblogging: Twitter and Friendfeed Epilepsy Wikis Epilepsy videos, animations and videocasts Mobile Applications Social Bookmarking Medical Search... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105913 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:11:52 +0100 4105913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105914&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F25%2Fdigital-pharma-east-review%2F After the successful Digital Pharma Europe, my expectations were really high before flying to Philadelphia to speak at Digital Pharma East. The first day was vibrating and the other days were also great. Enough to mention the pharma twittersphere analysis. Here is a perfect summary of the pre-conference mobile and social media workshop. Regarding the 2nd day, I’m glad I could listen to the presentation of Kevin Clauson: I also spoke about Physicians using social media for a better healthcare in Prezi.com format. In the video of Doctor Anonymous, you can see me talking from 4:45: Follow the conference blog for more. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105914 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 06:21:42 +0100 4105914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105915&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F24%2Fhas-your-doctor-received-drug-company-money%2F Let’s be honest here, it’s not that rare that doctors accept payments from drug companies (e.g. speaker fees) and it might or may influence their decision-making when prescribing drugs. ProPublica has released a searchable database of MDs taking payments from drug companies. This is transparency. I would be more than interested to see how a doc would react to a patient who mentions this at the next visit. Drug companies have long kept secret details of the payments they make to doctors for promoting their drugs. But seven companies have begun posting names and compensation on the Web, some as the result of legal settlements. ProPublica compiled these disclosures, totaling $258 million, into a single database that allows patients to search for their doctor. Receiving payments is... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105915 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:31:16 +0100 4105915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086441&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F20%2Fhealth-2-0-news-from-ibleep-to-butter%2F Figuring out figures in scientific papers: new search / ranking method outline in PLoS One paper: A new search engine for figures Doctoring the Web: A plastic surgeon has positive online reviews. But not from that patient who died. Introducing iBleep: iBleep is based on one fundamental principle – to provide Clinicians with accurate information in real time – so that they can be aware of critical incidents on the wards without the out-dated paging process. mHealth Defined (Pharma 2.0) Clinical Monitoring of Chilean Miners Stuck Half a Mile Underground Will Butter Make You Smarter? Introducing Butter Mind…and Coconut Mind Medgadget Tours the Brooke Army Medical Center Phrazer, a Universal Communicator for Clinicians: The device holds a large number of pre-... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086441 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:16:52 +0100 4086441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082260&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F19%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-rss-and-twitter%2F The third week of the Internet in Medicine university accredited course was dedicated to RSS and microblogging. In the first slideshow, I described what RSS is, how to use trend trackers and which tools can help you follow the medical literature easily. Before, we had to surf on the web. Now we let the content and information come to us automatically. Definition and story of RSS. Advantages of RSS (easy to use, free, comprehensive). Statistics (medical bloggers tend to read RSS). RSS icons. How to read RSS (browser -example=Firefox; Google Reader; desktop-based readers – Feeddemon). An example, a real tutorial about how to follow the latest articles published on NEJM. Step by step. Best friend of docs? Of course, Pubmed. How to follow Pubmed updates easily. What to do when a s... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082260 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:06:45 +0100 4082260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077452&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F17%2Fdigital-pharma-east-philadelphia-im-coming%2F Tomorrow I will fly to Philadelphia to attend and speak at the Digital Pharma East event. This March, I spoke at Digital Pharma Europe and that was one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended so I really look forward to this one. On the 19th, I’ll have an “on stage interview” with the great blogger, Mark Senak from Eye on FDA. Topics will include: The social media experience in medicine is all over the map. Some institutions are inhibited by regulatory concerns, others by legal. Doctors and patients are moving ahead. Will it ever all even out and if so, how? Physicians have really embraced mobile platforms – but the apps that they seem to be embracing seem aimed at helping them either learn, or talk to each other. Are they primarily communicating with patients... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077452 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:58:30 +0100 4077452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074315&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F15%2Fbioinformatics-and-web-2-0%2F The number of communities and repositories dedicated to Bioinformatics is rapidly growing so finding relevant resources takes more and more time and efforts. Webicina, as usual, selected only relevant social media resources such as GenomeWeb Bioinform news site, Science in the Open blog, Molecular Station community, Bioinformatics Tutorials Youtube channel or OpenNetWare wiki. Webicina’s new Bioinformatics and Web 2.0 collection features even more social media resources. If you also want to follow easily these selected resources in a personalized way, here is PeRSSonalized Bioinformatics, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggregator. Here is table of contents: News and Information on Bioinformatics Bioinformatics in the Blogosphere Bioinformatics... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074315 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:11:51 +0100 4074315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065533&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F14%2Fmobile-health-news-and-innovations%2F Recently, more and more incredible mobile health applications and solutions have been coming to the market so I thought I would share some of these in one entry. First, here is Instant Heart Rate, an Android app which I use myself. Can a smartphone improve CPR? An ER physician’s invention reaches the market Doximity to Help Physicians Connect With One Another Continuous ECG Monitoring on an Android Phone And 10 More iPhone / iPad Apps for Bioscientists by BiteSize Bio. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065533 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:37:54 +0100 4065533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040709&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F07%2Foncology-selected-social-media-resources%2F Webicina.com features selected blogs, news sites, medical journals, Twitter users and Youtube channels dedicated to oncology in the newest PeRSSonalized Oncology collection. This is the simplest, customizable, free medical information aggregator. Please let us know if there are other great resources. Don’t forget the Cancer and web 2.0 collection! You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal. Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web. You can personalize any of the sections. You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040709 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:08:32 +0100 4040709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040710&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F07%2Felectronic-medical-records-on-ipad%2F Medgadget just shared Nimble an EMR solution which looks quite amazing on iPads. I thought I would share some other solutions designed for iProducts because there are more and more of them. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040710 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:37:38 +0100 4040710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040711&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F07%2Fwinners-of-the-2010-health-2-0-developer-challenge%2F The six winners of the 2010 Health 2.0 Developer Challenge were just announced and will be showcased at the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge session at the Health 2.0 San Francisco Conference, October 7-8, 2010. Accelerating Wireless Health Adoption through a Standardized Social Network Platform: Winner is Videntity. A blood pressure meter and a weight via Wii balance board will be attached to a client computing device. Data shall be read directly from the device and transmitted via a social network for visual display. Project HealthDesign Developer Challenge: Winner is Pain Care @Ringful Health that will develop a chronic pain management application. The Health Factor – Using the County Health Rankings to Make Smart Decisions: Winner is Acsys Healthcare that will build an Augmented ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040711 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:30:36 +0100 4040711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036845&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F06%2Fhow-do-smartphones-impact-healthcare-report%2F EPG Health Media published a comprehensive and interesting report on smartphone use in healthcare (How do smartphones impact healthcare professionals and infuence the way they practice?) which is actually a great comparison between Europe and the United States. 340 doctors from all medical specialties filled the online questionnaire consisting of 23 multiple choice type questions. I had a chance to take a deeper look into the report and the differences between Europe and the US are quite astonishing (US physicians seem to be more active and open to using smartphones in their practices). One example: Does your smartphone help you diagnose? An excerpt from the conclusion: In the European healthcare arena, the potential for mobile devices – in particular ‘smartphones’ – presents a ta... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036845 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:00:39 +0100 4036845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036847&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F06%2F108-simple-rules-for-editing-wikipedia%2F As I’ve been an administrator of Wikipedia, it’s really important for me to persuade more and more professionals to edit Wikipedia. A new paper published in PLoS Computational Biology seems to be a very helpful first step for those who are interested in editing biomedical content in the biggest encyclopaedia. Ten Simple Rules for Editing Wikipedia Rule 1: Register an Account Rule 2: Learn the Five Pillars Rule 3: Be Bold, but Not Reckless Rule 4: Know Your Audience Rule 5: Do Not Infringe Copyright Rule 6: Cite, Cite, Cite Rule 7: Avoid Shameless Self-Promotion Rule 8: Share Your Expertise, but Don’t Argue from Authority Rule 9: Write Neutrally and with Due Weight Rule 10: Ask for Help I have some other tips dedicated to the biomedical entries. Focus on the Medical Col... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036847 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:08:14 +0100 4036847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031422&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F04%2Fstem-cells-and-web-2-0%2F It is easy to realize the huge number of malicious websites and the high frequency of false information focusing on stem cells. But there are some quality resources such as The Niche blog, Stem Cells Portal community site, the NIH Stem Cell information center or the International Society for Stem Cell Research Youtube channel. Webicina’s new Stem Cells and Web 2.0 collection features even more social media resources. If you also want to follow easily these selected resources in a personalized way, here is PeRSSonalized Stem Cells, the simplest, free, customizable medical information aggregator. Here is table of contents: News and Information on Stem Cells Stem Cells in the Blogosphere Stem Cell Podcasts and Intreviews Stem Cell Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums Microblo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031422 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:48:51 +0100 4031422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4031423&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F10%2F04%2Finternet-in-medicine-university-course-medical-blogging%2F We just finished the second lecture of the “Internet in Medicine” university credit course which was dedicated to medical blogging. Here is the summary of my presentations. Definition of blog, post, trackback, pingback, comment, tag. First blog: Jorn Barger, 1997 Technorati statistics about the state of the entire blogosphere Blogs in plain English: Types of blogs and bloggers Major medical blogs as examples: Kevin, MD; Medgadget; Sixuntilme; Doctor Anonymous; Street Anatomy. Analyzing the results of the study of Ivor Kovic et al. (Examining the Medical Blogosphere: An Online Survey of Medical Bloggers) Blog carnivals and microcarnivals How to educate with blogs (e.g. Alan J Cann) Some examples such as the recent post from Sergey Brin about his genes and the posts it led to... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4031423 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:07:47 +0100 4031423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013411&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F09%2F28%2Fswedish-collection-of-medical-social-media-resources%2F We launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date easily. It’s the simplest, free, customizable medical information aggregator covering over 65 medical specialties and conditions in 16 languages! The Swedish selection is the newest one in which the platform is in Swedish and the blogs, news sites, Twitter users and peer-reviewed journals are also the most relevant ones in that language. Please let us know if you want to see PeRSSonalized Medicine in your language. Many thanks to Meybod Kia for the translation! Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine is unique: You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web. You can personalize any of the sections... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013411 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:38:50 +0100 4013411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013412&cid=t_107082_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2010%2F09%2F28%2Finterview-about-webicina-and-health-2-0%2F Walter Jessen, PhD at the famous Highlight Health Blog did an interview with me about doing PhD in genomics, health 2.0, Webicina, Scienceroll and many other issues. Check it out on HighlightHealth. He also created a word cloud of my tweets: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013412 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:31:27 +0100 4013412