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 'web 2.0'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:47:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182161&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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=5174613&cid=t_91927_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fafter-one-year-the-mayo-clinic-center-for-social-media-is-still-going-strong%2F2011.08.29 I’ve always been a great fan of what Mayo Clinic has been doing on social media. Then after Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media was launched, I became a member of the international external advisory board which I’m very proud of. I reported when they launched a patient community and also discussed how well they did this. Now the Center is 1 year old and still performs perfectly. An excerpt form their previous entry: Here’s a sneak peek of a few topics that were discussed during Mayo’s retreat: (more…) *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174613 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:00:38 +0100 5174613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169665&cid=t_91927_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=5159564&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Fwebicina-com-new-design-new-search-engine-new-era%2F We have been working extremely hard to redesign the whole site on Webicina.com and introduce a brand new search engine that is powered by Weblib PolySearch Search Engine. They did an excellent job with this clustering search tool and now it’s much easier to find the selected medical social media resources you are looking for. I will soon dedicate a whole blog entry to the search engine with which you can find e.g. diabetes social media resources; other resources focusing on diabetes but under a different topic; news/blog posts/papers/Twitterers/etc from our database focusing on diabetes and also in different languages. The new main page The new logo The new search engine To sum it up, let’s see the changes: New clustering search engine New design for the whole site New logo Ne... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159564 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:56:40 +0100 5159564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159565&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Ffacebook-comments-pharma-and-the-hard-days%2F The 15th of August was a special day as that day all pharma Facebook pages had to open the doors to comments which led to some interesting issues and consequences. I thought I would wait some days before writing my post so then it would be easier to see the reactions from the top pharma companies. Well, here are a few examples: Pharma Facebook Commenting Is Open: Remain Calm Pharma reaction to facebook changes foregrounds three tiers of Social Media Johnson and Johnson, Astra Zeneca and Other Pharma Companies Closing Down Facebook Sites–A Few Less Bricks in the “Wall” AstraZeneca is staying on Facebook Quick survey: Why are you deleting your Facebook page Pharma’s social media challenges: open Facebook walls may not risk as much negativity as first thought Pharm... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159565 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:06:42 +0100 5159565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159566&cid=t_91927_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=5159567&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F22%2Fmayo-clinic-center-for-social-media-celebrates-first-anniversary%2F I’ve always been a great fan of what Mayo Clinic has been doing on social media. Then after Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media was launched, I became a member of the international external advisory board which I’m very proud of. I reported when they launched a patient community and also discussed how well they did this. Now the Center is 1 year old and still performs perfectly. An excerpt form their previous entry: Here’s a sneak peek of a few topics that were discussed during Mayo’s retreat: Establishing a social media health network. “Originally, we wanted 50 members by July 1 st, but we were closer to 70 by that time,” Aase says. Starting a member community site. This is a site that allows patients to connect with other patients. “This is a st... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159567 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:37:38 +0100 5159567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159568&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F19%2Fmanaging-the-social-media-presence-of-a-popular-health-portal%2F I’ve been working on projects related to health and social media for years. I’ve been a consultant to health 2.0 and pharma companies, have been managing two award winning blogs (in English and Hungarian) and launched Webicina.com, the first free social media curation service. I’ve always wanted to use this experience and expertise and manage the social media presence of the biggest health portal in Hungary, HaziPatika.com that has over 2,5 million visits a month. It’s a great pleasure to announce that I’m now managing the Facebook, Twitter and blog channels of HaziPatika.com, the biggest, most popular health portal that has been serving the community since 1999! I’m also a consultant now regarding the total online and digital communication of the site.... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159568 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:39:04 +0100 5159568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5130747&cid=t_91927_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=5118891&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F09%2Fwhat-happens-after-your-final-status-update-ted-talk%2F Adam Ostrow has recently talked about what happens when someone with an online presence dies. Many of us have a social media presence — a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you’ve died? Could it … live on? (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118891 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:01:47 +0100 5118891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107515&cid=t_91927_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcould-twitter-be-used-to-predict-epidemics%2F2011.08.09 Do you remember when Google Flu Trends was announced to be able to track and predict flu outbreaks in US states based on the search queries focusing on flu symptoms? Do you remember when a study pointed out although it was interactive and neat but was not as useful as CDC national surveillance programs? Well, now Twitter is meant to fill this gap. If you ask me, it won’t. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107515 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:00:43 +0100 5107515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107524&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FICAkkGS28sM%2F Blitter is a clinical search engine with content highlighted by clinicians who blog or tweet. If they think it's important enough to comment on, we consider it great content. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107524 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:22:41 +0100 5107524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103468&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F06%2Fcrowdsourcing-science%2F Al Jazeera made an interview with me about using crowdsourcing in medicine via Twitter a few months ago and now Dr. Victor Henning, founder of Mendeley gave a presentation dedicated to the same issue but in science. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103468 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:42:41 +0100 5103468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096840&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=5096842&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2Fgenetic-music-project%2F Some months ago I wrote about Alexandra Pajak, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, who released an album of music based on the DNA of HIV. And now here is the Genetic Music Project, an open source genetic art project combining music and science where everyone is art and everyone can be an artist. Since all genetic information can only come in the language of four nucleotides (A Adenosine C Cytosine G Guanine T Thymidine) it is fairly easily conveyed in musical form. Another way of thinking about it is that each and every one of us and all life on this planet is made of music. Here you can listen to some samples. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096842 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:39:00 +0100 5096842 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096843&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F04%2Fpharma-facebook-moderation-case-study-slideshow%2F Jay Byrant published this case study. It’s good to know people want to deal with the moderation problem pharma companies face these days on Facebook. It’s not a big deal if we set exact and clear rules and goals, but many companies just don’t start with that. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096843 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:34:13 +0100 5096843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096845&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F03%2Ftwitter-is-a-petri-dish-slideshow%2F Shwen Gwee published a great slideshow about how Twitter can be used by pharma for online communication. A must see: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096845 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:20:53 +0100 5096845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096846&cid=t_91927_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=5086443&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F01%2Fpredicting-epidemics-via-twitter%2F Do you remember when Google Flu Trends was announced to be able to track and predict flu outbreaks in US states based on the search queries focusing on flu symptoms? Do you remember when a study pointed out although it was interactive and neat but was not as useful as CDC national surveillance programs? Well, now Twitter is meant to fill this gap. If you ask me, it won’t. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086443 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:05:43 +0100 5086443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086444&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F08%2F01%2Ffrom-lady-gaga-and-facebook-to-md-celebs-and-twitter%2F A great post about how to get Beyond Bullet Points in Medical Education Although the British Medical Association has recently warned against patient Facebook requests, here is a story about how Facebook saved a boy’s life  Slate has a dramatic story of how a mother’s Facebook network helped spot – rapidly – Kawasaki Disease, a rare auto-immune disease that the family’s doctors had initially missed. Her social network contains some medically knowledgeable people. (Do you have any docs, nurses, etc in your Facebook circle?) Note that friends’ availability is sometimes far greater than a doctor’s office. Interviews about Pharmaceutical communication in a multi-regulatory world An interesting analysis with an astonishing finding: But what’s crazy is that number of... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086444 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:50:41 +0100 5086444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086446&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F30%2Fthe-roast-of-facebook-video%2F This Facebook roast performed by Google, Twitter, MySpace, etc. made me laugh today. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086446 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:47:16 +0100 5086446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077937&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F28%2Fcan-pharma-embrace-social-media-slideshow%2F I’ve recently come across this great slideshow about how pharma should get closer to social media: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077937 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:55:51 +0100 5077937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062242&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=5051024&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F21%2Fopen-access-social-media-guide-for-pharma-qa%2F You may have heard about my open access social media guide for pharma project which we hope you will join soon! I discussed the project with Mark Senak at Eye on FDA and he advised me to create a Q&A so then people can clearly see how they can join. Why do we need a social media guideline for pharma? Why open access? FDA doesn’t seem to be ready to give us clear instructions about how pharma can or shouldn’t use social media. So we, pharma bloggers and social media faces behind major pharma companies, should create a draft that the FDA and other companies could use for free. It must be open access so then each company can take it and make it customized based on their own preferences. Who can participate in this? Anyone who is interested. To be able to edit the document,... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051024 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:36:37 +0100 5051024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051025&cid=t_91927_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=5051026&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F20%2Fpfizer-facebook-page-hacked%2F Just when I read Pfizer’s social media playbook, I heard about the news that Pfizer’s Facebook page was hacked and people posted anti-Pfizer information and also angry language. What did Pfizer do? Pfizer quickly responded by taking down the page, but not before their 24,000 fans were potentially exposed to anti-Pfizer messages and some angry language. Ongoing online brand monitoring is important, as well as a crisis communication plan. Some take home messages about that: 1) Did Pfizer have a good reaction to this? I don’t think so. This is Facebook, you delete the inappropriate entries, sincerely apologize to your fans and keep on publishing quality content. And also change your password. But you don’t have to close everything for hours. 2) Is this something that ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051026 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:52:00 +0100 5051026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028862&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F15%2Fpharma-and-social-media-does-it-work-or-we-should-give-up%2F I’m pretty sure you know my answer: it definitely can work if we have a strategy, clear guidelines and experts (in both fields, pharma and social media) who can manage such online presence. The reason I came up with this issue now is that I’ve read about that recently in some blog entries. These state pharma and social media just do not match and there are no solutions for this problem. As described by this blog, Steve Woodruff has 4 reasons why pharma cannot embrace social media. the lack of regulatory guidance; pharma does not communicate or interact in real time; personnel turnover, short term thinking, lack of innovation and too much focus on quarterly profits; and pharma’s addiction to centralized, one-way controlled communications. “Public, interactive, real-time so... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028862 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:42:15 +0100 5028862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028863&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=5028866&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Fpubmed-alternatives-videocast-featuring-webicina%2F My friend, Guus van den Brekel at DigiCMB, has recently performed a videocast about Pubmed alternatives and featured Webicina.com as well. You can watch the ~10 minutes long video: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028866 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:07:09 +0100 5028866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028867&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F13%2Fpositive-and-negative-examples-of-pharma-using-social-media%2F When I read this today: Allergan, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Novo, and Sanofi-Aventis filed a “citizen petition” with the FDA yesterday, urging the agency to “establish comprehensive, clear and binding regulations [my emphasis] to guide the industry” in communicating off-label drug information to physicians and payers. You can find the petition here. I was glad that we just launched the open access social media guide for pharma project in which we are in the second phase. Now, we need negative and positive examples of pharma using social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, blogs, Wikipedia, etc). Please let me know if you can contribute to the project and add your links to the database! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028867 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:01:10 +0100 5028867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028869&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=5028237&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FWyjziQ_V90I%2F We review another misdirected and underdone 'research' article from the most recent issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia... (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028237 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:21:53 +0100 5028237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028874&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F09%2Fan-online-community-for-mayo-clinic%2F As you may know it, I’m a big admirer of what Mayo Clinic does online and not just because I’m a member of the external advisory board of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. Now they launched a community site with great goals: We’re pleased to now be taking the next step, creating an online site to connect the global Mayo Clinic community. When you’re facing a health concern, sometimes, what you really need is someone who has already been there. That’s what this community is all about: connecting people who have been through the Mayo Clinic experience with others facing a similar health concern. Each year, more than 500,000 unique patients from every U.S. state and nearly 150 countries visit one of our Mayo Clinic campuses in Arizona, Florida or Minnesota for diagnos... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028874 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:35:50 +0100 5028874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008205&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F3S8wYPz7964%2F Insights from the podcast PE/ PERC wars that are raging on the web as a result of the clash of two New York titans on EMCrit... (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008205 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:12:58 +0100 5008205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008519&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F06%2Fwebicina-com-on-android%2F After our iPhone app won the 2011 Medical App Awards, it’s a great pleasure to announce that the free Webicina Android app is also available in the Android Market. We wanted to let you access our curated medical social media resources in any platforms you use. 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 designed to help empowered patients and medical professionals know more about the world of medicine and social media. This video describes how Webicina.com works: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008519 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:59:58 +0100 5008519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008520&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F05%2Ffrom-medcrowd-to-voxmed-new-communities%2F I’ve been maintaining a list of biomedical community sites for years now and the number is well above 60! Here are the newest additions: MedCrowd: Market Research and Insight: Solve problems by collaborating directly with diverse healthcare experts VoxMed: VoxMed is the worldwide online community reserved for the medical profession. Sequilab: a leap forward for genetic researchers using online bioinformatics tools. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008520 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:50:11 +0100 5008520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992885&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2Fopen-access-guideline-for-pharma-about-using-social-media-v2%2F I launched the Open access social media guide for pharma campaign in which we invite you to participate and create collaboratively a good guide for pharma companies. 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! We are getting closer to the second version. If you would like to coordinate the Twitter, Facebook or blog section, let me know. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992885 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:56:48 +0100 4992885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4992886&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F07%2F01%2F2011-dosie-award-winners%2F If you try to find the best examples about how pharma should use social media, take a look at this year’s Dosie Awards Winners! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4992886 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:52:23 +0100 4992886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984616&cid=t_91927_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=4984618&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F29%2Fdoctors-2-0-and-you-event-of-the-year%2F I attended and spoke at the recent Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris organized by the French e-health guru, Denise Silber. I made new contacts, got great opportunities for collaboration on Webicina.com and enjoyed plenty of talks. Here are a few pictures: Cité Universitaire de Paris, the venue Palais de Bercy, where the opening ceremony took place With an old friend of mine, Lucien Engelen from Nijmegen John Mack did a workshop on social media policies for pharma Denise Silber on the stage Myself on stage (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984618 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:39:33 +0100 4984618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4975864&cid=t_91927_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcancer-patient-threatened-with-legal-action-because-he-blogged-about-bad-hospital-experience%2F2011.06.28 I’ve recently come across a really controversial story about a cancer patient who blogged and complained about his hospital treatment and has been threatened with legal action by an NHS trust. Daniel Sencier was worried about delays at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary and had surgery at another hospital. He complained to North Cumbria University Hospital Trust and it came up with an action plan to improve care. But Mr Sencier, 59, of Penrith, then received a letter threatening legal action. The trust declined to comment. Mr Sencier, a photography student, had expected an apology but then received a letter saying the trust would consider legal action if his blog contained “unsubstantiated criticism”. *This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll* (Source: Better H... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4975864 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:00:10 +0100 4975864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976117&cid=t_91927_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=4984619&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F27%2Feverything-about-pubmed%2F Dean Giustini just published a great slideshow about all the things related to Pubmed, the biomedical search engine. If you have ever had any questions about the service, this slideshow will answer them all. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984619 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:56:27 +0100 4984619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976119&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F27%2Fsocial-media-disasters-what-we-can-learn-from-them%2F Here is a fantastic slideshow about disasters in social media and what we and companies should learn from them. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4976119 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:00:33 +0100 4976119 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968767&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F24%2Fsocial-media-revolution-2011-video%2F The new video featuring interesting pieces of information about the ongoing social media revolution is out: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968767 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:02:10 +0100 4968767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960245&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F23%2Fcustomer-relationship-management-and-social-media%2F A great slideshow from Sergio Legrant: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960245 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:44:13 +0100 4960245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952842&cid=t_91927_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=4953229&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F21%2Fcancer-patient-threatened-by-hospital%2F I’ve recently come across a really controversial story about a cancer patient who blogged and complained about his hospital treatment and has been threatened with legal action by an NHS trust. Daniel Sencier was worried about delays at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary and had surgery at another hospital. He complained to North Cumbria University Hospital Trust and it came up with an action plan to improve care. But Mr Sencier, 59, of Penrith, then received a letter threatening legal action. The trust declined to comment. Mr Sencier, a photography student, had expected an apology but then received a letter saying the trust would consider legal action if his blog contained “unsubstantiated criticism”.   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953229 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:50:10 +0100 4953229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934659&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4934661&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F14%2Fdaniel-kraft-medicines-future-theres-an-app-for-that%2F A recent TED talk just hit Youtube. I saw Daniel Kraft presenting in person at the HQ of the United Nations this February when I attended the Kairos Society meeting and he was fantastic: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4934661 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:53:28 +0100 4934661 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934662&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F14%2Ffda-is-not-ready-for-social-media-we-are%2F It’s not surprising that FDA dropped social media from its 2011 guidance agenda. Well, FDA may not be ready for social media, but we are so we launched the Open access social media guide for pharma campaign in which we invite you to participate and create collaboratively a good guide for pharma companies. 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=4934662 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:52:00 +0100 4934662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4934663&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4911738&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F07%2Fthe-healthcare-social-media-landscape%2F My friend, John W. Sharp at eHealth blog published a slideshow about the The Healthcare Social Media Landscape. I only have one collection to add to it, the biggest list of biomedical community sites I’ve been maintaining for years.   (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4911738 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:43:49 +0100 4911738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902613&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F06%2Ffollowing-medical-resources-in-the-simplest-way%2F There are many medical professionals and empowered patients who would like to follow medical resources such as medical journals, blogs, news, Twitter users, Youtube channels, etc. easily in a customizable way in their own languages. I’ve been encouraging them to use Webicina’s PeRSSonalized Medicine tool for a long time. Let’s say they start using it, become up-to-date and then discover the power of using RSS and now would like to follow the same resources but on a different platform such as Google Reader or Netvibes. What about them? Well, now you can export RSS feeds of any PeRSSonalized Medicine category or page within a specific category. Enjoy! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902613 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:36:35 +0100 4902613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902614&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F05%2Fresearchgate-celebrates-one-million-users%2F ResearchGATE, the largest scientific community site, where I used to manage the Masterblog, now announced its one millionth user which is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to them! (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902614 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:30:31 +0100 4902614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893591&cid=t_91927_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fnew-patients-putting-physicians-under.html " Physicians are now the ones under close examination by a new generation of patients By Shelly K. Schwartz | May 18, 2011 Patients these days are a demanding lot. They insist on the latest procedures, they expect more bang for their buck, and they'll gladly jump ship for a practice that can better accommodate their busy lifestyles. Indeed, as the healthcare industry evolves from a patriarchal system in which doctors did the talking to one that gives patients an equal voice, so too has the population it serves. Technological innovation, new models of delivery, and higher out-of-pocket medical costs have transformed the passive patients of old into consumers as never before."Actually, patients have always carefully scrutinised their doctor - after all, so much depends on finding th... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893591 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 18:18:00 +0100 4893591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893758&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F06%2F03%2Fget-fit-twitter-campaign-by-ge-healthcare%2F GE Healthcare has recently launched a Twitter-based campaign focusing on health tips against cancer. People can share their own health tips on Twitter by using the #get_fit hashtag that has over 200 country-specific forms. While the initiative is great (that is how a huge company should motivate people to share interesting health tips in order to fight cancer), I think creating multiple hashtags for different countries was a mistake as it might lower the rate of participation (I have to look for my country’s special hashtag first). That’s why at GE Healthcare we’re running an online initiative to encourage people to “Get Fit” and join the fight against cancer. The “Get Fit” project aims to inspire people all around the world to seek healthier lifestyles by... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893758 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:28:13 +0100 4893758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893607&cid=t_91927_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=4876380&cid=t_91927_87_f&fid=36069&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrankiespeakingfrankly.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fdigpen.html Time for an update.In February I decided to find out where all the web developer talent in the South West lies. I suspected there was a lot of it, but I wasn't aware of it since I had been living in my own developing bubble busy with my own work for the previous 4 years. But the time has come to grow MedWorm and pull in some real investment, and one of the first things I needed to find in order to attract investment was a solid development team to take the project forward.I started to use LinkedIn to find php developers in the area (to begin with). I found that there are actually loads of them, but many of them were working also like I had been, in their own bubbles too, disconnected from the rest of the talent around. Many of them thinking they were the only web developers in the area, ot... Frankie Speaking Frankly blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876380 Sun, 29 May 2011 06:16:00 +0100 4876380 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4872340&cid=t_91927_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=4862802&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2Fblogger-announces-own-death-after-battle-with-cancer%2F There is a really moving story on CNN.com about a blogger who left a post mortem message on his blog after his battle with cancer. I’ve seen many blogs which just became archives after the blogger (mainly cancer patients) passed away. This is the first time in my experience when the blogger made this transition himself. “Here it is. I’m dead,” read the last internet post of Derek K. Miller, who died last week after more than four years of blogging about his struggle with colorectal cancer. “In advance, I asked that once my body finally shut down from the punishments of my cancer, then my family and friends publish this prepared message I wrote — the first part of the process of turning this from an active website to an archive,” he wrote on his blo... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862802 Wed, 25 May 2011 08:12:32 +0100 4862802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862803&cid=t_91927_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=4853083&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F23%2Ffinding-a-kidney-donor-through-twitter%2F NBC’s Today show described a story of a Mayo Clinic patient with kidney disease who received a life-saving transplant after her daughter made connections with a volunteer kidney donor through social media, notably on Twitter. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853083 Mon, 23 May 2011 07:58:45 +0100 4853083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853084&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F22%2Ffacebook-tells-pharma-brands-they-must-allow-comments%2F It was an important and clearly predictable step from Facebook to tell pharma brands that they must allow comments on their Facebook pages. Andrew Spong, Marc Monseau and Alex Butler had quite positive comments about that in a Facebook discussion. We will certainly include this in our open-access guide for pharma companies. Pharma brand marketers that disable comments on their Facebook pages are in for a change. As predicted, Facebook will no longer allow pharma brands – which are typically highly risk averse when it comes to discussions about their drugs and products in social media environments – to turn off commenting on their pages. In an effort to keep Facebook a forum for open dialogue, the company will not allow admins of new pages to disable commenting on their pages, a... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853084 Sun, 22 May 2011 16:16:32 +0100 4853084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853085&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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=4813547&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F11%2Fconsumer-health-informatics-course-%25e2%2580%2593-guest-lecturers%2F Kevin Clauson gave me the chance this year as well to be a guest lecturer in his course. See my narrated presentation about using virtual worlds in medicine and healthcare below: Last semester I taught Consumer Health Informatics and Web 2.0 in Healthcare in the College of Pharmacy (COP) after having coordinated several iterations of it in the MS in Biomedical Informatics Program. At the end of the COP course, I asked the students for their opinions about the most useful and least useful lectures of the semester (with an eye towards improving future offerings). Many of the students mentioned topics that were discussed by one of the six excellent guest lecturers. While I sincerely appreciate each guest lecturer’s contribution, I thought it would be even more meaningful to share a student ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4813547 Wed, 11 May 2011 12:28:18 +0100 4813547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803259&cid=t_91927_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.drmalpani.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fwhy-are-indian-hospital-websites-so.html Most Indian hospitals have their own websites which clearly means that they understand the importance of having an online digital presence. However, most of them use their website purely as a branding tool which means their sites are just digital brochureware. Inspite of being an IT global powerhouse, Indian medical websites have lagged behind. The biggest tragedy is that with just a little bit of effort, they could become world-class, given the fact that India has an unbeatable combination of medical and IT expertise !Just compare www.mayoclinic.com with any Indian hospital’s website ! Or look at the Alexa ratings or Google page ranks for Indian hospital websites . They get only about one tenth the traffic which much smaller US hospitals do. While it’s true that the number of internet... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4803259 Tue, 10 May 2011 03:12:00 +0100 4803259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4803389&cid=t_91927_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=4803391&cid=t_91927_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=4775536&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F05%2F02%2Fmedical-videos-on-youtube-please-participate-in-a-study%2F My friend and IMIA collegue, Luis Luque is working on a great study and is looking for participants (only medical professionals). On Webicina.com, we are working hard to give you free, but curated medical social media resources such as Youtube channels focusing on different conditions or specialties. And we really need such studies so please participate if you can. More details here. You are invited to participate in a research study about online health videos. We are willing to invite healthcare professionals to participate. Please read this form and feel free to ask any question before you agree to participate. Your participation: If you agree to participate we will provide you access to a web page where you will enter some anonymous information about you. Then you will answer questions ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775536 Mon, 02 May 2011 16:29:36 +0100 4775536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4768182&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4758905&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4753894&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F26%2Fwebicina-iphone-app-won-the-2011-medical-app-awards%2F One of my favourite blogs focusing on medical applications, Scrubdin, held the 2011 Medical App Awards and it’s a great pleasure to announce that the free Webicina iPhone app that curates medical social media resources won the Most Innovative App category. Thank you very much for the support! We will keep on improving the application. Please see more information about the free Webicina iPhone app here. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753894 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:05:04 +0100 4753894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753695&cid=t_91927_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=4742591&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F23%2Fmdsne-learning-community-for-verified-healthcare-professionals%2F There are over 50 (!) biomedical community sites in my constantly updated list. Here is the newest addition, MDSNe: MDSNe is a free social networking and peer-to-peer learning community for verified healthcare professionals based in Europe. MDSNe is for all types of healthcare professionals.  Physicians.  Nurses.  Nurses Practitioners.  Pharmacists.  And more! MDSNe creates an atmosphere of openness and trust, enabling  peer-to-peer learning in a safe and secure educational environment . (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4742591 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:24:19 +0100 4742591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734446&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F20%2Fopening-your-genome-to-the-public%2F Ramūnas Janavičius, a clinical geneticist (MD) and blogger at Cancer Genetics, just made his genomic data open to the public. The Personal Genome project did the same with 10 volunteers. An excerpt from the entry of Ramunas: Today is a good day. I can not imagine a better day than personal birthday (and forthcoming DNA Day) to share my personal genome scan information, which you can find in this blog HERE* [GenomeScan_RJv2]. This is quite low density profile generated through 23andMe v.2 genotyping on Illumina Hap550+ array while a year ago. He shared his genomic data under Creative Commons 3.0 license. Though it would be better to see his genomic raw data, but the Excel file with the SNP variants is also very interesting. The first commenter pointed out that he doesn’t have curly ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734446 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:04:47 +0100 4734446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734109&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FMcCUHIIPPzc%2F One of the most common questions we get at LITFL is: "How do you do the show/hide feature on LITFL's case-based question-and-answer posts?" (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734109 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:18:45 +0100 4734109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734260&cid=t_91927_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F04%2F19%2Fbook-review-data-source-handbook%2F This new book from O’Reilly Media, written by a former Apple engineer, Pete Warden, is a catalog of code for connecting to publicly available APIs for all kinds of sites. It shows data sources by websites (whois, delicious), people by email (Amazon, FriendFeed), people by name (white pages, LinkedIn), search terms (Bing, Google), location (Google geocoding, US census), companies, IP addresses, books, films, music, products. The brief reviews and code for each source includes those which use REST/JSON, YQL and other languages. Overall the book is a very practical guide for programmers wanting to integrate public data into their websites or creating mashups. However, the book lacks any data sources related to health although many existing on the web from PubMed to ClinicalTrials.gov. ... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734260 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:53:02 +0100 4734260 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734447&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4720030&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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=4704851&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F12%2Fusing-open-chemistry-to-find-a-cure-for-malaria%2F Andrew Lang, Professor of Mathematics at Oral Roberts University, who I met in SciFoo camp in 2009, published a slideshow about how open science could be used to cure diseases. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4704851 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:55:00 +0100 4704851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696855&cid=t_91927_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=4684635&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4676800&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FkM7DGCYSedg%2F Is it possible to summarise all of human pathology into 140 characters or less? Michelle Johnston (aka @Eleytherius) thinks so... (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676800 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:08 +0100 4676800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4677011&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Ftime-lapse-video-of-woman-with-hivaids%2F I’ve recently come across a very powerful video advertisement from the Topsy Foundation which was one of the winners at TED’s “Ad’s Worth Spreading” contest. It shows a reverse time lapse video of a woman with HIV/AIDS after HIV antiretroviral drug therapy. This particular video does a great job (with a lovely twist at the end) at showing the effectiveness of HIV antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). There’s also a followup video you can view that checks in on the woman (Selinah) as well as chatting with the folks behind the video. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4677011 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:31:52 +0100 4677011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636597&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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=4615332&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F21%2Ffunny-surgery-stories-launched%2F Last week I wrote about a new site, Funny Surgery Stories, where medical professionals and patients are encouraged to share stories, upload videos or music focusing on funny stories from the OR. The site is now live and features some real pearls as shown below. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615332 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:53:23 +0100 4615332 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4615333&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F20%2Fsurvey-expert-barriers-to-wikipedia%2F As a big fan of Wikipedia, I always try to encourage experts to contribute to this fantastic project. A new survey initiated by the Wikimedia Research Committee and run by Dario Taraborelli, Daniel Mietchen and Panagiota Alevizou aims at investigating this important question. Please complete the survey if you have a few minutes. Wikipedia is now widely regarded as a mature project and is consulted by a large fraction of internet users, including academics and other experts. However, many of them are still reluctant to contribute to it. The aim of this survey is to understand why scientists, academics and other experts do (or do not) contribute to an open collaborative project such as Wikipedia, and whether individual motivation aligns with shared perceptions of Wikipedia within expert com... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4615333 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:53:09 +0100 4615333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4610940&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F18%2Fpeer-to-peer-healthcare-pew-internet-research%2F This report shows how people’s networks are expanding to include online peers, particularly in the crucible of rare disease. The most striking finding of the national survey is the extent of peer-to-peer help among people living with chronic conditions. One in four internet users living with high blood pressure, diabetes, heart conditions, lung conditions, cancer, or some other chronic ailment (23%) say they have gone online to find others with similar health concerns. By contrast, 15% of internet users who report no chronic conditions have sought such help online. Feel free to join the discussion on E-patients.net. Susannah Fox describes it on a new video: (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4610940 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:56:54 +0100 4610940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4605986&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4600493&cid=t_91927_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Fwebicina-goes-mobile-with-a-free-iphone-app%2F At this blog I have mentioned Bertalan (Berci) Mesko a couple of times. Berci, a MD who does a PhD in personalized genetics, is most famous for his award-winning blog Scienceroll, his health 2.0 presentations and  his creation of Webicina, a  free service that curates medical social media resources for medical professionals and e-patients. Webicina has greatly [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600493 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:53:29 +0100 4600493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592608&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F15%2Ffunny-surgery-stories%2F I’ve come across a new site that will feature funny surgery stories. You can upload stories through text or via Youtube. I contacted the admins for an interview. Details later. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592608 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:13:02 +0100 4592608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592609&cid=t_91927_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=4575196&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F03%2F11%2Fsocial-media-guide-for-researchers%2F I’ve recently come across a great guide about using social media in science. I cover this issue in my university course, Internet in Medicine, and now I’ll definitely update my materials with these suggestions. This guide has been produced by the International Centre for Guidance Studies, and aims to provide the information needed to make an informed decision about using social media and select from the vast range of tools that are available. One of the most important things that researchers do is to find, use and disseminate information, and social media offers a range of tools which can facilitate this. The guide discusses the use of social media for research and academic purposes and will not be examining the many other uses that social media is put to across society. &nbs... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4575196 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:02:09 +0100 4575196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570695&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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_91927_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=4507489&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F22%2Ffacebook-diagnosis-by-surgeon-saves-friend%2F It might only be a Facebook promo article, but I still think it’s interesting and it reflects the current situation between doctors and their patients when they can interact online. An excerpt from a recent BBC article: Peter Ball had suffered from stomach ache for a while and at first thought he had pulled a muscle A surgeon potentially saved the life of an old schoolfriend by diagnosing his symptoms for appendicitis on Facebook. Rahul Velineni, from the Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, saw Peter Ball’s status update on his stomach pains and his trouble walking. He sent the 30-year-old from Cheshire a message telling him he should see a doctor immediately. By the time surgeons operated, Mr Ball’s appendix was already perforated, which could have been fatal. (Source:... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507489 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:01:30 +0100 4507489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507387&cid=t_91927_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F02%2F21%2Ffirst-day-at-himss-11%2F The two highlights of my day were the HIT X.O track and the Social Media Center. HIT X.O: Beyond the Edge is a new track to predict and discuss the future of Health IT. Beginning with a presentation of the dozens of statistics and predictions on the future of wireless and ended with the Geeks Got Talent brief demos and judges going at it. The multimedia experience was unique as was the live tweets at the bottom of the dual screens. The next stage of the competition continues tomorrow. The social media center is expanded this year, with an afternoon of presentations. I was glad to be on a panel with Rich Elmore, David Kibbe and John Marzano this afternoon.  John’s Orlando Health Facebook page and complimentary YouTube channel are a great example of what hospitals can do with social m... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507387 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:10:52 +0100 4507387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489891&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4482921&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F15%2Fwhy-denise-silber-likes-webicina%2F Denise Silber, French health 2.0 guru and organizer of the great Doctors 2.0 conference taking place in Paris on 22-23, June (which I will attend) just published a video in which she describes why she likes Webicina.com, the medical resource curation service. This video will be a part of a huge campaign being launched this March. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482921 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:19:47 +0100 4482921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482922&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F15%2Fda-vinci-robot-bloopers-and-kinect%2F Medgadget shared a nice video about the da Vinci robot and the outtakes remained from filming a commercial by the Florida’s Health First hospitals. And if we mentioned the da Vinci robot, engineers from Johns Hopkins University managed to connect it to the $150 Microsoft’s Kinect 3D controller. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482922 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:09:22 +0100 4482922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445864&cid=t_91927_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fwhat-i-want-from-my-webmaster-for-my.html Our website is the global face of our clinic. I take it very seriously, because we treat patients from all over the world and our website is the first point of contact for all our patients. It’s crucial to our success and our webmaster plays a key role in our business ! I need a webmaster who understands the importance of a website in our business – someone who does not see himself as just a web designer, but rather as a business partner who can help us to grow. Here’s my wish list for a perfect web designer/ webmaster. His competence and efficiency is taken for granted – but I am a premium client, and want to be treated as one. I am willing to pay the additional premium, and I want someone who understands the importance of keeping me happy !I want someone who will extend my horizo... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445864 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:58:00 +0100 4445864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433246&cid=t_91927_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=4429159&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F02%2F02%2Fkairos-society-features-webicina%2F Webicina.com, my free service that curates online medical resources for medical professionals and e-patients, was selected by the Kairos Society which means I will exhibit it on Wall Street this February. I also got a chance to discuss the current global health problems in the HQ of the United Nations with the most innovative student entrepreneurs of the world. Of course, I will blog and tweet about the whole event. The Kairos Society is an international student-run not-for-profit foundation based in the United States. We started with the belief that the key to improving our world lies in uniting the next generation of leaders to develop globally impactful innovations. To this end, Kairos has built a member base consisting of some of the brightest students from top universities around the ... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429159 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:02:10 +0100 4429159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419349&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F31%2Fmayo-clinic-center-for-social-media-new-advisory-board-members%2F I had the honour to be included in the Advisory Board of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. Mayo Clinic has been an example about using social media by a healthcare institution and I’m very glad I can take active part in planning and designing their online activities from now. In September, the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media named 13 members to our External Advisory Board and announced a plan to crowdsource the remaining positions. We knew we wanted diverse perspectives and backgrounds on the board, and we felt crowdsourcing and using social media tools to aid the search would help us get the broadest input in candidate recruitment and identifying those diverse perspectives. The response was overwhelming, with more than 120 candidates nominated or applying for what we had... ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419349 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:38:28 +0100 4419349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419350&cid=t_91927_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=4419146&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencyweb.net%2Flibrary%2Fmp3.php%3Ff%3Dviolenceeditv2.mp3 The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419146 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:14:07 +0100 4419146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4419240&cid=t_91927_113_f&fid=34626&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcandidcio.com%2F2011%2F01%2F30%2Fthoughts-about-the-cloud%2F There is a lot of buzz about “the cloud,” as there should be. Still, it is amazing to me how the hype, especially IT company advertising, seems to miss the mark. Here is an example, the Microsoft commercial with the couple stuck in the airport. They are able to use “the cloud” to remote into their home PC to watch a video. I think this commercial sucks for the following reasons: In my opinion, this is not using the cloud. I will explain my definition below. Watching video over a remote connection is like taking a shower with your clothes on. It sort of works, but the experience is awful. Few people use Microsoft technologies to record TV. It would have been more realistic (and more cloud-like) if they downloaded TV using iTunes, or Amazon. If you want me to empath... Candid CIO blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4419240 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:50:57 +0100 4419240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389187&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencyweb.net%2Flibrary%2Fmp3.php%3Ff%3Deits_epo33_neonatespart2.mp3 Welcome to the 3rd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team will cast the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389187 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:54:09 +0100 4389187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4382909&cid=t_91927_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_91927_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=4355844&cid=t_91927_131_f&fid=35008&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceroll.com%2F2011%2F01%2F17%2Fdiy-laparoscopic-gastric-bypass-kit-on-amazon%2F I’m pretty sure that this is just a joke, but you can actually buy a DIY Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Kit on Amazon. One of the comments there: Unfortunately I managed to get this all screwed up. It should have been clearer that you don’t use all three kits. I ended up doing my stomach, liver and what I believe is a kidney although I don’t have enough medical experience to say for sure. It was very hard to use some of the tools while looking in the various mirrors I had set up. But, I got it done. At one point my wife came in, saw the mess and said I should have called a real doctor. Well, I showed her! I’m now happily eating, drinking and urinating much less. I look forward to trying the next release, the cardiac bypass kit. (Source: ScienceRoll) ScienceRoll blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4355844 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:14:18 +0100 4355844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4352755&cid=t_91927_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Ftwitter-use-in-psychiatry-dr-vanessa-crawford%2F I’ve finally started to use microblogging platform Twitter – you can see a new link to the right of this page. Dr Vanessa Crawford is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Dean for Psychiatry who works in NHS addiction services in City and Hackney and she has also recently become interested in using Twitter.  Here she talks to us about her experience. Dr Crawford’s addiction psychiatry website is found at http://www.addictioneducation.co.uk/ and her Twitter feed is http://twitter.com/addictionpsych What got you interested in using Twitter in your work as an addictions psychiatrist? What was your initial intent, and how has your project evolved? Interestingly my first use of Twitter left me trying to make sense of why people use Twitter and I left it alone for ... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4352755 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:47:38 +0100 4352755 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338183&cid=t_91927_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=4331019&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2Fk25LfLFjGks%2F Twitter is a great tool to keeping your finger on the emergency medicine pulse. In this video Iain Beardsell shows you how it all works. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4331019 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:59:24 +0100 4331019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4331167&cid=t_91927_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=4326905&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2Fgn46HhwPEBs%2F The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4326905 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:04 +0100 4326905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4322638&cid=t_91927_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=4318392&cid=t_91927_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F01%2F06%2Fa-year-in-review-perspective-from-higher-education%2F Lev Gonick, CIO of Case Western Reserve University, has written 2011: The Year Ahead in IT, a fresh perspective looking forward instead of back. There are many parallels to healthcare. 1. The Big Picture: The State of the Global Economy and What It Means for IT on U.S. College Campuses (or, globalization and localization). He says that universities are tied to the cities they live in and community partnerships are crucial for global competitiveness. The same could be said for urban and academic medical centers. 2. How do you spell opportunity? A-U-S-T-E-R-I-T-Y (shared services and entrepreneurship).  With greater austerity in health care, shared services and making IT a profit center through entrepreneurship are key to IT survival in healthcare as well. 3. Operational Excellence Is Goo... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318392 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:18:50 +0100 4318392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318337&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FbYYKshUIGYU%2F Almost immediately after finishing ‘Time to publish then filter?’ – a post that highlighted a recent editorial in the BMJ outlining the need for an effective system of post-publication peer review — I came across this in the Annals of Emergency Medicine: Millard WB. The Wisdom of Crowds, the Madness of Crowds: Rethinking Peer Review [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318337 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:00:17 +0100 4318337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318339&cid=t_91927_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F0tiVhrUcz-0%2F An editorial in the BMJ by Schriger and Altman highlights the failings of the peer review process and the need for effective post-publication peer review. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318339 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:40:30 +0100 4318339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309791&cid=t_91927_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