What’s on the web (2008 May 9) May 9, 2008

• Web 2.0 101 (My MD Journey): Videos about RSS, wikis, podcast or blogs:

• Telemedicine could eradicate many expensive ED visits (huliq.com):

A community-wide study in upstate New York found that nearly 28 percent of all visits to the pediatric emergency department could have been replaced with a more cost-effective Internet doctor’s “visit,” or telemedicine, according to investigators from the University of Rochester Medical Center.

• The new medical bloggers’ list is up at Medblog.nl. Check it out!

• Talking Up A New Role For Cell Phones In Telemedicine (ScienceDaily): Two recent studies by other researchers showed that cell phones can be used to acquire and transmit images of wounds and rashes to off-site locations for diagnosis, he notes.

• Prescription Drugs, Health 2.0 and the eDrugSearch.com Community – Cary Byrd (The Health 2.0 Blog)

• Slidesonline.org is a great resource of medical slideshows. You can download the presentations as well.