Scienceroll.com: Weekly Introduction May 31, 2009
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I would like to share my favourite and ongoing projects with you so I can give you a proper introduction to Scienceroll.com. You can also find me on Twitter or on Friendfeed.
Medicine 2.0 University Course: This is the second semester of the first university course that focuses on web 2.0 and medicine for medical students. Last semester, almost 50 students attended the 20 slideshows through 10 weeks and they filled a survey out before and after the course. I launched the second semester for English-speaking students (February – May, 2009). I’m open to launch the same course in Second Life.
Medicine 2.0 Collection: I maintain the biggest collection of links and posts focusing on web 2.0 and medicine.
Webicina.com is my service that aims to help medical professionals and patients enter the web 2.0 era by providing them with e-courses, consulting and personalized packages.
PeRSSonalized Medicine is a free tool that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles in one personalized place. You can create your own “medical journal” and as we are totally open to suggestions, let us add the journals, blogs and websites that you would like to follow.
Scienceroll Search is a personalized medical search engine powered by PolyMeta search and clustering engine. You can choose which databases to search in and which one to exclude from your list. It works with well-known medical search engines and databases and we’re totally open to add new ones or remove those you don’t really like.
Medicine 2.0 Blog Carnival and Microvarnival: The blog carnival focusing on web 2.0 and medicine. Let me know if you have a submission or if you want to host an edition.
Gene Genie is the blog carnival of genes, personalized genomics and gene-related diseases. Our plan is to cover the whole genome before 2082 (it means 14-15 genes every two weeks). Let me know if you have a submission or if you want to host an edition.
List of biomedical and scientific community sites: More than 30 communities with links, descriptions and screenshots.
List of Biomedical video sites: Almost 40 sites featuring scientific or medical videos and videocasts.
Medicine 2.0 and Genetics News: Subscribe for free May 31, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Blog Carnival, Blogging, Microcarnival, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
I try to write 2-4 posts a day on Scienceroll.com, but I find more and more interesting articles that I would like to share with you. If you want to read the best posts and articles about genetics and personalized medicine, subscribe for the Gene Genie Friendfeed room for free.
If you are interested in medicine 2.0 or health 2.0, choose the Medicine 2.0 Microvarnival room.
I update these collections several times a day.
The first online doctors May 31, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in eHealth, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Online Doc, Web 2.0.12 comments
Who has never heard about Jay Parkinson, founder of HelloHealth service, the first online medical practice? Now please meet Dr. Hodge, the first iPhone doctor.
Hodge’s start-up Personal Pediatrics aims to equip a fleet of self-starter pediatricians in major metro areas with iPhones, cloud-based practice software and the marketing know-how to court new parents, families and corporate health programs alike. The company’s plan points to a growing trend of doctors returning to what was once a mainstay of the profession: the house call.
Hodge has already established that the iPhone doctor model works — after more than a decade working in a pediatrics office in St. Louis, Missouri, where she saw up to 35 patients a day for about 10 minutes each, Hodge traded in the patient assembly line to launch Personal Pediatrics. That was three years ago. Back then she had her laptop and Palm Treo in tow.
I have to mention one thing first. The whole health 2.0 movement is not about transforming the healthcare system into an online service, but there are more and more people who want to reach healthcare services through online or mobile applications, and doctors must need their expectations as well.
If there are no patients who want to be online, no doctors will build such services. That’s how it works.
Further reading:
The Online Reputation Management Guide May 30, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medicine 2.0, Online image, Web 2.0.5 comments
One of my favourite topics here on Scienceroll.com and in my slideshows is how to build a proper online reputation. I’ve written a few posts about it:
- Dangers of Web 2.0: In Medicine
- Being Productive Online: Time-Management Lifehacks
- Online Reputation: Tips and Tricks
- Web vs real life: Advice for medical students
I thought these are good reviews focusing on an important issue. Then today, I found an excellent and totally comprehensive resource about online reputation management. If you want to have an online image, this is a MUST-READ:
Pathway Genomics: A New Contestant May 30, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Genetic testing, Genome, Web 2.0.3 comments
There already are plenty of companies offering direct-to-consumer genetic testing such as Navigenics, 23andMe, DecodeMe or Knome. Now, here is Pathway Genomics that aims to offer “the fastest, easiest and most secure DNA testing available, providing information that can save your life” for $249. Quite a brave mission statement, but the service seems to be promising.
You can order the test online, send your salive sample back and then they will share the genomic results of your sample with you through a secure form. You can get information about:
- Risk markers for 90+ diseases
- Maternal and paternal ancestry
- Drug responses including statins and warfarin.
- Carrier status (pre-pregnancy)
- Personal inheritable traits for eye color and back pain, among others.
Here they discuss privacy issues:
Further reading:
What’s on the web? (30 May 2009) May 30, 2009
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- Gummi Bear Surgery (BoingBoing)
Nearly 50% of US physicians going online for professional purposes are visiting Wikipedia for health and medical information, especially condition information, according to a Manhattan Research study.
- Beyond Wikipedia (The Health Care Blog)
- Modifier 25: “Do you know what modifier codes are? Do you know that you could be paid an extra 200 USD per CPE if the patient has other new medical complaints? Did you know that medical billers are taking 4 billion of our hard earned dollars a year? If you want that money back, then keep reading…”
Twitter Health News May 28, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, twitter, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
Feel free to follow me on Twitter so we can share interesting articles about genetics and medicine 2.0.
- Big Pharma and Twitter = Big joke! (Health Business News)
- Webcast Your Brain Surgery? Hospitals See Marketing Tool (New York Times)
- Surgery LIVE: For four consecutive nights, top surgeons will carry out life-changing operations in front of a studio audience and live on Channel 4. While performing brain surgery on an awake patient, open heart surgery and more, our surgeons will answer YOUR questions live.
NHS Conference in Second Life: June 12th May 28, 2009
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I’m very glad to see there are serious conferences focusing on health issues organized in the virtual realm of Second Life. One of the main questions it aims to answer is ‘Can Obama fix the US health system?’
Imperial College London and the NHS Confederation would like to invite you to take part in an exclusive event that on previous occasions has been closed to members of the public – an opportunity to learn about and debate the most effective ways to achieve good local leadership in the National Health Service, and will provide a unique overview of the health service as a whole.
The Local Leadership: A National Service Conference has been organised by the NHS Confederation and will be broadcast to you live in SL directly from ACC in Liverpool on Friday the 12th of June starting at 9:30 UK Time (0100 SLT). Please arrive at 09.00 for a video and sound check.
Genetic Counselors: Unite! May 28, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Blogging, Genetic screening, genetics, Web 2.0.3 comments
I’ve come across a new site, The DNA Exchange, that seems to be a really promising project.
We are a group of genetic counselors with an interest in public discussion of genetics-related issues. This is a place for GCs to express opinions and comment on personal, clinical, and professional issues in genetics through a centralized and public forum. We hope to engage the genetic counseling community as well as other health professionals and stakeholders. We encourage your feedback, and always appreciate a good debate!
And if we are talking about genetic counselors, here is another article from Scientificblogging.com.
Where is Everyone? May 26, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Web 2.0, Webicina.1 comment so far
Baekdal.com’s article about the timeline of communication is one of the most interesting ones I’ve read recently. A must-read…
It says the future will be centered around targeted information.
It seems the concept by which I create Web Guidance Packages on Webicina.com such as Cancer 2.0, Diabetes 2.0 or Neurology 2.0 is viable.
