What’s on the web? (9 May 2009) May 9, 2009

• Mayo turns to social media to reach out to potential patients (Startribune.com)

• What if Scientists Didn’t Compete? (The New York Times):

Instead of competing with my competitors, I invited them to contribute data to my paper so that no one got scooped. I figured out who might have data relating to my work (and who could get scooped) using public resources and then sent them an email. Now that I have done this, I am thinking: Why the hell isn’t everyone doing this? Why do we waste taxpayer money on ego battles between rival scientists?

• Research article: Inside the Health Blogosphere: Quality, Governance and the New Innovation Leaders (Health Blogs Observatory)
• 5 Innovative Ways Cell Phones Are Being Used To Save Lives (Cell Phones.org)

• Physicians Should Contribute to Wikipedia, Researchers Say (ihealthbeat)

• Health 2.0: Patients as Partners (Business Week)