What’s on the web? (30 June 2009) June 30, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Video, Web 2.0, What's on the web?.add a comment
It has come to my attention that in order for you to enjoy success as patients in the new era of health care reform, you must start working now to prevent illnesses that might befall you. Do not, under any circumstances, eat or drink too much. Fast food might as well be considered illegal. Exercise three, four, five times a day, even if it means take time off from work. It goes without saying that you should not smoke. The government has data that demonstrates how you have become fat, lazy, and a huge burden on our health care system.
- Unpublished Data, No Pictures Please (Next Generation Science)
- A selection of Grand Rounds video presentations by Mayo Clinic staff members.
- Medical Patients Consult the Internet (eMarketer)
Twitter News: Image from 1935 and how hospitals shouldn’t use Twitter June 30, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in eHealth, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, twitter, Web 2.0.add a comment
- Medical Twitter (BMJ Careers)
- Twitter in 1935 (BoingBoing)
- Doctors, Patients, and Twitter (Sean Khozin, MD)
- Twitter and Science presentation from the 140 Characters Conference (A Blog Around the Clock)
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How Hospitals and Health Systems Should Not Use Twitter (A “HealthTweep” Pulse Check)
If you are a hospital, healthcare facility or parent system considering social media, please take the time to learn what is happening in the “Twittersphere”, and do pay attention to the evolving “agreements” of Twitter-etiquette.
AllTwoPointZero.com: Science, Health and Culture 2.0 June 30, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medicine 2.0, science, Web 2.0.add a comment
Pawel Szczesny had a great idea about visualizing Science 2.0, Health 2.0 and Culture 2.0:
Initially I had an idea to launch a huge portal around “2.0″ meme – essentially tracking changes in communication methods across various areas. I wanted to quit science and start a consulting career in helping people to communicate more efficiently (new channels and tools, efficient visual communication, etc.).
Later he created AllTwoPointZero.com,
Even if the “2.0″ phenomena are not a future anymore, “2.0″ is still a useful meme to attach to processes of change. This site is a simple tracker of the news and discussions on a few aspects of the “change” that happens because of the internet. In its current form its not even beta – treat it as experimental alpha, with more links and sources to come.
100 Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists June 30, 2009
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BestCollegesOnline published a list of the top 100 lectures from the world’s best scientists. I thought I should share my favourite ones:
How to use Second Life in Medicine: Free e-Guide June 29, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Second Life, Virtuality, Web 2.0, Webicina.10 comments
On Webicina.com, the first medical web 2.0 guidance service, I keep creating free e-guides for doctors in order to help them get closer to the web 2.0 world and make their online presence as efficient as possible. Now here is “Medicine in Second Life“, a free e-guide in which I provide step-by-step tutorials about how to enter the virtual world and organize medical meetings or case presentations.
Please take a look at the table of contents:
- What is Second Life?
- Step 1: How to enter the virtual world?
- Step 2: How to move, communicate, search and find medical events in Second Life (Tips and tricks)
- Step 3: Medicine and health in the virtual world
- Step 4: How to organize a meeting or presentation in Second Life? (Posters, slideshows and conferences)
- Step 5: How can patients use Second Life?
- Step 6: Which health groups should you join?
Next week, Webicina will release a new Web 2.0 Guidance Package focusing on Radiology resources.
A meeting at the Ann Myers Medical Center
Free Webicina content:
Scienceroll.com: Weekly Introduction June 27, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine.1 comment so far
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.
Fitness/Weight Loss 2.0: Call for Submissions June 27, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Web 2.0, Webicina.5 comments
I’ve been creating medical Web 2.0 Guidance Packages on Webicina.com for patients and for doctors as well. Such a package contains all the quality selected web 2.0 tools from blogs and communities to online slideshows and wikis that focus on one medical condition or medical specialty.
The next package will be dedicated to Fitness / Weight Loss 2.0, so if you know a good blog, wiki, community or Twitter user writing about these issues, please let me know so I can include your suggestions.
Thank you!
That’s what we have so far:
- How to keep yourself up-to-date in medicine?
- How to write a quality medical blog?
- Neurology 2.0
- Rheumatology 2.0
- Diabetes 2.0
- Depression 2.0
- Cancer 2.0
- Pregnancy 2.0
TrendMetr: Live Twitter Buzz June 26, 2009
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TrendMetr is a new service that might once be useful for us. At the moment, it’s hard to determine how it can be used in medicine. Well, it turns out we must talk more about medical issues on Twitter.
- Every minute, the dB meters update to show how many times a search term was mentioned on Twitter in the last hour.
- You can enter your own search terms into the search boxes.
- Add more meters to compare buzz in real-time.
Picture of the Day: Stop following me! June 26, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun.1 comment so far
Of course, it’s just a joke. I hope you will follow me on Scienceroll and on Twitter as well.
