Spezify: Visual Search June 17, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Innovation, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Visualization, Web 2.0.4 comments
Spezify seems to be an interesting search engine:
Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways.
We take web search further, away from endless lists of blue text links and towards a more intuitive experience. We want you to get a good overview of a subject, find useful information and be inspired with Spezify.
We mix all media types and make no difference between blogs, videos, microblogs and images. Everything communicates and helps building the bigger picture.
Here are the results for the search term genetics:
MedTech IQ: The Best Medical Tech Community June 17, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
I’ve been a member of MedTech IQ for a while and it’s time to present it here as well.
MedTech-IQ is a 1-stop “Bio-Infomediary” that keeps its members abreast of the latest developments in technology, funding sources and policy by providing the 3C’s of Content, Community & Collaboration.
Membership includes you among an international Who’s Who of medical technology researchers, CEO’s & policy makers…We provide Web 2.0 “Knowledge-Tools”, advanced search, timely multimedia news & the 50,000 “Thought” MedTech-IQ “Brain” to connect the dots between Academia, Industry & Government!
CC Clymer does an excellent job so if you really want to be up-to-date about medical technology, join MedTech IQ.
Top 10 Most Creative People in Health Care June 16, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Innovation, Medicine.1 comment so far
FastCompany published a list of the top 10 most creative people in healthcare.
1. Melinda Gates, cochair and trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2. Anthony Atala, director, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
3. Jay Parkinson, founder, Hello Health
4. James Heywood, cofounder and chairman, PatientsLikeMe
5. Thomas Frieden, director, Center for Disease Control & Prevention
6. Peter Neupert, vice president of Health Solutions Group, Microsoft
7. Steve Case, founder and CEO, Revolution Health Group
8. Hans Rosling, professor of global health, Karolinska Institute in Sweden
9. Douglas Melton, codirector, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
10. Anne Wojcicki, cofounder, 23andMe
But where are these guys?
- Miguel Cabrer of Medting.com
- Dr. Val from Better Health
- Jen Mccabe Gorman from NextHealth
- Founders of Navigenics.com
- Lucien Engelen fro AcuteZorg.nl
- Founders of American Well.
- Founders of Second Life projects such as Healthinfo Island, Imperial College of London or Ann Myers Medical Center.
- Founders of Sermo.
- Founders of Health on the Net Foundation.
- Members of the Medschoolevolution community.
Please tell us your tips!
Blind Search: Which search engine do you prefer? June 16, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Google, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.4 comments
Blind Search is an interesting tool. You do a search using your favourite search term, then you have to decide which list of results you prefer. The contestants are Google, Yahoo and Bing.
Usually, (blindly) I vote for the Google results. Maybe I’m used to it…
Streamosphere: Tracking Scientific Discussion June 16, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in science, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
Nature Publishing Group has always been open to the tools and opportunities web 2.0 can provide. You may remember my post, 10 Reasons Why Nature is the Best in Science 2.0. Now here is Streamosphere as presented on Nascent:
Streamosphere lets you track scientific discussion on the web, in real time.
Each timeline shows discussion around a particular item, for now always a web page. The portrait on the left is of one of the people who first started talking about the item. The slice of time in which the discussion was active (people were leaving comments, tweeting, liking or bookmarking it) is coloured a shade of magnolia. Behind the active slice is a graph – this shows you how much activity there was at any one point.
Hunch: Web-based decision-making in medicine and genetics? June 16, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Medicine, Web 2.0.2 comments
Hunch seems to be an interesting tool.
Look. Decision-making is difficult, and decisions have to be made constantly.
In 10 questions or less, Hunch will offer you a great solution to your problem, concern or dilemma, on hundreds of topics. Hunch’s answers are based on the collective knowledge of the entire Hunch community, narrowed down to people like you, or just enough like you that you might be mistaken for each other in a dark room. Hunch is designed so that every time it’s used, it learns something new. That means Hunch’s hunches are always getting better.
For example, if you want to buy an electronic device, it asks you some questions and lets you know what you should think, how you should decide. I think this is a good concept, but in medicine and genetics, it’s not the best way to get support or help.
- Should I get my DNA sequenced?
- Should I botox the crease on my forehead?
- Which acne medication would work for me?
- Is it a cold or flu?
- Is hypnosis likely to cure my bad habit?
I would love to see a Health on the Net Foundation accreditation there…
What kind of result did I get for the “Should I get my DNA sequenced” series of quesions?
The first mobile Augmented Reality browser June 16, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Mobile, Web 2.0.2 comments
What can I imagine now? I enter a hospital and can check the profile of the doctor I’m talking with through my mobile, etc.
The application is Layar and was made by Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and his team.
Augmented Reality browser, which displays real time digital information on top of reality (of) in the camera screen of the mobile phone. While looking through the phone’s camera lens, a user can see houses for sale, popular bars and shops, jobs, healthcare providers and ATMs. The first country to launch Layar is The Netherlands. Launching partners are local market leaders ING (bank), funda (realty website) Hyves (social network), Tempo-team (temp agency) and Zekur.nl (healthcare provider).
Empowered Patients and Doctors: Webicina Flash Presentation June 14, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Slideshow, Web 2.0, Webicina.1 comment so far
Remember the interactive slideshow about Twitter and Health 2.0 created by the Vizedu.com team? Now they designed the slideshow that meant to describe the mission of Webicina.com, the first medical web 2.0 guidance service. Click on the image to check it out.
Free Webicina content:
What’s on the web? (14 June 2009) June 14, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Slideshow, Web 2.0, What's on the web?, Wikipedia.1 comment so far
- PubMed: What’s New and What’s Ahead: Shamsha Damani, M.D from the Anderson Cancer Center collected what’s new about Pubmed, the biomedical database.
- Digital Disease Detection — Harnessing the Web for Public Health Surveillance: New England Journal of Medicine opened up some space for web 2.0.
- Interview with Lee Aase (Ivor Kovic, MD): Lee Aase controls the online projects of Mayo Clinic.
- Keynote: Harnessing the Power of Social Networks
Jennifer Keelan, the Principal Investigator on the project, suggests that a major feature for users is the “relative anonymity where patients can seek out information and share health experiences in a safe environment. There is also a great potential for patients to “practice being patients” by virtually experiencing a mammogram or navigating a hospital’s virtual ward—they can gain insight into medical procedures and processes to become more informed.”
Rockstars of Science June 14, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in science, Web 2.0.add a comment
Does science need stars?
I’ve come across an interesting project, Rockstarts of Science, on HighlightHealth:
A new public service campaign called the Rock Stars of Science (ROCK S.O.S.) features eleven of America’s leading biomedical research scientists appearing alongside rock stars such as Joe Perry, Sheryl Crow, will.i.am, Seal and Josh Groban. The campaign is designed to increase public awareness of the researchers and their work while showcasing the need for increased science funding.
