The ethics of ‘personalised’ healthcare in a consumer age July 7, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, Personalized medicine, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
I thought this announcement will be interesting for many Scienceroll users.
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics is currently running a consultation on Medical profiling and online medicine: the ethics of ‘personalised’ healthcare in a consumer age. The paper provides background information and asks questions on a number of different issues relating to medical profiling and online medicine. We are seeking the views of people including those who have used medical profiling and online medicine services, people working in the area and other stakeholders, academics, policy makers and members of the public.
The deadline for responses is 31st July 2009. The Working Party will consider all the consultation responses received and use them to inform its deliberations. A report with conclusions and recommendations is expected to be published in Spring 2010, and a copy of the final report will be sent to all consultation respondents.
You can complete it online.
Junior Physicians and Web 2.0: Call for action! July 6, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Collaboration, Health 2.0, Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Medicine 2.0 Course, Web 2.0.5 comments
There is a new article published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics about Junior physician’s use of Web 2.0 for information seeking and medical education: A qualitative study.
Web 2.0 internet tools and methods have attracted considerable attention as a means to improve health care delivery. Despite evidence demonstrating their use by medical professionals, there is no detailed research describing how Web 2.0 influences physicians’ daily clinical practice. Hence this study examines Web 2.0 use by 35 junior physicians in clinical settings to further understand their impact on medical practice.
CONCLUSION: Web 2.0 use represents a profound departure from previous learning and decision processes which were normally controlled by senior medical staff or medical schools. There is widespread concern with the risk of poor quality information with Web 2.0 use, and the manner in which physicians are using it suggest effective use derives from the mitigating actions by the individual physician. Three alternative policy options are identified to manage this risk and improve efficiency in Web 2.0′s use.
I launched the world’s first university course focusing on web 2.0 and medicine for medical and dentistry students. The third semester will begin this September. I asked all of my students to fill a survey before and after the course so then I could somehow see how their attitude changed during the course.
I have a lot of data, but much less time and I have never written a publication in such a field. If you want to join, let’s make it a collaborative project. Please drop me a line (berci.mesko at gmail.com) if you are interested.
PS: How could we expect physicians to be web-savvy or to meet the expectations of e-patients if they are not educated properly to do so? That is where my course is meant to enter the process…
HealthMash: Health Knowledge Base 3.0 July 6, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Semantic Web, Web 2.0, Web 3.0.add a comment
Just a short note about HealthMash, the health knowledge base, that is being developed by my friends at Polymeta.com and that was showcased at the MLA (Medical Library Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition) in Honolulu.
HealthMash™ combines sophisticated Web 2.0 universal search and discovery technology with Semantic Web Concepts in a simple yet highly informative user interface.
Here is an exclusive screenshot as this is the first time you can see the service from inside.
What’s on the Web (6 July, 2009): Extract Your DNA at Home and Pubmed Tips July 6, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in DNA, Health, Health 2.0, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, twitter, Web 2.0.add a comment
- 10 + 1 PubMed Tips for Residents (and their Instructors) (Laikas MedLiblog): One of the best list of instructions ever.
- Twitter: Growing Virally But Can It Stop Viruses?: This link is from Chris Thorman, who normally blogs about EMR softwares.
Imagine this. Doctors around the world are conducting their rounds and examining patients on electronic medical records, which document diagnosis codes. As the physician makes a diagnosis or documents symptoms, he has the option to “tweet” that observation. This allows other doctors to follow that feed and observe trends. Even better, epidemiology-specific analytics can be layered on top of the feeds to recognize patterns as they develop.
- First twitter photo-consult in the world? Zorg 2.0? Make 2.0? (AcuteZorg.nl)
Visualizing Pubmed July 6, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Visualization, Web 2.0.add a comment
Carrot2 is an Open Source Search Results Clustering Engine. It can automatically organize small collections of documents, e.g. search results, into thematic categories. I gave it a try and searched for cancer via Pubmed.com, the biomedical database. It helps you visualize the first search results and also make categories out of them.
World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics: Live Coverage July 3, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Conference.1 comment so far
From this Sunday (4th of July), I will cover the World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics 2009 through my blog and Twitter account for 4 days. I will mostly focus on the genetics-related presentations.
Held every four years, the IAGG (International Association of Gerontology & Geriatrics) World Congress of Gerontology & Geriatrics is attended by teams of experts from around the world, who will discuss the latest findings in the fields of ageing. An attractive program was created by its International Scientific Committee and will feature four main investigation areas:
- Health and geriatric sciences
- Social gerontology
- Behavioural and psychological sciences
- Biology of ageing.
The new site that will aggregate posts, tweets, images and videos, is up.
PeRSSonalized Medicine vs Clinical Reader July 1, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, RSS, Web 2.0, Webicina.4 comments
A few months ago, we created PeRSSonalized Medicine on Webicina.com, a free service, to help medical professionals keep up with the huge amount of new medical information. Without having a clue what RSS is, you can follow your favourite resources, medical news sites and Pubmed updates in one place with just one click. You can also personalize it according to your needs.
Now here is Clinical Reader that seems to be useful for those professionals who spend some more time on the web. It looks great though you can’t personalize it now and for me it takes many clicks to get to my favourite resources.
Welcome to Clinical Reader, a truly quality collection of accessible clinical, scientific and health literature aiming to ease information delivery to the medical community. Focus your time, discover new links, fine-tune your online experience in a bid to effectively manage online clinical browsing.
Let me know your suggestions and if you want to add a new resource to PeRSSonalized Medicine, just leave a comment.
