ResearchGATE launches SelfArchiving Repository September 15, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, science, Web 2.0.add a comment
ResearchGATE is a scientific community site with over 140,000 members. Now it launches a SelfArchiving Repository that will make full‐text articles available to the public.
Currently, there is no way for researchers to access millions of publications in their full version online. ResearchGATE is now changing this by enabling users to upload their published research directly to their profile pages (a system called the “green route” to Open Access). Since nine out of ten journals allow selfarchiving, this project could give thousands of researchers immediate access to articles that are not yet freely available.
Our SelfArchiving Repository does not infringe on copyrights because each profile page within ResearchGATE is legally considered the personal website of the user (and the majority of journal publishers allow articles to be openly accessible on personal homepages). Therefore, each user can upload his or her published articles in compliance with selfarchiving regulations . Our publication index makes every publication identifiable and is searchable. Since each profile is networked to the larger platform, the uploaded resources will form an enormous pool of research for our members. Of course, it’s free of charge, like the all the other resources at ResearchGATE.
More information at self-archiving.me.
David Bradley also covered the topic on Sciencebase.
Global Accelerator Award September 15, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Medicine.add a comment
Just a short note about the first winner of the Global Accelerator Award: the Māori Health Innovation Fund.
Winners are organizations or people who have helped put into action an idea that holds the promise of dramatically improving patient care anywhere in the world. The Accelerator Award is based on an Innovation Cell methodology that analyzes which organizations or people in healthcare have put an idea into action that has generated significant positive “buzz” or “chatter” on the World Wide Web.
Personal Genomics for Doctors September 15, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in 23andMe, genetics, Medicine, Medicine 2.0.1 comment so far
If there is no proper genomic education in medical school, how can we expect medical professionals to be able to answer the genomic test related questions of their patients? There is still a solution (actually the easiest one is valuable post-graduate education). Let’s give them genomic tests and let them see themselves what kind of results they can receive. 23andMe now offers discounted genome scans to clinicians. Excerpts from a Times Online interview with Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andme.
“Clearly we need to engage with physicians to help them to understand this information,” she said. “One of the things we’ve talked about is we’d love to get physicians comfortable with their own genomes first, have them understand what does it mean, explore the data, see what does it look like, and then go to work with their patients.
“I think that’s probably the way to do it. Physicians should be genotyped. We are talking about ways we could potentially do that. It’s important for physicians to understand what the experience is like; 23andMe is going to start putting more effort into educational material.”
Daniel MacArthur also mentioned the strange new outfit of the co-founders.Though, as I’ve previously reported, Linda Avey is leaving 23andMe.
(Via Genetic Future)
The Healthcare Reform Song September 15, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, Healthcare, Video.add a comment
Matthew Holt on The Health Care Blog found a more than funny video about the US healthcare reform.
Scienceroll.com: Weekly Introduction September 15, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine.add a comment
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 and Web 2.0 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.
What’s on the web: Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens September 12, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Video, Virtuality, Web 3.0, What's on the web?, Wikipedia.3 comments
- Social Media’s Promise for Public Health (e-Patients.net)
- Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text (Wired Science)
Starting this fall, you’ll have a new reason to trust the information you find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called “WikiTrust” will color code every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its author and the length of time it has persisted on the page.
- Doctors, Patients and Social Networks (Law.com) If you participate on a personal social network site, make it private. Keep professional relationships professional and personal relationships personal.
Conventional contact lenses are polymers formed in specific shapes to correct faulty vision. To turn such a lens into a functional system, we integrate control circuits, communication circuits, and miniature antennas into the lens using custom-built optoelectronic components. Those components will eventually include hundreds of LEDs, which will form images in front of the eye, such as words, charts, and photographs. Much of the hardware is semitransparent so that wearers can navigate their surroundings without crashing into them or becoming disoriented. In all likelihood, a separate, portable device will relay displayable information to the lens’s control circuit, which will operate the optoelectronics in the lens.
Evidence-based: Web 2.0 in Medicine September 12, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medical journalism, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
There are more and more articles published in peer-reviewed journals that focus on how web 2.0 can be used in medicine:
The National Board of Physicians has developed specific ethical guidelines for web sites devoted to health issues and specifically for physician-authored content. The National Board of Physicians acknowledges that physicians can present themselves, their office, and their specific practice on their web site, notwithstanding any restrictions otherwise applicable to advertising.
We are using collaborative technologies, in the realm of Web 2.0, to develop a web-based knowledge sharing medium for fostering a community of pediatric pain practitioners that engages in collaborative learning and problem solving. We present the design and use of a web portal featuring a discussion forum to facilitate experiential knowledge sharing based on our LINKS knowledge sharing model.
We selected a random sample of 25 out of 769 Multiple Sclerosis patient-generated videos and analyzed their corresponding 557 comments for health information. 320 comments met the inclusion criteria and 70 contained personal health information (PHI). Comments with PHI were sub-characterized for the type of medical information (i.e., diagnosis, date of diagnosis, medication, among others). In this descriptive study, we present the strata within this content and postulate some of the corresponding patient risks and ethical challenges associated with Patient-Generated Content found in YouTube video comments.
Social software and Web 2.0 provides new opportunities for participation and collaborative knowledge construction in peer support and self-care to live well despite transient or permanent health problems. Opportunities include many to many interactions to share and accumulate knowledge and experiences from several perspectives. We are conducting a study to create a collaborative environment for peer support and knowledge construction related to a rare condition.
PeRSSonalized Pregnancy: News and Resources September 12, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.6 comments
I launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date more easily, without any kind of IT knowledge. It is an easy-to-use, free medical information tracking tool that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles about a medical specialty or a medical condition in one personalized place.
Now here is the newest category, PeRSSonalized Pregnancy with all the quality news sites, blogs, peer-reviewed journals and web 2.0 tools.
Some reasons why it is unique:
- You can search in the database. It means you will find medical information only from a quality selected portion of the world wide web.
- You can personalize any of the sections.
- You can also receive the newest Pubmed articles focusing on your search term. Just insert your field of interest, a therapy, a condition, etc. and click Search. Then you can add the newly created box to your personalized medical “journal”.
- It’s meant to be a community-based project so we are open to suggestions. Please let us know which quality resources should be added to the database.
Biomedical Community Sites: 4 New Additions September 12, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.2 comments
With these 4 new community sites, there are now 45 of them in my huge list of biomedical communities. If I miss something, please let me know.
- Scitable: A free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world’s leading publisher of science.
- Benchfly: BenchFly.com is an interactive resource for scientists dedicated to supporting and celebrating the researcher’s life at the bench. BenchFly provides a sharing platform, tools and insider knowledge to perpetuate the viability of the craft and keep scientists in science. Founded in 2009 by an MIT post-doc, Dr. Alan B. Marnett, BenchFly.com is privately held and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Labslink: LabsLink.com is the scientific and highly effective platform dedicated on high-quality and innovative research collaboration around the world. The programs and services of the LabsLink.com foster the exchange of knowledge, new ideas or technology among scientists.
- Lablife: Organize data and materials, coordinate purchasing, analyze sequences, and more
with LabLife’s web-based tools.
