FDA in Social Media: Second Life Event February 28, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Conference, FDA, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Second Life, Web 2.0.4 comments
You have probably heard about the Food and Drug Administration Social Media Hearing that took place last November focusing on how FDA-regulated products should use internet and social media for health-related communications. It also has an own, properly designed, online presence including Twitter streams and partners.
A week ago, I had a chance to attend a lively discussion focusing on this issue in the virtual realm of Second Life moderated by Patricia F. Anderson. I’ve seen numerous conferences in Second Life and this one was again a nice example that virtual environment is still useful when people from around the world would like to gather around and watch a presentation, then discuss it.
Genetics and Web 2.0 February 28, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in genetics, Health, Health 2.0, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.5 comments
The web is exceptionally rich in genetics-related content so it was time to publish the Genetics and Web 2.0 collection on Webicina.com as well as PeRSSonalized Genetics that lets you keep track of the latest news and resources in the field of genetics in a personalized way. A few of the many great examples how genetics is covered online.
GenomeWeb provides news and announcements in several sub-fields of genetics.
DNA Network is the biggest aggregator of genetics blogs.
SNPedia is a unique collection of single nucleotide polymorphisms.
The American Society of Human Genetics manages a Youtube channel:
There is a Personal Genome Assistant for smartphones:
And you can analyze a human gene and locate it on a chromosome through WolframAlpha:
More examples and resources in the Genetics and Web 2.0 collection.
Interview as an ambassador to Hungary for Health 2.0 Europe February 26, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Interview, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.add a comment
Health 2.0 taking place in Paris (April 5-7) is going to be one of the most exciting events this year and I will present Webicina.com in action. Also I have the honour to be a regional ambassador to Hungary for Health 2.0 Europe. So Denise Silber, health 2.0 expert and co-organizer of the event, asked me some questions and published the interview on her blog.
What is your path to successful searches in PubMed? February 26, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, pubmed, Web 2.0.add a comment
NovoSeek asked this interesting question today. They want to see how users get to the final answer while doing searches in Pubmed, the biomedical database. Click here to see the entire decision tree:
You can also participate in a live poll (more information about the different paths here)
What is your path? Tweet this post to your followers adding the #hashtag that better describes you.
Direct, this is my path to successful searches in Pubmed
Xbox, Wireless Technologies and Search Engines in Medicine 2.0 February 24, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Mobile, Video, Web 2.0, What's on the web?.6 comments
- Microsoft looks at health potential of Xbox, apps (Cnet News): Xbox unit is cheaper than similar hospital equipment yet often just as powerful for storing electronic medical records.
- New search tools for science and disease information (Pharma Strategy Blog): Great new search engines found by Sally Church, PhD.
- 6 Reasons why mHealth is different than eHealth (Ted Eytan, MD)
- New patients— Are you prepared for your visit? What does your physician want to know ? What should you ask?: Very important list for patients who will go to a doctor.
- 10 Tips for Scientists on Blogging and Social Networking (HUGO Matters): Fantastic tips for scientists from Hsien-Hsien Lei.
PeRSSonalized Geriatrics: Social Media in Elderly Care February 24, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.2 comments
PeRSSonalized Medicine is an easy-to-use, free aggregator of quality medical information 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.
The newest category is dedicated to PeRSSonalized Geriatrics containing quality news sites, blogs, peer-reviewed journals, Twitter users and Youtube channels.
Many thanks to Jason Mark Young, who has 10 years experience with serving seniors in several capacitiese and who helped a lot by sending me tons of quality geriatrics resources.
Some reasons why PeRSSonalized Medicine 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 is a community-based project. Please let us know which quality resources should be added to the database.
Web 2.0 in Action in Hospitals February 22, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Google, Health, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Hospital, Innovation, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.4 comments
We can talk about the potential role of social media or web 2.0 in the future of healthcare forever but what really counts is how doctors use these tools and applications in their practices. So I’m very glad when I see an example that works in real, and it means there are reasons to work more and more in order to change healthcare through social media. I also have to mention the 53% adoption rate of hospitals. Ed Bennett highlighted we’re now at 805 hospitals out of 1,500 doing some sort of social media. Not bad, right?
Let’s see the scenario Ves Dimov, MD featured on Clinical Cases and Images:
“It is difficult to keep track of which patients are in which rooms, how many patients are in the waiting room, and how far the doctors are falling behind with their patients for the day. If patients were late, canceled their appointments, or the waiting room was overflowing, the doctor would be the last to know.”
As an experiment, Southeast Health Center incorporated the “Check-in Tracker”, a shared spreadsheet on Google Docs, into their clinic flow which you can see a sample of below:
And Kevin, MD pointed out the idea of Elizabeth Han:
We might get lots of great discussion, but wouldn’t it be nice if a portion of the visit could focus on addressing “trending topics”? So, once again:
1. Take 10 minutes at the midpoint of the visit and have everyone tweet their feelings, keywords, anything.
2. Visualize in real-time with Twitterfall.
3. Discuss, discuss, discuss!
There are so many nice examples it’s hard to mention all of them. But stay tuned on Scienceroll.com for more!
Dr. Val: The Largest Health IT Convention Of The Year February 22, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Blogging, Conference, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
I’m a proud member of Better Health, the biggest community of health bloggers. Dr. Val, the founder and leader, will participate in the upcoming HIMSS event in Atlanta, March 1-4. Dr. Val Jones, Dr. Mike Sevilla, and Dr. Nick Genes will also interview exhibitors and stream their interviews live via UStream. Here’s a sneak preview of HIMSS:
Your social media guide to HIMSS:
1. Watch live interviews of exhibitors, conducted by physicians on UStream. Tune in to Dr. Val’s UStream coverage (beginning at 9:30am each morning at HIMSS, March 1, 2, and 3rd). Click here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-himss-what-s-hot-in-health-it
2. Participate in real time via Twitter. Follow @drval and tweet your questions to her during the interviews. She may ask the interviewees YOUR questions LIVE. To follow Dr. Val, go to: http://www.twitter.com/drval or follow the Twitter hashtag #HIMSS10 during the event to see tweets from UStream attendees and others.
3. Meet the bloggers at HIMSS. There will be a special panel discussion with Dr. Val and other popular health IT bloggers scheduled in the HIMSS Social Media Center. Check here for times: http://www.himssconference.org/education/socialmedia.aspx
4. Watch Dr. Val Reporting from HIMSS on ABC News (DC only): Tune in to News Channel 8 at 10:50am, Wednesday March 3rd to get Dr. Val’s take on the hottest technology presented at HIMSS. Dr. Val will join ABC News’ Dave Lucas via Skype.
5. Follow the Better Health blog team. Better Health contributors – nurses, doctors, and health writers – will offer feedback via their blogs on HIMSS events, speakers, and exhibitors. You’ll see their blog posts on their individual blogs and also at Better Health. Flip cam clips of HIMSS events (captured by one of the Better Health MDs at HIMSS) will be featured as well.
6. Blog Talk Radio: HIMSS Wrap Up With Dr. Val and Dr. Anonymous. Tune in to the Dr. Anonymous show at 8pm ET, Wednesday, March 3rd to hear final impressions about the show. Call in to discuss the event with hosts, or join the chat room. Find the show here: www.blogtalkradio.com/doctoranonymous
My Bookshelf: The Decision Tree February 22, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Medicine, My Bookshelf.3 comments
I’m starting a new series here called My Bookshelf in which I will post short reviews of the new books I finish. I’m glad the first book I mention is The Decision Tree by Thomas Goetz, the executive editor of Wired Magazine. I met Thomas during last year’s Science Foo Camp event and he has a unique vision about how healthcare should work. The starting point of the book is that healthcare is one of the few fields where people don’t exactly know what kind of choices they have, how they can make a decision based on facts and reliable information. It’s obvious that they have to be able to access such information so then they can make the best possible decisions (by using properly designed decision trees).
The Decision Tree is one of (if not) the best health-related books I’ve ever read. I hate those books that try to tell me something though essays and musings. What I love is content and information. This book provides a huge amount of interesting content, great stories and also does it in a totally enjoyable way. It certainly creates a new way of thinking about healthcare decisions.
- Uniqueness of the basic idea of the book: 10/10
- The way it was written: 10/10
- Overall score (including price, figures, etc.): 10/10
Organizing people in real time February 21, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Collaboration, Community Site, Health, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Innovation, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Video, Web 2.0.2 comments
Jay Parkinson has recently found a nice service that is in beta version now. It’s called Groundscrew and lets you organize people in real time by combining the power of Google Maps with your online communities and friends such as Twitter of Facebook. For example, I would like to organize free lectures about DNA in order to educate people living in my neighborhood about genomics and health. It’s not that easy to find people around my home but this tool lets me spread the word easily and manage all the people who join the live feed of the event.
Give it a try and see how the demo works.
