Health 2.0 News: iPad, I-Patients, Wii and computer viruses June 2, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in e-patient, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Surgery, Video, Virtuality, Visualization, Web 2.0, What's on the web?.trackback
- E-Patients & I-Patients?: A nice overview about the definition of empowered patients or e-patients.
- WebMD iPad App Is A Hypochondriac’s Nightmare (Gizmodo): They conclude that it’s even easier to navigate in the iPad application than on the regular WebMD website.
- Wii can do better (Spoonful of Medicine): The potential benefits of using Nintendo Wii in health management and medicine/rehabilitation.
“Our research shows that implantable technology has developed to the point where implants are capable of communicating, storing and manipulating data,” he said. “They are essentially mini computers. This means that, like mainstream computers, they can be infected by viruses and the technology will need to keep pace with this so that implants, including medical devices, can be safely used in the future.”
- Ten Years of PubMed Central: a Good Thing that’s Only Going to Get Better: It’s interesting to see the major differences and the directions Pubmed is being developed in.
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