Parkinson’s Disease: Web 2.0 Resources August 30, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.8 comments
The world wide web is really rich in Parkinson’s disease related content such as blogs, podcasts, community sites, mobile applications, Twitter users, videos or slideshows, but selecting the most relevant resources takes time and effort. Fortunately, Webicina.com just published the newest, Parkinson’s disease and Web 2.0 collection.
If you also want to follow easily these selected resources in a personalized way, here is PeRSSonalized Parkinson’s disease, the simplest medical information aggregator.
Here is table of contents:
- News and Information on Parkinson’s Disease
- Parkinson’s Disease in the Blogosphere
- Parkinson’s Disease Podcasts and Intrerviews
- Parkinson’s Disease Community Sites, FaceBook Groups and Forums
- Microblogging: Twitter and Friendfeed
- Parkinson’s Disease Wikis
- Parkinson’s Disease videos, animations and videocasts
- Mobile Applications
- Social Bookmarking
- Medical Search Engines
- Slideshows about Parkinson’s Disease
Feel free to share any of these resources and let us know if you think others should be added.
iPads vs Tablet PCs in Healthcare: Infographics August 30, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Healthcare, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Mobile.3 comments
Some weeks ago, I wrote a review about using iPads in healthcare (pros and cons), later I also featured potential applications (in speech therapy, glaucoma or operations). Now the Power of Data Visualization blog published a great infographics focusing on the comparison of the possible roles of iPads and Tablet PCs in healthcare. Click on the image below to access the full material.
Doctors Unplugged August 27, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Video, Web 2.0.add a comment
I write a lot about how doctors and empowered patients should and could use the power of world wide web in order to make healthcare better, but I don’t often mention what the real life of doctors looks like. Mike Cadogan at Life in The Fast Lane presented Doctors Unplugged:
Doctors Unplugged is an inside look at medicine and how it affects the peeps on the street. Humorous and politically incorrect at times but with great reverence for the concept of helping as many people as possible! This is medical podcast for the non-medical public.
Here are a few episodes:
Sign Language Over Video August 27, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Interview, Medgadget, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Mobile.1 comment so far
Medgadget reported a new development achieved by the University of Washington engineers. They focused on enabling deaf and hard-of-hearing students communicate via mobile phones with sign language. It seems they could bypass the hardest issues and barriers.
The problem with directly streaming video is that today’s technology often isn’t fast enough to provide high resolution at 30 frames per second, let alone bandwidth costs and drain on the battery. To overcome this, algorithms inside the phone identify hand motions and focus on transmitting those at the expense of the rest of what’s on the screen.
Danish Medical Social Media Resources August 26, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.add a comment
We launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date easily. It is a simple, free medical information aggregator that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news about a medical specialty or condition in one personalized place. Here is the 13th national version!
The newest one is the Danish selection in which the platform is in Danish and the blogs, news, Twitter users and journals are also the best ones in that language. Please let us know if you want to see PeRSSonalized Medicine in your language. Click on the image below to access the Danish version!
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.
Truth On Call: Doctors Answer Questions via Text August 26, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Mobile.6 comments
Truth On Call has a really interesting business model. There are plenty of sites providing patients with answers from doctors on mobile phones, but this is different as this is aimed at the industry. Take a look at how it works:
- Industry Member Creates Question(s)
- Truth On Call Sends Question(s) To Physicians targeted by specialty and other characteristics
- Physicians Receive multiple-choice Question(s) Via Text Message
- Physicians Respond To Question(s) within 24 hours
- Industry Member Gets Answers to their specialty specific questions within a few hours
- For every question answered, physicians receive $10 payable to themselves or to a charity of their choosing.
An excerpt from their mission statement:
Truth On Call asks pre-screened, verified physicians a multiple response question via their cell phone. Questions are posed by industry device or drug manufacturers, the media, and government, and are screened by Truth On Call. Physicians control the number of questions they receive every month and answer only the questions they want to answer.
Do you know of similar approaches in healthcare but focusing on patient needs?
iExperiment: Experimental Resource August 26, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, science, Web 2.0.add a comment
There are almost 50 (!) biomedical community sites in my constantly updated list. I just came across iExperiment, a potential new addition:
iExperiment is an interactive database of general and specialized reports compiled by the scientific community. Broken up into 3 distinct sections, iExperiment allows viewers to search through a catalog of experiments, post questions and receive answers on inquiries direct from colleagues, plus the ability to signin and upload your own experiments.
You can see:
- Real experimental results
- Links to relevant content including reagents, equipment, consumables, and programs.
- Links to supplier sites
- Complete database information
The Cochrane Collaboration Features Webicina! August 25, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Webicina.add a comment
The Cochrane Collaboration has a webliography under the evidence-based healthcare section in which it features Webicina.com.
What is Webicina?
Webicina is a free medical social media guidance service with selections both for empowered patients and medical professionals.
Arachnophobia Clinic in 3D August 25, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, Video, Virtuality, Web 2.0.add a comment
Last year, I attended the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference in Long Beach, CA and also managed a blog for them where we could post interviews and interesting photos. There I came across many great applications that might help people dealing with different phobias through virtual reality systems. Here are some examples, an interview about how VR helps drug addicts or the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders. Now Medgadget shared an initiative focusing on arachnophobia therapy in 3D:
British satellite television company Sky, as part of its 3D TV marketing campaign, will be hosting an “Arachnophobia Clinic” at the Bugworld Experience in Liverpool. The company will basically be showing a 3D movie about spiders, which means if you’re not a patient suffering from this debilitating disease you’ll probably have a jolly good time.
