Health 2.0 News: Doctors using Google, Hospital Blogs being Blocked
- 86% of MDs use Google on the the Job (Digital Pathology Blog)
It’s not just patients who turn to Google or other search engines to research medical information. According to Google, 86 percent of doctors say they now use Internet on the job. Of that group, the majority start at Google, which they use as a source to look for general information about diseases and drugs, writes pediatrician Dr. Rahul K. Parikh in a special piece for the Los Angeles Times.
- MAD MMX – Opening Title Sequence
- Doctors blends cardiology and country music (Clinicl Cases and Images)
- Is Your Hospital Blog Blocked by Websense? (Found in Cache)
- Fighting “Powerpoint-Death” by Science, Prezi or…?! (Laikas MedLibLog)
- 10 Important Things Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About Your Health (Power of Data Visualization)
You may want to think twice before your next visit to the doctor’s office. According to Dr. Barbara Starfield’s now-famous study, iatrogenic deaths (those resulting from treatment by physicians or surgeons) are the third leading cause of mortality in the United States, resulting in the loss of 225,000 lives per year. Of that total, nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections kill 80,000, physician errors claim 27,000, and unnecessary surgery results in 12,000 deaths.
- First Real-Time MRI of Moving Organs and Joints (Medgadget)
I’m glad that Docors use google. So much can be learned from the internet in such a short span of time. Doctors aren’t all saints with vast knowledge bases. They need help to, and i’m glad they are using the internet to their benefit!
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