Internet in Medicine: 2000 vs 2010 November 1, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.23 comments
Whenever I talk about using social media in medicine to doctors, they seem to think there are more cons than pros regarding this issue. Well, I like reminding them about some major differences between 2000 and nowadays.
| What would I do if | in 2000 | Now |
| I need clinical answer | Try to find a collegue who knows it | Post a question on Twitter |
| I want to hear patient story about a specific condition | Try to find a patient in my town | Read blogs, watch Youtube |
| I want to be up-to-date | Go to the library once a week | Use RSS and follow hundreds of journals |
| I want to work on a manuscript with my team | We gather around the table | Use Google Docs without geographical limits |
Here is what Web, MD looked like in 2000 and what it looks like now:
Web MD in 2000
Web MD today
The same for the website of the British Medical Journal:
BMJ in 2000
BMJ today
CNN in 2002
CNN today
Sermo.com, the physician network:
Sermo.com in 2006
Sermo.com today
Healthline.com in 2000
Healthline.com today
Mayo Clinic in 2000
Mayo Clinic today
There is a long road behind us and just imagine how these services will look like in 10 years time. Which means, obviously, there is an even longer road ahead of us. We must keep on working hard to design a better healthcare and to implement more efficient communication channels in medicine.
Nanomedicine: Selected Resources in Social Media November 1, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine 2.0, PeRSSonalized Medicine, Web 2.0, Webicina.1 comment so far
There are hundreds of quality blogs, news sites, medical journals, Twitter users or Youtube channels focusing on nanomedicine and nanotechnology so Webicina just selected some of the best in PeRSSonalized Nanomedicine, the simplest medical information aggregator that is available in 16 languages. If we missed something, please let us know.
You can also add custom Pubmed search boxes to your personalized journal.
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.
- It’s available in 16 languages.
