Digital Literacy and Medicine 2.0: Video for Stanford University March 16, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Interview, Medicine 2.0, Video, Web 2.0.2 comments
When I attended Medicine 2.0 in Maastricht last November, organizers of the Medicine 2.0 Stanford event created a video interview with me in which I talked about my “Internet in Medicine” university course, medicine 2.0 and Webicina as well.
Bertalan Mesko, MD, is a firm believer that social media applications and services will revolutionize medical education, as well as communication between physicians and patients. Mesko’s interest in technology and health care led him to create a university course focusing on bringing the web into medical practice and to launch Webicina, which offers social media tutorials, guides and other tools to help physicians navigate the web. In this video, Mesko talks about the growing movement of participatory medicine and the importance of digital literacy for physicians and patients.
Funny Surgery Stories March 15, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Fun, Surgery, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
I’ve come across a new site that will feature funny surgery stories. You can upload stories through text or via Youtube. I contacted the admins for an interview. Details later.
Webicina iPhone application is available in iTunes! March 15, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Game, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Mobile, Video, Web 2.0, Webicina.5 comments
Finally, it’s a great pleasure to announce that the free iPhone application of Webicina.com is now available in iTunes. We cannot wait to hear your feedback and suggestions. The Android version is coming soon! Basically we wanted to let you access the curated social media resources we feature on mobile and also provide an interesting and educational game that discusses issues related to quality medical information online and the health 2.0 field. Enjoy and reach the highest score!
Webicina.com curates online medical resources in social media for patients and medical professionals for free in over 15 languages in over 80 medical specialties and conditions. This application makes it easier to access these selected resources on smartphones and also includes a Health 2.0 Quiz which was designed to help empowered patients and medical professionals know more about the world of medicine and social media.
This video describes how Webicina.com works:
Social media guide for researchers March 11, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in science, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
I’ve recently come across a great guide about using social media in science. I cover this issue in my university course, Internet in Medicine, and now I’ll definitely update my materials with these suggestions.
This guide has been produced by the International Centre for Guidance Studies, and aims to provide the information needed to make an informed decision about using social media and select from the vast range of tools that are available.
One of the most important things that researchers do is to find, use and disseminate information, and social media offers a range of tools which can facilitate this. The guide discusses the use of social media for research and academic purposes and will not be examining the many other uses that social media is put to across society.
Webicina Featured by the Kairos Society March 11, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in About me, Conference, Webicina.1 comment so far
A few days ago, I took part in the Kairos Global Summit in New York; attended presentations from the great Thomas Goetz, Peter Diamandis and Danial Kraft, among others at the United Nations HQ. I also had a chance to exhibit Webicina.com, my free service that curates medical social media resources for medical professionals and e-patients, at the New York Stock Exchange. I thought I would share a few images with you.
The Kairos Society is an international student-run not-for-profit foundation based in the United States. We started with the belief that the key to improving our world lies in uniting the next generation of leaders to develop globally impactful innovations. To this end, Kairos has built a member base consisting of some of the brightest students from top universities around the world. Along with guidance from some of today’s foremost leaders, these students are working together to use entrepreneurship and innovation.
Times Square
At the United Nations HQ
Exhibiting Webicina.com at the New York Stock Exchange
Nobel Peace Prize given to UN in 2001
New York Stock Exchange
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Robotic pharmacy automatically distributes medication March 10, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Healthcare, Invention, Medicine, Robotics, Video.4 comments
It’s just getting more and more amazing how robotics can be implemented into healthcare. One of the latest examples belongs to the UCSF Medical Center where they now use robotic pharmacy in order to remove medication errors from the system. The most impressive thing, we think, is that our robot pals have not had a single error since preparing 350,000 doses of meds.
Robots are slowly taking over the world, right? Well, their latest conquest is the pharmacy. The UCSF Medical Center has implemented three robotic pill-dispensing machines that handle and prepare medication that’s dangerous to the common human. The process works as follows: doctor writes a prescription, hospital clerk sends it over to pharmacist, pharmacist enters slip into the computer, robot picks up it and does the dirty work. The automated machine will grab the proper dosage, package it and slap a label indicating instructions and patient info. Rather than fearing for their jobs (or lives), the folks at the UCSF at are excited about this robot-takeover ’cause it increases the time care-givers spend with patients while allowing pharmacists to work more efficiently with physicians in determining what medication to supply.
(Hat tip: Engadget)
Scienceroll.com: Weekly Introduction March 5, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine.2 comments
If you are looking for interesting articles and news on medicine 2.0 or health 2.0, find me on Twitter or on Friendfeed.
For news and articles about the impact of web 2.0 on medicine and healthcare, please follow the Medicine 2.0 Friendfeed room.
For news and articles about personalized medicine and genetics, please follow the Gene Genie Friendfeed room.
Internet in Medicine University Course: We are in the fourth semester of the first university course that focuses on web 2.0 and medicine for medical students.
Medicine 2.0 Collection: I maintain the biggest collection of links and posts focusing on web 2.0 and medicine.
Webicina.com is my service that curates medical content in social media for free fo medical professionals and e-patients.
PeRSSonalized Medicine is the simplest, free, customizable medical information aggregator covering over 80 medical specialties and conditions in 17 languages!
Scienceroll Search is a personalized medical search engine powered by PolyMeta search and clustering engine. You can choose which databases to search in and which one to exclude from your list. It works with well-known medical search engines and databases and we’re totally open to add new ones or remove those you don’t really like.
List of biomedical and scientific community sites: More than 30 communities with links, descriptions and screenshots.
List of Biomedical video sites: Almost 40 sites featuring scientific or medical videos and videocasts.
Internet in Medicine University Course: A New Semester March 2, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine 2.0 Course, Web 2.0.4 comments
It’s a real pleasure to announce that the new semester of my Internet in Medicine course which I will present at the Stanford Summit 2011 will be launched this Thursday with 140 registered students. In the first week’s lecture, the aim is to give a detailed introduction to web 2.0/social media and to highlight potential applications and solutions in medicine and healthcare through a Prezi.com slideshow.
This semester is in English and I plan to come up with assessments/tasks as well for the students, of course, through social media.
- Time: 3rd of March, 17:00
- Location: Lecture Hall of the Department of Pathology, University of Debrecen
The materials and some of the slideshows will be posted on Med20course.com throughout the whole semester.
Read more about last semesters’ lectures…
