From Google+ to E-mails for Doctors and Wikipedia June 30, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Video, Web 2.0, Wikipedia.add a comment
What should doctors know about about Google+? Obviously, this is Google’s last, best attempt to combat Facebook’s dominance. It features the Google+ Stream, which is similar to a Facebook news feed, which in itself is similar to a Twitter feed.
In this article I would like to propose what could be a simple transparent stepping stone for pharma in gaining more influence over one of the most powerful sources of information on the internet.
Doctors risk a heavy fine and GMC censure if they fail to protect patients’ personal information when sending emails.
- Blitter is a clinical search engine with content highlighted by clinicians who blog or tweet.
Blue Chip Patient Recruitment, a division of global, full-service marketing agency Blue Chip Marketing Worldwide, has authored a white paper advising patient recruitment specialists on how to effectively implement social media into their recruitment strategies.
Our perceptions and regulations regarding professional behaviour must evolve to encompass these new forms of media. Recent studies, legal cases and media reports highlight how the inappropriate use of these media can harm patients and the medical practitioners involved.
Natalie Portman published a paper June 29, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in science.4 comments
Did you know that Natalie Portman (under the name, Natalie Hershlag) published a paper in a scientific journal in 2002 while being at Harvard?
Frontal lobe activation during object permanence: data from near-infrared spectroscopy.
The ability to create and hold a mental schema of an object is one of the milestones in cognitive development. Developmental scientists have named the behavioral manifestation of this competence object permanence. Convergent evidence indicates that frontal lobe maturation plays a critical role in the display of object permanence, but methodological and ethical constrains have made it difficult to collect neurophysiological evidence from awake, behaving infants. Near-infrared spectroscopy provides a noninvasive assessment of changes in oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin and total hemoglobin concentration within a prescribed region. The evidence described in this report reveals that the emergence of object permanence is related to an increase in hemoglobin concentration in frontal cortex.
Doctors 2.0 and You: Event of the year June 29, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Conference, Web 2.0.9 comments
I attended and spoke at the recent Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris organized by the French e-health guru, Denise Silber. I made new contacts, got great opportunities for collaboration on Webicina.com and enjoyed plenty of talks. Here are a few pictures:
Cité Universitaire de Paris, the venue
Palais de Bercy, where the opening ceremony took place
With an old friend of mine, Lucien Engelen from Nijmegen
John Mack did a workshop on social media policies for pharma
Denise Silber on the stage
Myself on stage
Google Health: It’s Over June 27, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in eHealth, Electronic Medical Records, Google, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.3 comments
I guess you’ve heard the news:
Google is giving up on its vision of helping people live healthier lives with online personal health records.
When Google Health was introduced in 2008, Marissa Mayer, a Google executive, said it would be a “large ongoing initiative” that the company hoped would attract millions of regular users.
But Google Health never really caught on.
Well, I know it’s easy to say now, but I wasn’t that surprised. After the first steps, and after years of hard work, Google Health failed to make a real impact on healthcare. When I read the news, an old blog entry of mine came to my mind:
Expecting Google Health to change healthcare is something like expecting Wikipedia to substitute all encyclopaedias in the world…
Some great pieces on this issue:
Social Media Revolution 2011 Video June 24, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Statistics, Video, Web 2.0.2 comments
The new video featuring interesting pieces of information about the ongoing social media revolution is out:
Being a co-author of a medical textbook: Medical Communication June 22, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in About me, Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0.1 comment so far
I had the honour to write a chapter for a new medical textbook focusing on Medical Communication. My chapter is about medical communication, online tools, telemedicine, using e-mails between patients and doctors, virtual worlds, mobile applications and more.
The textbook is available in English and German and will be used at medical universities.
Cancer patient threatened by hospital June 21, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Cancer, Web 2.0.2 comments
I’ve recently come across a really controversial story about a cancer patient who blogged and complained about his hospital treatment and has been threatened with legal action by an NHS trust.
Daniel Sencier was worried about delays at Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary and had surgery at another hospital. He complained to North Cumbria University Hospital Trust and it came up with an action plan to improve care.
But Mr Sencier, 59, of Penrith, then received a letter threatening legal action. The trust declined to comment.
Mr Sencier, a photography student, had expected an apology but then received a letter saying the trust would consider legal action if his blog contained “unsubstantiated criticism”.
