Following Medical Resources in the Simplest Way! June 6, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in PeRSSonalized Medicine, RSS, Video, Web 2.0, Webicina.add a comment
There are many medical professionals and empowered patients who would like to follow medical resources such as medical journals, blogs, news, Twitter users, Youtube channels, etc. easily in a customizable way in their own languages. I’ve been encouraging them to use Webicina’s PeRSSonalized Medicine tool for a long time.
Let’s say they start using it, become up-to-date and then discover the power of using RSS and now would like to follow the same resources but on a different platform such as Google Reader or Netvibes. What about them?
Well, now you can export RSS feeds of any PeRSSonalized Medicine category or page within a specific category. Enjoy!
ResearchGate Celebrates One Million Users June 5, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Community Site, science, Video, Web 2.0.add a comment
ResearchGATE, the largest scientific community site, where I used to manage the Masterblog, now announced its one millionth user which is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to them!
Saving Medicare is Visualized June 4, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Healthcare, Video, Visualization.1 comment so far
It seems everyone in the US has a plan for saving Medicare, but this budget visualization looks really great.
This video lays out the clear choice United States of America faces on Medicare: “Will Medicare become a program in which a board of bureaucrats manages its bankruptcy by denying care to seniors?
“Get Fit” Twitter Campaign by GE Healthcare June 3, 2011
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, twitter, Web 2.0.2 comments
GE Healthcare has recently launched a Twitter-based campaign focusing on health tips against cancer. People can share their own health tips on Twitter by using the #get_fit hashtag that has over 200 country-specific forms. While the initiative is great (that is how a huge company should motivate people to share interesting health tips in order to fight cancer), I think creating multiple hashtags for different countries was a mistake as it might lower the rate of participation (I have to look for my country’s special hashtag first).
That’s why at GE Healthcare we’re running an online initiative to encourage people to “Get Fit” and join the fight against cancer. The “Get Fit” project aims to inspire people all around the world to seek healthier lifestyles by exercising, eating well and engaging in other activities that foster health — and share their choices using Twitter.
Game on! We’re hosting a global competition to see which continent’s population can “Get Fit” fastest. The more people who tweet about how they are getting fitter, using their country’s designated “Get Fit” hashtag (see below), the faster the cells hovering over their continent (Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australasia, and the Middle East and Africa) will turn from “risky red” to “healthy green” on the competition’s interactive map. The continent that “goes green” fastest wins.
