How To NOT Use a Medical Photo: Best example February 2, 2012
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The Sterile Eye blog came up with a very tough case in which the official poster for the the 19th Workshop of the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies (ISSVA) was found to be quite disturbing and Øystein Horgmo raised important questions about the use of this image.
- Did the parents of this child agree to their child being used on a poster in this way?
- Did they know ISSVA would choose a photo were their child looks frightened?
- Did they know ISSVA would make the poster the shape of their child’s head?
- Did they know ISSVA would desaturate everything but their child’shemangiomas?
- Did they know ISSVA would put text all over their child’s face?
- Even if they knew and agreed to all of the above, why did ISSVA use the photo like this?
What do you think about this?
Doctors 2.0 and You: Event of the year in 2012! January 20, 2012
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A wonderful conference is coming up in Paris in May. The 2nd Annual Doctors 2.0 & You convenes on May 23 – 24 at the elegant Cite Universitaire in Paris. This conference will gather together international supporters of health 2.0 tools and Social Media to share ideas and practices from 5 continents. The program will examine how doctors and other healthcare providers, patients, and medical industry use social media, mobile apps and other Web 2.0 tools to connect and interact.
Please take a look at the distinguished speakers list.
I gave a prezi last year.
Topics include:
- Connecting the ePatient and the 2.0 Doctor
- Online Patient Communities
- Online Physician Communities
- Social Media and Personal Health Records
- Social Media Campaigns for Government, Hospitals & Pharma
- Mobile Apps for Chronic Disease
- Mobile MedEd
- Quantified Self
- Pharma Strategies & Partnerships
- Regulatory Issues
This is indeed a conference to attend if you are at all interested in International Social Networking in HealthCare. I will be a keynote speaker. I really hope to see you there! Early Bird Registration ends January 31st! Hurry and Register!
Please follow Doctors 2.0 on Twitter at @Doctors20 and #Doctors20.
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 19: Discount! January 9, 2012
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I attended the amazing Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference twice and gave an online prezi the last time. I loved the way they present medical robotics, virtual reality and many other emerging topics so innovatively and how they let the industry, researchers and academy come together for a unique event.
The organizers now are pleased to offer ten (10) discounted registrations to my colleagues: $400 for the Thursday through Saturday program.
Please contact James Westwood, the program coordinator for details on how to register at this discounted rate.
Please keep in mind that the hotel discount rate ends January 16.
KOL and Stakeholder Engagement Europe conference: Discount and My Podcast January 9, 2012
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I’m looking forward to speaking at eyeforpharma’s KOL and Stakeholder Engagement Europe conference, 21-22 Feb in Berlin. Build compliant, transparent and successful relationships with your medical and non-medical KOLs. Book before 13th January to save €600. PLUS enter the code save200 for an extra special discount! Register here now.
“Use my name as a reference when you book to save 200 EUR off the normal ticket price.”
For the conference, we recorded a short podcast in which I describe my views on social media and pharma.
Doctors 2.0 and You: Event of the year 2012 December 11, 2011
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Last year, I attended and spoke at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris organized by the French e-health guru, Denise Silber and thought it was one of the (if not the) social media-healthcare event of the year. I’ll be a keynote speaker at the Doctors 2.0 and You 2012 as well! I hope to see you there!
Paris France will be the world capital for Web 2.0 and Social Media in Health and Medicine, when the 2nd edition of Doctors 2.0TM and You convenes on May 23-24, 2012, at the International Residence situated in the elegant Cité Universitaire campus. Doctors 2.0TM & You will shed light on strategic issues for all of Health Care. The exciting program will examine: how doctors and other professionals, patients, hospitals, government, pharma, and payers use Social Media, mobile apps, and Web 2.0 tools to connect and the best practices that emerge for each.
“The Doctors 2.0 & You conference is supported by followers around the world who like the open spirit with which we present Health Care Social Media and collaborative tools. Our website attracted visitors from 76 countries in the past month,” notes Denise Silber, President of Basil Strategies, conference founders. Dr Berci Mesko, advisory board member, keynote, and one of the most influential Health Social Media practitioners in Europe, concurs: “Doctors 2.0 & You is THE international Health Care Social Media conference.”
Speaking at KOL and Stakeholder Engagement Europe December 2, 2011
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Looking forward to speaking at eyeforpharma’s KOL and Stakeholder Engagement Europe conference, 21-22 February in Berlin.
Build compliant, transparent and successful relationships with your medical and non-medical KOLs. Book before Fri 25th Nov to save €600. PLUS enter the code save200 for an extra special discount! Register here now: https://secure.eyeforpharma.com/kol/register-pharma.php
Games for Health: Recap November 9, 2011
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A few weeks ago, I was a keynote speaker at the Games for Health conference in Amsterdam. I talked about social games, crowdsourcing in medicine and science and also about the importance of including health gaming in medical education. I have to say I had a great time there, saw many promising innovations and as a lover of video games, I tried many projects and gadgets myself.
Projects and ideas I came across there:
Figurerunning: draw figures on the map when running by using their smartphone application.
Use your bike and run or walk around in the virtual world.
Medsim: a birth simulation.
I’m pretty sure I’ll be at Games for Health 2012 as well! See you there!
Games for Health: Keynote Speaker October 21, 2011
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If you follow my blog, you know that I’m in love with health-related games and solutions so it was a pleasure to be invited to give a keynote speech at the Games for Health conference taking place in Amsterdam, between 24 and 25 of October. I hope to see you there!
Building on the successful editions in Boston (MA, USA) the first edition of ‘Games for Health Europe’ will be held October 24th and 25th 2011 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. More than 500 attendees from Europe, USA and Asia will participate in inspiring presentations, experience state of the art demonstrations and share knowledge in informative workshops. Conference content will be provided by a wide range of researchers, game developers and medical professionals. Also the conference will provide a central stage for discussions on how IT technology with a specific focus on gaming and simulation can contribute to the improvement of health and health care. Games for Health is the leading international professional community with more than 10.000 people in the field of health games & simulation for many years. Bringing together the best minds in game development & simulation and health care to advanced game technologies that improve health and the delivery of health care.
