The 100 Most Influential People in the World: 1 Scientist April 23, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medicine, science, Video.add a comment
TIME magazine published again its list of most influental people globally and running through the list I only found one scientist, Hans Rosling, the statistics guru and public health expert. He has a perfect place in the list but where are the other amazing and innovative physicians and scientists?
AED Trainer app: Promo codes are available! April 16, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Invention, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Technology, Video.9 comments
I’ve written about the AED Trainer, an app by Ivor Kovic, MD that helps learn to use an automated external defibrillator. Now 5 promo codes are available for the app and the first 5 people leaving a comment on this blog post asking for the codes will receive those. Hurry up!
AED Trainer app offers a cost saving alternative for educating laypersons and healthcare providers in the effective use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). It mimics all the features and prompts of existing live AEDs, and allows configuration with scenario builder that provides students with valuable and realistic training.
It can be used by layman and healthcare professionals to get familiar about who an AED works and be ready to use one in case of an emergency. Furthermore, the app can be extremely useful in offering a realistic and immersive training experience on regular CPR & AED courses.
iPads for Heart Patients: Mayo Clinic Rocks Again April 14, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Hospital, Innovation, Medicine, Video.2 comments
A great initiative coming from Mayo Clinic again:
Being in the hospital after major surgery is no fun. On top of dealing with pain, patients have uncertainty. They also have to worry about getting all the information they need to support their recovery. That’s not always easy in the hospital; things happen quickly and doctors and hospital staff are often really busy. Doctors at Mayo Clinic may have a solution to this issue. They’re giving iPads to heart surgery patients to see if a new iPad app can make hospital stays easier and more satisfying.
What can music cause in an old man’s mind? April 12, 2012
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One of the best videos these days. An old man in a nursing home gets excited when listening to the old music he used to listen to every day.
From Watson to Wikis and Virtual Patients April 9, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Data, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Video, Web 2.0, What's on the web?.1 comment so far
Here are a few articles and news I particularly found interesting this week:
Haifa, Israel has developed a new clinical decision support tool that correlates a patients’ unique disease profile against various clinical guidelines and a wide range of previously acquired clinical data from a multitude of patients. The tool, called Clinical Genomics (Cli-G), is designed to provide clinicians with actionable results that outline how to address individual patients’ conditions.
Symcat is a versatile and also very powerful tech solution that combines aggregated data from patient health records with user symptoms and demographics to inform diagnoses.
His research has found that a wiki – a website developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content – can be an innovative new tool for developing individual asthma action plans.
- A medBoardis an online advisory board for pharmaceutical companies to easily get expert advice. Advice that helps develop better medicines and shape commercial strategy.
Researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Modelling (INSIGNEO) in Sheffield are developing digital models of different parts of the human body that will ultimately build into a complete digital replica of a patient.
ER Advisor was created by an epidemiologist (Mike Hartmann, BSc, MPH) and a web developer who wanted to help ease the burden on hospitals. Too many people go to the ER when the medical attention they need can be provided elsewhere. We consulted with nurses, doctors and other epidemiologists to come up with an idea: get people to enter their symptoms online and we can suggest whether it is an emergency or not.
Like this:
Jack Choi: On the virtual dissection table (TED2012) April 9, 2012
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Amazing solution for teaching medical students about the human anatomy on a multi-touch screen. I wish I had this in medical school when I had to study anatomy from books.
Social Media Promises and Pitfalls for Doctors: Interviews April 8, 2012
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine has recently invited two great experts of the medical aspects of social media to help them how to deal with the growing importance of social networks in healthcare.
Kent Bottles, who I really admire, said that:
He explained with delight how he used crowdsourcing to prepare his Einstein presentation—sending out an “SOS” to his 6,000+ highly informed Twitter followers. Within hours he had more than 30 replies with advice, resources and guidance. All this from a man who is a seasoned social media pro. His takeaway: no matter how bright you are, you’re always better informed by reaching out for help.
Dr. Chretien had a very important line as well:
While still a vocal advocate of social media, she highlighted her published research, which shows that social media have gotten and can get doctors and doctors-in-training in trouble if they violate their institutions’ guidelines or HIPAA laws, or even fail to show common sense.
The Social MEDia Course Gets Coverage March 27, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Medical education, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, The Social MEDia Course, Video, Web 2.0, Webicina.add a comment
Only a few days ago, a revolution in medical education, The Social MEDia Course was launched with 16 flash Prezis, exciting tests, badges and achievements; hundreds of students have already signed up and the course also got some great coverage.
Prezi.com featured the course on Facebook:
Early Prezi adopter Bertalan Mesko uses Prezi to teach social media to doctors and medical professionals. Bertalan uses Prezi for not only his Webicina course at the University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center but also for all his 80+ presentations worldwide. Congratulations Bertalan for the new course website!
Scope blog of Stanford Medical School mentioned it:
Bertalan Mesko, MD, founder and managing director of Webicina.com, has launched a new course aiming to educate future physicians about the fundamentals of social media.
Another mention at #prismSA:
The course launched yesterday, and includes sixteen modules. Each module includes an interactive presentation built with Prezi, which Dr Meskó estimates will take between 40 and 80 minutes for most students, and an evaluation, which takes 10-12 minutes. Participants can earn badges for successfully completing each module and passing its evaluation. Best of all, this excellent professional development opportunity is completely free of charge. Thanks to Dr Meskó for his excellent work and for building this very useful course!
Telemedicine Predicted in 1925? March 27, 2012
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Jay Parkinson, MD found a great picture showing that telemedicine was predicted in 1925.
Do you remember the video in which Arthur C. Clarke described how future doctors in Edinburgh could operate patients in New Zealand? Back in 1964? What about our own predictions for the future?
Eric Topol Talks at Google March 25, 2012
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health 2.0, Healthcare, Video, Web 2.0.2 comments
Dr. Eric Topol visits Google to talk about his book: The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care:
Until very recently, if you were to ask most doctors, they would tell you there were only two kinds of medicine: the quack kind, and the evidence-based kind. The former is baseless, and the latter based on the best information human effort could buy, with carefully controlled double-blind trials, hundreds of patients, and clear indicators of success.
