Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The e-patient revolution



E-patient Connections Conference

"Life in Research" Cartoon


"Life in Research" Cartoons
125 excellent medical cartoons by VADLO - two biology scientists who wish to make it easier to locate biology research related information on the web. Their search engine caters to all branches of life sciences. VADLO allows users to search within five categories: Protocols, Online Tools, Seminars, Databases and Software. "Feel free to copy the Cartoons for powerpoint presentations or display on personal blogs/webpages!"
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Visualization at your fingertips - presenting complex data using web tools

Visualization at your fingertips - presenting complex data using web tools
my first attempt in Wordle is here
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Twitter for diabled users

Accessible Twitter aims to make service easier for disabled users.

McSickness? Googlechondriac?

SlangRN aims to help you translate medical jargon and slang.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Take Two Aspirin And Tweet Me In The Morning:

Take Two Aspirin And Tweet Me In The Morning:How Twitter, Facebook, And Other Social Media Are Reshaping Health Care
Carleen Hawn [Health Affairs 28, no. 2 (2009): 361–368; 10.1377/hlthaff.28.2.361]

Social Media Revolution bigger than you think



from Socialnomics via Ted Eytan

Improving Patient Medication Adherence

Thinking Outside the Pillbox: A System-wide Approach to Improving Patient Medication Adherence for Chronic Disease
In its new research brief, "Thinking Outside the Pillbox," NEHI addresses the root causes of poor patient medication adherence - a significant contributor to overall health care waste - and offers promising solutions to improve adherence, particularly among chronic disease patients

A HIT LIST for the HIT Generation: Meaningful Use for Patients

A HIT LIST for the HIT Generation: Meaningful Use for Patients

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Developing a Social Media Strategy

PEPID resources on iPhone et al

Comprehensive if fairly expensive... downloadable tutorials give good insights into coverage and functions. For example:
Clinical Nursing Suite
Primary Care Physician plus ambulatory and Hospital Suite

Sunday, August 16, 2009

eTELEMED 2010, The Second International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine

February 10-15, 2010 – St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles

General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/eTELEMED10.html

HIMSS Clinical Decision Support Wiki now open

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society CDS Task Force helps guide and execute HIMSS efforts to ensure that CDS delivers on its promise to improve care delivery and outcomes

Document "Opportunities for CDS Guide to help implementers meet Meaningful Use criteria" located in section 2 ('early version of this mapping') has particularly useful tables.

How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans

How to Behave: New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans

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Healthy Dialog Videos

Healthy Dialog is the for-profit partner of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.
Three of their videos are available online.
Is a PSA test right for you?
Colon Cancer Screening: Deciding what's right for you
Early Stage Breast Cancer: Choosing your surgery

Weighty Choices, in Patients’ Hands

Excellent piece on the Informed Patient in Wall St Journal, including links
 
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