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From Digital Canes to E-Patients and the Unknown Killer Infographics
Real-Time Digital Medicine at Christie Hospital, Manchester Social media serves as a powerful tool for patients disclosing illnesses Patients tended to disclose certain conditions: Cancer: 40% Diabetes: 16% Chronic Fatigue: 10% Arthritis: 7% Asthma: 5% AIDS: 5% Epilepsy: 2% Heart Disease: 2% Alzheimer’s: 1% Relay For Life of Second Life by the American Cancer Society [...]Collected in NCurse's videos Jul 12, 2011 -
iCard ECG
I’ve recently come across a nice app that helps perform ECG with your mobile. Though they are still awaiting FDA approval.Collected in NCurse's videos Jul 7, 2011 -
Withings Blood Pressure Monitor for iOS
One of the most interesting things I saw at this year’s Doctors 2.0 and You event was Withins’ Blood pressure monitor. This iPhone-connected blood pressure monitor made its first appearance at CES, but you’ll finally be able to order one of your own today.Collected in NCurse's videos Jul 3, 2011 -
From Google+ to E-mails for Doctors and Wikipedia
Google+ for doctors, and why physicians should be careful What should doctors know about about Google+? Obviously, this is Google’s last, best attempt to combat Facebook’s dominance.Collected in NCurse's videos Jun 30, 2011 -
Human Health Project: Getting Feedback on Cases
Human Health Project is a non-profit organization funded by donations aiming at giving feedback on medical cases uploaded by medical professionals. Here is the description: The Human Health Project began in California in 2006 as a non-profit organization when its founder, Dr.Collected in NCurse's videos Jun 13, 2011 -
How to start social media as doctors?
My old friend and mentor, Ves Dimov, MD at Clinical Cases and Images shared some great instructions about how to start using social media as medical professionals. - Start on Twitter, expand to a blog as natural progression.Collected in NCurse's videos May 27, 2011 -
FutureMed Coverage
My good friends at Medgadget.com attended Future Med and covered the whole event through a great series of posts. It’s really worth reading the whole bunch of entries.Collected in NCurse's videos May 26, 2011 -
From iPatients to The Five Steps of Social Media Grieving
The Dual Online Identities of Physicians Through the Looking Glass by Lisa Emrich iPatient: The New Citizen-Patient? Automatic tracker ensures your doctor washed their hands Researcher Uses Facebook To Aid Crowd-Sourcing Science That’s when Bloom, who isn’t exactly the most tech-savvy guy out there, suggested Facebook.Collected in NCurse's videos May 24, 2011 -
Health 2.0 News: From Pharma to Health Games
25 Android Apps to Learn About Any Disease, Symptom, or Medicine Competitors Are “Best Source” of Complaints About Promotions Received by FDA Among FDA’s TOP three “normal” surveillance activities was “complaints submitted by industry competitors.” In fact, Gray said “we have found that industry competitors tend to be some of the best sources of information [...]Collected in NCurse's videos May 12, 2011 -
Family Medicine & Social Media: Video
Dr. Mike Sevilla has recently given a presentation about using social media in family medicine.Collected in NCurse's videos May 9, 2011 -
Revolutionary new paper computer
We won’t even need tablets or smartphones in hospitals any more, as here are flexible paper computers. The world’s first interactive paper computer is set to revolutionize the world of interactive computing.Collected in NCurse's videos May 8, 2011 -
Tweet_Fit tweets while you do exercises
Tweet_Fit is an amazing idea that is similar in nature to Kickbee. Here are the details: Developed by a UK design student, the connected gym accessory attaches to the end of a standard dumbbell and sends updates to your Twitter account when you start and stop your workout.Collected in NCurse's videos May 8, 2011 -
Health 2.0 News: From Rap to Sequencing
Join The HealthyRT Experiment: Let’s Use Twitter To Drown Out Health Misinformation I’d like to get a small group of volunteer experts together – healthcare professionals committed to science and common sense – and have them read and approve links before they are promoted on Twitter. I have created a new Twitter account called “HealthyRT” [...]Collected in NCurse's videos Apr 29, 2011 -
HealthTap: Hunch-Style in Medicine
I’ve recently come across HealthTap, a new service that aims to give us personalized health information based on our answers for various questions. Currently it only works for pregnant women and the first year of life but they will open up the site for more conditions later.Collected in NCurse's videos Apr 27, 2011 -
The Future of Doctor-Patient Video Calls
A Swedish company came out with an amazing innovation at a mobile company with which sales people can contact customers directly through a Minority Report-like solution. Is this the future of doctor-patient video calls as well?Collected in NCurse's videos Apr 19, 2011 -
From Patients on Facebook to WiFi Enabled Asthma Inhalers
Facebook friend request from a patient? (The Lancet) In the USA, birthplace of most of these technological advances, various associations of health-care professionals are starting to issue codes of conduct when dealing with new digital media.Collected in NCurse's videos Apr 19, 2011 -
The American Medical Association Mobile App Challenge
The American Medical Association came up with a nice challenge for doctors and medical students. An excerpt from their announcement: The American Medical Association (AMA) today introduced its first-ever app designed specifically for physicians that allows them to quickly find CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) billing codes.Collected in NCurse's videos Apr 7, 2011 -
Health 2.0 News: From Wheelmap to Tablets
Wheelmap: iPhone City Guide for Wheelchair Users The iPad 2, healthcare, and platform agnosticism Boy, 4, Diagnosed With Leukemia After Picture Is Posted on Facebook Philip Rice posted the photo of his son, Ted, on the social networking site after putting him to bed with a rash. A family friend, Dr.Collected in NCurse's videos Mar 17, 2011 -
Digital Literacy and Medicine 2.0: Video for Stanford University
When I attended Medicine 2.0 in Maastricht last November, organizers of the Medicine 2.0 Stanford event created a video interview with me in which I talked about my “Internet in Medicine” university course, medicine 2.0 and Webicina as well. Bertalan Mesko, MD, is a firm believer that social media applications and services will revolutionize medical [...]Collected in NCurse's videos Mar 16, 2011 -
Health 2.0 News: Cloud discovery and overhyped smartphone apps
Smartphones: More Vulnerable Than Ever CNN Money made a valid point in their recent article when they said that the smartphone is quickly becoming one of your most dangerous possessions. Because of services that make our lives easier, like online mobile banking and online shopping via your phone’s web browser, your smartphone has surpassed your [...]Collected in NCurse's videos Jan 19, 2011
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