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Medical schools embrace social media

Yelena Spector — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:53:21 +0000

Social networking has altered medical school admissions in many ways. While not all medical schools have yet declared their roles in social media, many are participating in everyday interactions with potential students through the use of social networks. Communications between potential students have gained great popularity amongst medical schools through application statuses and updates via text message or social media sites. Some medical schools have utilized tools such as Facebook to conduct orientation for incoming students; this prevents costly coordination fees and provides convenience for students and staff. With proper regulation around privacy and professionalism; the use of social media in an academic setting has great potential for student engagement and health education improvement.

The role of IT systems in modernizing healthcare

John Kane — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:13:23 +0000

Growing technologies in the medical field are really starting to make their presence known amongst doctors. It is amazing to see how the majority of physicians own an apple product such as the iPhone or iPad, along with the many others who plan on purchasing such items within the next year. The applications and social media networks on these mobile devices can assist doctors in several ways, such as prescribing medicine, accessing medical records, and even looking up health information that doesn't necessarily pertain to their practices. Great job by SpinaBifidaInfo.com for providing this fabulously informative image!

Evidence from Patients Like Me

Jillian Ketterer — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:42:07 +0000

What is evidence? I ask myself this question fairly often since I work in innovation. In trying to generate disruptive and transformative ideas, it is important to understand what has been "established", and why. The next question is: should it change? If so, how?

Will Foursquare incentivize life?

Jillian Ketterer — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:58:09 +0000

I joined Foursquare today. I am officially a newbie!

Why did it take me so long? Aside from a hectic schedule and generally being overwhelmed by information, I quite frankly didn't want folks to know my whereabouts at that level of detail. The gaming aspect alone was not enough to draw me - I could care less about earning points by checking in to cool placees, and becoming a mayor. For me, the tipping point was internally motivated; I thought, "Where might this go in the future?" and suddenly my brain imploded. I did a bit of research.

e-Patient Infiltrates Medical Professional Assessment Organization

Amber Montanano — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:39:03 +0000

On January 11, we had a guest come in and shake things up a bit here. Jen McCabe Gorman gave a really engaging talk (which can be found here if you’ve got an hour to kill and feel like you could use some stimulation) about medicine, social media, and how the two can be mashed together to help you become a participant in your care as opposed to simply the object of your doctor’s care.

Will the public “buy” Blippy?

Jillian Ketterer — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:51:25 +0000

Today I stumbled upon a really strong example of how certain subsets of consumers are willing to sacrifice privacy in exchange for what I'll call "social convenience". Blippy, which is just in beta and was recently highlighted in a New York Times article, is an online social network that lets you share your recent credit card purchases with your friends. I haven't actually used the service, but from the description, it seems to do this automatically in a "Twitter-like" microblogging fashion - a type of passive, social information-sharing. There are, of course, ways to restrict what is shared with whom, but in general I think this is a step in the direction of transparency. The question is: will people find benefit in sharing where they are and what they are buying (and for how much) with their friends?

Hey, Miss Manners, welcome to 2009.

Amber Montanano — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:52:27 +0000

I heard a segment on NPR the other day about mobile device technology etiquette. (As a side note, I notice that most of my posts are inspired by things I hear on NPR. What would I do without you, public radio?) It basically laid out some ground rules for when and how it's appropriate to use mobile devices when you're dating someone. In this new and strange age of technology, I suppose rules about this kind of thing were bound to happen. For me, this is a really interesting area to get into.

I know I’m preaching to the choir.

Amber Montanano — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:02:47 +0000

e-Patients are getting more and more press lately. This morning I heard some people on the radio talking about how folks are using the internet for support and information. They even dropped the Patients Like Me name. What surprises me more than anything is that it's taking so long to get the medical community to pay attention to the social media explosion.

Remember the Milk, and other things

Jillian Ketterer — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:26:46 +0000

I spent the last I-don't-know-how-many years of my life in a seemingly constant rainfall of post-it notes and napkins, each with some number of my own reminders scrawled on them. If I had no paper, well, my own left hand would do for taking down a reminder (which could be anything from, "Buy milk" to "Find that post-it you lost, or try to remember what was on it.") [Aside: I'm going to skip making a joke about the left hand knowing what the right hand is up to, because that would just be bad.]

Medicine 2.0 – A truly engaging conference

Kathleen Rose — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:40:24 +0000

When I scout “medical conferences,” I attend sessions, scribble notes, and retreat to my room in complete control of the television remote (a feat almost never achieved at home). The “take home” is usually an update on the latest techno-medical snippets for colleagues interested in the future of medical education and assessment.