Health Information - Web - Beyond 2.0 for Health Professionals

OLDMEDLINE is Another Year Older with the Addition of the 1946 CLML Citations. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2010 Nov–Dec

2010-11-07T15:03:00.000-08:00

More historical journal citations are now in MEDLINE®/PubMed® with the addition of over 48,000 citations from the 1946 Current List of Medical Literature (CLML). The National Library of Medicine® (NLM®) has been converting information from older print indexes that were the precursors to Index Medicus.

OLDMEDLINE is Another Year Older with the Addition of the 1946 CLML Citations. NLM Technical Bulletin. 2010 Nov–Dec

Tracking News Life Cycles With Systems Like Media Cloud - NYTimes.com

2009-08-05T13:46:00.000-07:00

Tracking News Life Cycles With Systems Like Media Cloud - NYTimes.com

Ghostwriters Paid by Wyeth Aided Its Drugs - NYTimes.com

2009-08-05T07:58:00.000-07:00

Ghostwriters Paid by Wyeth Aided Its Drugs - NYTimes.com

YouTube - The Future of Mobile

2009-07-29T06:43:00.000-07:00

YouTube - The Future of Mobile

An interesting take on the future of the mobile device. Not a lot of detail, but a quick, broad overview. Some points:

1. Ubiquity of mobile access
2. Media is completely transformed
3. Electronic Paper Newspapers on sale for $1.00 USD

Self presentation in blogs and social networks. [Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009] - PubMed Result

2009-07-28T14:20:00.000-07:00

Self presentation in blogs and social networks. [Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009] - PubMed Result

The Efficient MD - Life Hacks for Healthcare: Information Overload, the Index Medicus, and PubMed

2009-07-28T13:51:00.000-07:00

The Efficient MD - Life Hacks for Healthcare: Information Overload, the Index Medicus, and PubMed

Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience: Workshop Summary

2009-07-28T13:31:00.000-07:00

Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience: Workshop Summary

Welch Medical Library :: Collexis - Find Hopkins Biomed Experts

2009-07-25T18:20:00.000-07:00

Welch Medical Library :: Collexis - Find Hopkins Biomed Experts

The information gap

2009-07-05T16:12:00.001-07:00

The information gap

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Doctor, Doctor I can’t stop tweeting! : Buzz Networker - Social Networking Tips and News for Your Business, Product or Yourself

2009-06-06T18:16:00.000-07:00

Doctor, Doctor I can’t stop tweeting! : Buzz Networker - Social Networking Tips and News for Your Business, Product or Yourself

Web 2.0 and Hospitals « The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non-Urban Emergency Medicine

2009-06-06T18:03:00.000-07:00

Web 2.0 and Hospitals « The ACUTE CARE Blog: Non-Urban Emergency Medicine

FrontlineMRS Project Description - OpenMRS

2009-06-03T18:26:00.000-07:00

FrontlineMRS Project Description - OpenMRS

This Twitter Thing - info.rmatics

2009-05-13T19:21:00.000-07:00

This Twitter Thing - info.rmatics

eHealth: The Intelligent Cloud - Implications for Health and Medicine

2009-03-13T18:57:00.000-07:00

eHealth: The Intelligent Cloud - Implications for Health and Medicine

Association of Independent Information Professionals - Knowledge Delivered

2009-03-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

Association of Independent Information Professionals - Knowledge Delivered

Research Informatics.org

2008-11-15T20:03:00.000-08:00

Research Informatics.org

For Clinical and Translational Research Informatics

Clinical Informatics Wiki- Clinfowiki

2008-11-15T20:01:00.000-08:00

Web 2.0 technology for clinical decision support- Clinfowiki

Crossing the Digital Divide

2008-11-14T17:01:00.000-08:00

Crossing the Digital Divide

Google Flu Trends

2008-11-12T17:18:00.000-08:00

Google Flu Trends

Google just released a new application called Google Flu Trends. According to Google, they have identified google search terms related to the flu and use that data to track search activity, claiming to be able to identify flu outbreaks sometimes up to two weeks ahead of other surveillance methods. It will be interesting to watch this over time for accuracy. They are starting with the Flu, but will no doubt release other disease tracking apps.

Using Social Network Analysis within a Department ...[J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Nov-Dec] - PubMed Result

2008-11-11T14:42:00.000-08:00

Using Social Network Analysis within a Department ...[J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Nov-Dec] - PubMed Result

Development of Grid-like Applications for Public H...[J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Nov-Dec] - PubMed Result

2008-11-11T14:39:00.000-08:00

Development of Grid-like Applications for Public H...[J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008 Nov-Dec] - PubMed Result

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Healthcare. Summary - Institute of Medicine

2008-11-11T07:48:00.000-08:00

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Changing Nature of Healthcare. Summary - Institute of Medicine: "#

Institute of Medicine's Report released August 11, 2008. Common themes are listed below. Note the third item from the bottom, "Shift to a culture of care that learns." This is a theme I see over and over again in many types of industries and organizations. This, I believe is the key to success, fostering a culture that learns.

# Increasing complexity of health care
# Unjustified discrepancies in care patterns
# Importance of better value from health care
# Uncertainty exposed by the information environment
# Pressing need for evidence development
# Promise of health information technology
# Need for more practice-based research
# Shift to a culture of care that learns
# New model of the patient-provider partnership
# Leadership that stems from every quarter"

Enhancing promotional strategies within social mar...[Health Promot Pract. 2008] - PubMed Result

2008-11-11T07:34:00.000-08:00

Enhancing promotional strategies within social mar...[Health Promot Pract. 2008] - PubMed Result

This article, indexed in PubMed and in process may be interesting in terms of health education using social software. We will keep an eye on it.

Dr. SMS DNA - India - Health information at your fingertips - Daily News & Analysis

2008-11-11T07:09:00.000-08:00

DNA - India - Health information at your fingertips - Daily News & Analysis

Interesting article from Daily News and Analysis (DNA). The Kozhikode district in India is using SMS to locate the nearest healthcare facility. According to the author, Don Sebastion, people are tech savvy and even those who cannot speak English can text in English. The use of a PIN code and software can locate a geographic region, so that people in emergencies can be directed to the nearest facility. Seems like lots of possibilities here for other uses.

don't 4get ur pills: Text Messaging for Health - WSJ.com

2008-01-12T14:43:00.000-08:00

don't 4get ur pills: Text Messaging for Health - WSJ.com

Google tool could search out hospital superbugs - health - 04 January 2008 - New Scientist

2008-01-07T11:32:00.000-08:00

Google tool could search out hospital superbugs - health - 04 January 2008 - New Scientist

Palo Alto Online : Preventing AIDS through animation

2008-01-03T09:08:00.000-08:00

Palo Alto Online : Preventing AIDS through animation: "by Arden Pennell

Palo Alto Weekly Staff"

A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide. | MobileActive.org

2007-12-27T12:57:00.000-08:00

A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide. | MobileActive.org: "A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide."

The Technologies of Tomorrow

2007-12-27T12:41:00.000-08:00

The Technologies of Tomorrow: "A look at the technologies IT executives think will shape the future."

IBM/University Collaboration To Develop Open-Source Accessibility Tools

2007-11-21T13:22:00.000-08:00

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MySpace Joins Google Alliance to Counter Facebook - New York Times

2007-11-02T12:24:00.000-07:00

MySpace Joins Google Alliance to Counter Facebook - New York Times

An Introduction to VoiceXML > Origins

2007-07-29T11:13:00.000-07:00

An Introduction to VoiceXML > Origins

NEJM -- Old Suspects Found Guilty -- The First Genome Profile of Multiple Sclerosis

2007-07-29T11:12:00.000-07:00

NEJM -- Old Suspects Found Guilty -- The First Genome Profile of Multiple Sclerosis

NEJM -- Risk Alleles for Multiple Sclerosis Identified by a Genomewide Study

2007-07-29T11:10:00.000-07:00

NEJM -- Risk Alleles for Multiple Sclerosis Identified by a Genomewide Study

MeshPubMed

2007-05-14T17:13:00.000-07:00

MeshPubMed
This is a fascinating example of Web 2.0 technology using MeSH ontology to search and browse PubMed. Search results allow you to drill down through the MeSH terms. Additionally, the results include concept terms and a feature called "Hot Topics", that will tell you which topics, journals, and authors are important to your search query. The result set is limited to 1000, but that's enough to give you a good idea of the potential of this application. MeshPubMed is developed by Transinsight and TU-Dresden.

Physician Medical Wiki - Ask Dr Wiki

2007-05-12T09:48:00.000-07:00

Physician Medical Wiki - Ask Dr Wiki

Venturing into the Wiki arena is AskDrWiki. Currently the main focus is Cardiology and Electrophysiology. The current editors are:
* Kenny Civello M.D., M.P.H, , Cleveland
* Brian Jefferson M.D, Cleveland, Ohio
* Shane Bailey M.D., Cleveland, Ohio
* Mike McWilliams M.D., Cleveland, Ohio
"Dr Wiki is a nonprofit educational web site made by physicians for physicians, medical students, and healthcare providers. Its purpose is to serve as a online repository of medical information that can be accessed by anyone. Since your lab coat is only so big and you may forget everything you learned last month you need an online repository to store important facts, differentials, figures and other medical information."

A Day in the Life of PubMed: Analysis of a Typical Day's Query Log -- Herskovic et al., 10.1197/jamia.M2191 -- Journal of the American Medical Informa

2007-05-12T09:39:00.000-07:00

A Day in the Life of PubMed: Analysis of a Typical Day's Query Log -- Herskovic et al., 10.1197/jamia.M2191 -- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Join a social revolution : Nature

2007-05-12T09:36:00.000-07:00

Join a social revolution : Nature

Computer Scientists Unravel 'Language of Surgery'

2006-12-08T11:33:00.000-08:00

Johns Hopkins University computer scientists are applying speech recognition concepts to surgery in order to construct mathematical models of the most effective techniques used by surgeons. Using the system, new surgeons could be trained, and experienced surgeons could gain perspective on their work, including the way that their actions could be made safer or more efficient. JHU Whiting School of Engineering professor of computer science and principal investigator for the project, Gregory D. Hager, explains, "Surgery is a skilled activity, and it has a structure that can be taught and acquired. We can think of that structure as the 'language of surgery'...we're borrowing techniques from speech recognition technology and applying them to motion recognition." Just as speech recognition breaks down words into their most elemental sounds, the team is breaking down surgical action to its most basic gestures, which software can represent mathematically, Hager says. To teach the robot the "language of surgery," the team is using data recorded by the da Vinci robotic surgery systems to construct mathematic models for specific procedures. Hager says that using the da Vinci data, their software has become able to go "from words to sentences," and they are progressing toward their goal of creating a "large vocabulary." The project is backed by a three-year National Science Foundation grant.

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Consumer Health Services in Second Life

2006-12-04T19:36:00.001-08:00

The National Library of Medicine/Greater Midwest Region has awarded ALS a $40,000 grant to provide consumer health information services in the virtual world of Second Life. ALS is working on the project in partnership with the University of Illinois Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, Central Medical Library, Unversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) in the Netherlands,. and TAP Information Services.

http://infoisland.org/2006/11/02/alliance-library-system-receives-grant-to-provide-consumer-health-information-services-in-virtual-world/

Sermo: Blog by Physicians, for Physicians

2006-11-26T17:01:00.000-08:00

Sermo is a free online community blog written by physicians for physicians. According to their site Sermo is a place where specialties become communities and physicians ask and answer questions of each other in real time -- without any advertising or pharmaceutical promotion. The bottom line is that physicians can now access their colleagues' medical expertise the minute they need it, and working together, make decisions in a powerful new way."

Sermo's motto is: Know More. Know earlier. The site reports the following example of how Sermo has benefitted physicians.
" When three physicians independently reported that their patients on Lipitor were having nightmares, a follow-up survey was triggered on Sermo. The Sermo community was sent a "posting" asking if other physicians were hearing the same complaint from their patients. 33% of the 750 physicians surveyed said... read more

http://www.sermo.com/

Kevin, M.D.'s Post about "Googling the diagnosis"

2006-11-22T16:38:00.000-08:00

Good post from Kevin, M.D.'s Medical Weblog. He points out that many missed the author's statement about the Internet being particularly useful in the hands of a physician or other healthcare experts. "Clinicians have a better handle on which symptoms are unusual and for the technical terms for the symptoms," he says. The more precise the search terms, the more accurate the diagnosis. "Also, there's a lot of rubbish on the Web, and an expert can weed that out quickly."

The comments to the post are also interesting, indicating a tension between the fear many experts have of people depending exclusively on Google for information and those who have stories to tell of how Google helped them with a diagnosis. One post from an obviously frustrated health professional says "Nothing is worse then a kid coming to the ER at 4 am and a parent demanding some test or procedure becuase they read it in google. I actually have been told I'll be sued if I don't order a Cat Scan."

The tension will only grow as more people go online looking for health information. Like most things, there is no one single perfect solution to finding the best information, or in fact the "best evidence." I'm curious to know if there is in fact a solution, or potential solution in the technology itself, through the use of Web 2.0 tools that can help with more than just information retrieval, but with the discovery of information that you didn't know you were looking for in the first place . More to come.

Googling for a Diagnosis - The Letters

2006-11-21T14:27:00.000-08:00

Last week's BMJ article about the use of Google as a diagnostic aid, was blogged about in a number of places, so I'll try not to duplicate previous posts. I saw a bit of outrage on some of the library listservs and blogs, as well as a thoughtful post by a librarian.

The letters to BMJ are perhaps even more interesting than the article itself. Whatever you may have thought of the article or of the use of Google for a diagnostic tool, the dialog generated by the article is important.

One letter compares the search results in Google to those found in PubMed. Another letter mentions that perhaps the need for full-text searching or data mining is an important factor in using Google when bibliographic database searching isn't sufficient. I think part of what Google does is enable the *discovery* of information that may not be as discoverable in more traditional databases. Further studies are needed and I wonder what the results would be if the authors had used Google Scholar. More on this later. Take a look at the reactions to the article in BMJ.

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How a Critical Care Podcast was Born

2006-11-09T20:12:00.000-08:00

Richard Savel, MD is the physician behind the iCritical series of excellent Podcasts. The Clinical Cases and Images Blog writes a post about the history behind this series sponsored by Dr. Savel and the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM).

For more detail read Dr. Savel's Blog post. The post is from 2005, but I'm very interested in how health professionals are using Web 2.0 technologies so this is relevant to this blog.

Please see the article in PubMed, The iCritical Care Podcast: a novel medium for critical care communication and education.

If you have a story to tell, or know of others stories, please feel free to post.

Most users seeking health information online start with a search engine

2006-11-07T17:12:00.000-08:00

Report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project: Online Health Search 2006: Most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find.

Not really a surprise, but important information in a way. Consumers don't start looking for health information at any particular site. They don't go straight to the National Library of Medicine or to the numerous other excellent and reviewed sources.
So what does this mean? For one thing, it means that good information needs to be easy to find and once found needs to add value or provide opportunities for further discovery of pertinent information. Sure consumer education is important, but search engines, good search engines can filter by date etc. In fact Google does do some of this.

Pew Report

Online Health Search 2006: Most internet users start at a search engine when looking for health information online. Very few check the source and date of the information they find.

JMLA Case Studies Blog

2006-11-07T09:25:00.000-08:00

The Journal of the Medical Library Association has a case feature that now includes the use of a blog for further discussion. The Blog includes the resources used to help in understanding of the decision making process, which emphasizes the importance on finding reliable background information.

It is particularly valuable because the resources used are freely available on the web, so you can used them regardless of your institutional affiliation or lack thereof.

JMLA Case Studies Blog

Medical Blogs

2006-11-06T18:43:00.000-08:00

I've been following a number of medical blogs, just to get some idea of what health professionals are posting about. A series of podcast interviews in the Journal of Medical Practice Management is quite interesting. A number of medical bloggers were interviewed and asked among other things, why they blog. Why do you blog? Here's an interview of Medblogger Dr. R. W. Donnell.

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Welcome

2006-11-06T18:06:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the first post of Health Library Blog. There has been much debate lately where I work about just what it is library users need and want from the library. So medical library users, what do you want? What do you need?