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Why Haiti disaster relief efforts cannot be applied domestically

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Like most people, I’ve found the news and images coming from Haiti in the aftermath of the January's earthquake appalling and upsetting. The sheer amount of devastation and orders of magnitude loss of life make the story compelling by itself.…

Like most people, I’ve found the news and images coming from Haiti in the aftermath of the January’s earthquake appalling and upsetting.

The sheer amount of devastation and orders of magnitude loss of life make the story compelling by itself. Coupled on top of Haiti’s ignominious history, the situation touches us for its Job-like quality: ”How much misery can one people withstand?”

I’ve been pleased at the outpouring of support for Haiti. …

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Why Haiti disaster relief efforts cannot be applied domestically

How fame has corrupted Dr. Mehmet Oz

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The newest media doc on the block is Dr. Mehmet Oz. When he was first seen on Oprah, he seemed engaging and answered some interesting questions in a real and professional way. The audience loved his blue scrubs and boyish…

The newest media doc on the block is Dr. Mehmet Oz. When he was first seen on Oprah, he seemed engaging and answered some interesting questions in a real and professional way. The audience loved his blue scrubs and boyish clean cut open style.

That was then.

Let’s face it . . . the media spotlight seems to corrupt even the best physicians. Dr. Oz now has his own show and …

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How fame has corrupted Dr. Mehmet Oz

Telling a patient story and the issues facing physician writers

There is a veritable epidemic of doctor-writers out there. What is going on? Are doctors suddenly in the kiss-and-tell mode? What about confidentiality? Professionalism? HIPAA? As one of the aforementioned doctor-writers, I look upon this trend with both awe and…

There is a veritable epidemic of doctor-writers out there. What is going on?

Are doctors suddenly in the kiss-and-tell mode? What about confidentiality? Professionalism? HIPAA?

As one of the aforementioned doctor-writers, I look upon this trend with both awe and trepidation. I suspect that that this flourishing literary phenomenon relates to the public’s fascination and fear about all things medical. It also relates to the falling away of previous, pedestal-like images of …

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Telling a patient story and the issues facing physician writers

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Why doctors fail to embrace Health 2.0

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Originally published in HCPLive.com by Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD, FAAP New technologies can make healthcare more personalized, strengthen the patient–physician relationship, put the right information in the right hands at the right time, and potentially improve outcomes and efficiency across…

Originally published in HCPLive.com

by Gwenn Schurgin O’Keeffe, MD, FAAP

New technologies can make healthcare more personalized, strengthen the patient–physician relationship, put the right information in the right hands at the right time, and potentially improve outcomes and efficiency across the healthcare spectrum. So why are so many physicians reluctant to embrace these changes?

Wikipedia defines Health 2.0 as “the use of a …

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Why doctors fail to embrace Health 2.0

How social media can make physicians better doctors

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Originally published on HCPLive.com by Mike Hennessy Some patient advocates, tech-savvy physicians, and other Health 2.0 proponents tout e-mail, online forums, and social media technologies because they can potentially help strengthen the patient–physician relationship by providing patients with greater access…

Originally published on HCPLive.com

by Mike Hennessy

Some patient advocates, tech-savvy physicians, and other Health 2.0 proponents tout e-mail, online forums, and social media technologies because they can potentially help strengthen the patient–physician relationship by providing patients with greater access to their physicians and facilitating more open communication.

Yet, after seeing patients all day, do physicians really want to spend a significant portion …

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How social media can make physicians better doctors

How Twitter will impact health care in 2010

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Originally published in HCPLive.com MDNG interviews Phil Baumann about the future of Twitter and social media in health care. Way back in January, Phil Baumann, RN, provided an empathic answer to the question/concern that was on everyone’s mind then: “Yeah,…

Originally published in HCPLive.com

MDNG interviews Phil Baumann about the future of Twitter and social media in health care.

Way back in January, Phil Baumann, RN, provided an empathic answer to the question/concern that was on everyone’s mind then: “Yeah, Twitter seems great and all, but can you use it for anything useful in healthcare?”

Taking things to the extreme, Baumann, …

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How Twitter will impact health care in 2010

Saying no to a re-tweet request, and whether Twitter as a legitimate news source

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The other day I re-tweeted a tweet from someone whose Twitter activity I enjoy very much. I like where his links take me, and I appreciate the intellectual and emotional honesty of his own writing. The message I re-tweeted was…

The other day I re-tweeted a tweet from someone whose Twitter activity I enjoy very much. I like where his links take me, and I appreciate the intellectual and emotional honesty of his own writing. The message I re-tweeted was about Gardasil, Merck’s HPV vaccine marketed in the US.

Diane Harper of the University of Missouri is a prominent researcher who was heavily involved in the Gardasil development program. Over the …

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Saying no to a re-tweet request, and whether Twitter as a legitimate news source

Why is the American College of Rheumatology barring the media from adding CME?

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by Robert Stern, MA, CCMEP In our continuing saga with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and their oppressive media policies, one of our readers kindly forwarded a letter received by her from the president of the ACR who provides…

by Robert Stern, MA, CCMEP

MedPage Today In our continuing saga with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and their oppressive media policies, one of our readers kindly forwarded a letter received by her from the president of the ACR who provides his justification for attempting to restrict MedPage Today’s access to their annual meeting.

For context, let’s begin with the letter from …

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Why is the American College of Rheumatology barring the media from adding CME?

Health care social networking basics for doctors

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Originally published in HCPLive.com by Enoch Choi, MD Patients have embraced social networking tools that allow them to share information, offer support, and compare healthcare experiences. Physicians should also use these tools to connect with their patients and local communities…

Originally published in HCPLive.com

by Enoch Choi, MD

Patients have embraced social networking tools that allow them to share information, offer support, and compare healthcare experiences. Physicians should also use these tools to connect with their patients and local communities and provide general medical information.

Healthcare social networking has made impressive inroads into the mainstream, as like-minded folks find each other online and …

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Health care social networking basics for doctors

KevinMD Twitter and Facebook Thanksgiving Drive 2009

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I'm happy to announce the KevinMD Twitter and Facebook Thanksgiving Drive 2009. My forays into blogging, along with Twitter and Facebook, have provided me with countless new opportunities that I'm tremendously appreciative of. Now, I want to use the power…

I’m happy to announce the KevinMD Twitter and Facebook Thanksgiving Drive 2009.

My forays into blogging, along with Twitter and Facebook, have provided me with countless new opportunities that I’m tremendously appreciative of.

Now, I want to use the power of social media to give back this Thanksgiving season.

What is this?

It’s simple.  …

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KevinMD Twitter and Facebook Thanksgiving Drive 2009

Everybody loses when physician conferences restrict medical news reporting

by Robert Stern, MA, CCMEP Almost a decade ago, I had a simple idea -- deliver fast, accurate medical news to clinicians in a format that was easily accessible, and turn that news into a "teachable moment." Almost five years…

by Robert Stern, MA, CCMEP

Almost a decade ago, I had a simple idea — deliver fast, accurate medical news to clinicians in a format that was easily accessible, and turn that news into a “teachable moment.” Almost five years ago, that idea became reality with the launch of MedPage Today.

Monday through Friday (and if news is happening, Saturday and Sunday, too), MedPage Today delivers on our promise of “Putting Breaking …

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Everybody loses when physician conferences restrict medical news reporting

What if newspapers reported science the way they cover the World Series?

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by Larry Husten, Ph.D. October brings the Nobel Prize announcements and the World Series. No one will mistake media coverage of one for the other. Each Nobel Prize will get one article and 10 seconds on the evening news. A…

by Larry Husten, Ph.D.

October brings the Nobel Prize announcements and the World Series. No one will mistake media coverage of one for the other. Each Nobel Prize will get one article and 10 seconds on the evening news. A soft feature will quote the new Nobel recipient’s complete surprise at the 4 AM phone call.

By contrast, baseball, like all major sports, is covered in great depth, by legions of sports …

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What if newspapers reported science the way they cover the World Series?

How Google Sidewiki will impact drug company websites

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Take a look at the screen shot below, from Pfizer’s homepage. Believe it or not, I, or anyone else, can now leave comments “on” any website (such as Pfizer.com) using a new tool (currently in beta) from Google, called Sidewiki.…

Take a look at the screen shot below, from Pfizer’s homepage. Believe it or not, I, or anyone else, can now leave comments “on” any website (such as Pfizer.com) using a new tool (currently in beta) from Google, called Sidewiki.

pfizersidewiki

Game-changer? You bet.

While the use of Google’s Sidewiki has ramifications across the entire web, for every type of site or industry, I’m going …

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How Google Sidewiki will impact drug company websites

Why our health care system promotes disease maintenance

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When I was growing up in the 1970s, news was different, and this is not just the everything-was-better-in-my-day nostalgia. News was about news. News was not sexy. What has changed? Robert Reich's Supercapitalism, makes the answer obvious: competition. Interestingly, according…

When I was growing up in the 1970s, news was different, and this is not just the everything-was-better-in-my-day nostalgia. News was about news. News was not sexy. What has changed? Robert Reich’s Supercapitalism, makes the answer obvious: competition.

Interestingly, according to economic theories, competition is good for the consumer – it drives quality up and prices down. That may be true for toilet paper, but it has not panned out for …

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Why our health care system promotes disease maintenance

Medical students using Facebook and Twitter can get expelled

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by Chris Emery, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today A large number of U.S. medical schools say students have posted unprofessional material on Web sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter, but few schools have adequate policies in place for dealing with…

by Chris Emery, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today

A large number of U.S. medical schools say students have posted unprofessional material on Web sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter, but few schools have adequate policies in place for dealing with such behavior, a new study found.

medpage-today Of 78 U.S. medical schools that responded to a survey, 60% reported incidents of …

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Medical students using Facebook and Twitter can get expelled

Op-ed: Wikipedia isn’t really the patient’s friend

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The following op-ed was published on July 15th, 2009 in the USA Today. "I researched my condition on Wikipedia." That's what more doctors, myself included, are hearing from patients every day. Wikipedia is the Web's most popular online encyclopedia. Its…

The following op-ed was published on July 15th, 2009 in the USA Today.

“I researched my condition on Wikipedia.” That’s what more doctors, myself included, are hearing from patients every day.

Wikipedia is the Web’s most popular online encyclopedia. Its more than 13 million articles cover almost every topic imaginable. It is among the most visited sites primarily because its articles routinely show up near the top of search engine results, like …

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Op-ed: Wikipedia isn’t really the patient’s friend

The AMA and Sermo break up, and how it’s getting ugly

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When the online physician discussion site, Sermo, and the American Medical Association joined forces in 2007, it was heralded as a promising partnership for both entities. In fact, as Sermo's CEO Daniel Palestrant said back then, "As a company, we…

When the online physician discussion site, Sermo, and the American Medical Association joined forces in 2007, it was heralded as a promising partnership for both entities.

In fact, as Sermo’s CEO Daniel Palestrant said back then, “As a company, we had to take a very rational perspective on that by saying we’re a small software company, not an advocacy organization. Who is the best entity to turn voice into action? …

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The AMA and Sermo break up, and how it’s getting ugly

Is House M.D. bad for medicine?

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A few days ago, we talked about how Scrubs was a relatively accurate portrayal of medical life.Let's talk about the other end of the spectrum, namely, Fox's House M.D.As an emergency physician notes, the doctors in the House-universe seem super-human.…

A few days ago, we talked about how Scrubs was a relatively accurate portrayal of medical life.

Let’s talk about the other end of the spectrum, namely, Fox’s House M.D.

As an emergency physician notes, the doctors in the House-universe seem super-human. Indeed, “the docs on that show are not only walking encyclopedias of rare diseases, but they are …

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Is House M.D. bad for medicine?

Does violence on TV and in the media really lead to violent behavior?

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We've become accustomed the notion that media violence is bad for children, and that exposure to it can lead to all kinds of problems, including violent behavior. Those us who remember Columbine in 1999 will certainly recall reports that the…

We’ve become accustomed the notion that media violence is bad for children, and that exposure to it can lead to all kinds of problems, including violent behavior. Those us who remember Columbine in 1999 will certainly recall reports that the killers played the videogame Doom and listened to Marilynn Manson before they went on their tragic rampage. Less dramatic anecdotes pop up regularly.

But there’s a new, detailed analysis of media …

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Does violence on TV and in the media really lead to violent behavior?

Anti-vaccine ads, and how false advertising harms children

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Where is the line between true and false advertising? And should we be more careful when the claims an ad makes has potential health consequences for children and communities? Let's ask newspapers that question about big adverts they've printed from…

Where is the line between true and false advertising? And should we be more careful when the claims an ad makes has potential health consequences for children and communities?

Let’s ask newspapers that question about big adverts they’ve printed from Generation Rescue, an autism advocacy group, the one headed up by Jenny McCarthy, who regularly appears on National TV claiming vaccines cause autism.

The ads, which you can see on the Generation …

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Anti-vaccine ads, and how false advertising harms children

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