John Sharp is an IT Manager for a major medical center in Northeast Ohio. Areas of expertise include: ehealth, personal health records, Web 2.0 technologies, social media and project management. He is active in the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society and the American Medical Informatics Association. The opinions expressed on this blog are those of the author.
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Health 2.0 – a Double Dutch Treat
June 30, 2010
Lucien Engelen of Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL, and his team (Tom Van De Belt is the first author) have struck two goals in the world cup of Health 2.0. In the Journal of Medical Internet Research, they have published “Definition of Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: A Systematic Review.” This broad review of published literature and blogs included a post by me and many others. They note no consensus on these definitions but some recurring themes:
- Web 2.0/technology
- patients
- professionals
- social networking
- health information/content
- collaboration
- health care change.
The second publication is “A Little Booklet About Health 2.0“, originally available in Dutch, now in English for the Kindle, soon to have an English paper edition. This modest title provides a good introduction to Health 2.0 for beginners and those who may have concerns about venturing into this growing field. It is a quick read and dives right into the key topics, using the example of MyCareNet, an innovative interactive platform for IVF patients and providers and leads us to the concept of participatory healthcare and bringing in the patient’s perspective on service design.
These two publications demonstrate some of the growing Dutch leadership in Health 2.0 which will culminate in the Medicine 2.0 conference in Maastricht this November and the TEDxMaastricht program.
HealthCamp – Incubator for Innovation
September 24, 2009
In Toronto last week, in addition to Medicine 2.0, I attended my first HealthCamp, sponsored by MyHealthInnovaton, aka, Innovation Cell. Using an unconference format, HealthCamp creates an environment for creative thinking with the attendees creating the agenda for the day. Great ideas were everrywhere – from pitches on new startups to ideas which are in their infancy, the approach is invigorating. HealthCamps have now been attended by over 1000 participants. I hope the movement will continue to spread. Maybe its time for one in Ohio.
Upcoming HealthCamp events.
Medicine 2.0 Congress in Toronto – E-Patients take the lead
September 23, 2009
Having attended the Medicine 2.0 Congress in Toronto last week, the enduring theme of e-Patients as full participants in health care with full rights to their data was apparent. ePatient Dave led off with the keynote and sent me back to the ePatient white paper, particularly, the research section. More on that later.
My part is recorded here:
- a photo of me presenting
- Medicine 2.0 blog post on what I said
- My delicious links related to the presentation
- and my slides:
Hospital Adoption Of Medicine 2.0
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The Future of Scientific Journals
December 19, 2008
From ReadWriteWeb, there is an article titled, “Scientific Journal to Authors: Publish in Wikipedia or Perish.” It is a report from the journal RNA Biology which now requires a simultaneous submission to Wikipedia. The initial submission to Wikipedia is also peer-reviewed but after that it can be edited as other entries. This is a brave new world of medical publishing. First there was online journals and now Wikipedia entries. If the entries can be edited, what does that mean for the future of peer reviewed journals?
Another new journal tool in beta is MyFavoriteJournals. It enables managing multiple journals by showing the covers and a click through to the most recent table of contents with links to abstracts using the PubMed API. Worth testing out.
AMIA Presentation on Web 2.0 for Clinical Decision Support
November 15, 2008
Of the many presentations at the American Medical Informatics Association, one was about the specific application of Web 2.0 technology to clinical decision support. Three examples were given:
- Clinfowiki – a wiki devoted to clinical informatics
- Partners HealthCare eRooms
- Epic Systems Corporation’s Community Library
Certainly, there are many other applications of Web 2.0 to medical informatics. Social networking needs to be exploited. Two examples are:
Perhaps AMIA itself should begin a social network for its members or around each conference like Medicine 2.0 has done.
Medicine 2.0 Course in a University – a first
October 30, 2008
This course sound like a big success. Taught by Berci Mesko at University of Debrecen in Hungary, a photo of the class in it’s 5th week here. Course outline looks comprehensive. The course even has its own blog. This is probably one of the most publicly documented courses ever short of having the whole thing on video. Maybe next year.
This kind of material is an excellent introduction ot Medicine 2.0 for any group of health professionals. I hope more courses will be designed at nursing, medical and allied health schools around the world.
Webicina: Web 2.0 in Medicine
October 17, 2008
Finally, a Web 2.0 site is launched with a reasonable business model. Bertalan Meskó, a medical student from Hungary, who has already made a reputation for himself through his Scienceroll.com blog and other ventures. Now he presents Webicina with a straightforward offering of four tools:
- Medicine 2.0 package
- E-learning tools
- Building an online reputation
- Consulting and workshops.
The business model is clear: a pricing structure is on the Get Involved page in U.S. Dollars. Check out the free E-learning offerings. Good luck, Berci.
Social Networking for Research
September 11, 2008
Clinical or basic research can both benefit from social networking. Especially in clinical research when multicenter studies are being managed throughout the country or internationally, social networking tools have the potential to enhance communication in a closed environment. Harvard has launched Catalyst which has several helpful features including publications from PubMed.
A more advanced tool is Within3.com which provides several different customizable modules which can be used to develop any physician or research group but because it takes place in the context of a closed network, the site can be a gathering place for clinical trial coordination. Moving beyond fax, email and even conference calls, new Web 2.0 communication tools can enhance the collaborative work of clinical trials and other clinical research across the street or the ocean. My prediction is that social networking and other Web 2.0 tools will become best practices in clinical research collaboration.
Excellent Summary of the Medicine 2.0 Conference
September 10, 2008
Chris Paton on the Health Informatics Blog has a great summary of impressions, sessions and links to various blog posts on the conference. It wraps up most of the best sessions at the conference. Check it out.
Medicine 2.0 Congress Photos and Links
September 5, 2008
Slide Show
Interesting links:
- Journal of Video Experiments : www.jove.com
- Building an online reputation
- University of Wisconsin library RSS feeds and other tools
