TechTool Thursday 038
TechTool review First Responder by Ryan Kohler Apps on iOS (iPhone and iPad)
Website: – iTunes - Website
First Responder has been developed by Dr Ryan Kohler, a Sports Medicine doctor who set up Sports Concussion Australasia. The aim of the app is that it is to be used on the sports field by parents/teachers/coaches to determine the likelihood of a significant head injury. It essentially helps them assess the athlete and indicates to them whether it is safe to play on, or if medical attention should be sought
Design and User Interface
The design is simple but clear, and the app ran very smoothly for m...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 19, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Tessa Davis Tags: Application Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured iOS Reviews TechTool first responder FirstResponder iPhone App Sports Medicine Tech Tool Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 109
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
Welcome to the 109th edition, brought to you by:
Kane Guthrie [KG] from LITFL
Tessa Davis [TD] from LITFL and Don’t Forget The Bubbles
Brent Thoma [BT] from BoringEM, and
Chris Nickson [CN] ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 16, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
The Medical Futurist: Weekly Introduction
As a medical futurist, I work on bringing disruptive technologies to medicine & healthcare; assisting medical professionals and students in using these in an efficient and secure way; and educating e-patients about how to become equal partners with their caregivers.
I publish a daily newsletter about the future of medicine, and share related news almost every hour on Twitter. Scienceroll.com is updated on a regular basis about the future of healthcare with an emphasis on social media.
I’m the author of Social Media in Clinical Practice handbook; and the founder of Webicina.com, a service that curates me...
Source: ScienceRoll - September 15, 2013 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Medicine Source Type: blogs
DAMS creates Paradigm shift in medical education with satellite based education
. Dr Sumer Sethi, Director, Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences said, “This technology is bound to help medical students, particularly those based in tier II-III cities. We have the largest face-to-face classroom network in India with 30 classrooms. We are looking to leverage the advantages of satellite technology from Hughes, pioneers in tele-education and e-learning software to reach out to more students. So far, medical students who have participated have really loved the concept.”
Links to Press Releases:
Biztech2.com
Information week
Healthcare Financial Express
India Techonline
PC quest
Varindia
...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - September 10, 2013 Category: Radiologists Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Opening medicine
If you’re on our Facebook group (and if you’re not, you should get on right away), or following this blog, or even if you ever read the daily newspaper, you’ll have heard about Tarek Loubani. Dr. Loubani is a London, Ontario emergency physician and humanitarian. He’s also Open Medicine’s technical advisor (he get our articles up on the web, and manages pretty much all other technical aspects of our bold venture into open access medical publishing). Tarek normally works behind the scenes at OM, but does blog for us as well and has made front-page news over and over during the past 18 days. It was 18 days ago tha...
Source: Open Medicine Blog - - September 3, 2013 Category: Medical Publishers Authors: Carlyn Zwarenstein Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 108
Welcome to the 108th edition, brought to you by Kane Guthrie and Tessa Davis.
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
Appropriately managing the low risk PE patient in the ED, is one of th...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - September 2, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review Resuscitation LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
CBI Forum on Independent Medical Education and Grants 2013 – Includes Give and Take Sunshine Panel
Now in its 11th year, CBI's Forum on Independent Medical Education and Grants offers a deep dive into topics related to the regulatory landscape, stakeholder expectations, effective needs assessment, outcomes management and more! Convening more than 400 supporters, providers, medical societies and associations over the years, this is the go-to event for benchmarking and networking with industry leaders.
Join industry professionals September 10-11 in Philadelphia to participate in the most interactive forum yet, including a participatory education workshop, rotating roundtable series and customized tracks for pharma/...
Source: Policy and Medicine - August 29, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Rerun: Happy 6th birthday to the Health Business Blog
The Health Business Blog is on vacation this week and re-running some classic posts. This one is from March 2011, the sixth birthday of the Health Business Blog.
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The Health Business Blog turns six years old today. Continuing a tradition I established with birthdays one, two, three, four andfive I have picked out a favorite post from each month. Thanks for continuing to read the blog!
March 2010: Clinical decision support and meaningful use: Perspective from Zynx Health CEO Dr. Scott Weingarten
Physicians and hospitals that implement electronic health records (EHR) are sometimes disappointed with the results...
Source: Health Business Blog - August 23, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Announcements Blogs Source Type: blogs
IVF Literacy - what's your IVF IQ ?
There are a lot of stereotypes in the world, and sometimes doctors think that a poor person is automatically dumb, and a rich person is always smart. However, this is not the case, and any doctor who assumes this is headed for trouble.
Because IVF doctors do IVF day in and day out, they sometimes start assuming that their patients also understand everything about IVF. This is especially true when patients have done IVF cycles elsewhere. Doctors then jump to the false conclusion that the patient is well-informed about IVF. Some doctors also feel that well-educated patients are IVF literate, thanks to google !
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Source: The Patient's Doctor - August 23, 2013 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: ivf literacy ivf doctor ivf clinics ivf patients Source Type: blogs
Doctors as teachers
As a doctor, I have a
responsibility to not only be a good doctor, but to make sure that my patients
understand what is going on with their body.
Though I am an IVF doctor, I am more than just a
doctor because I am a teacher too.
Nothing is more
upsetting to me as a doctor than to see patients who are clueless about what
their medical condition is, and the options they have to finally become a parent.
I am a doctor who believes in teaching his patients because I want to be the
best doctor I can be for them.
I have dedicated my
life to medicine, and I want my patients to be happy with the services w...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - August 22, 2013 Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 107
Conclusion = use it, or don’t. Either is fine (but Carley does).
As UK docs changed over to new terms, Damian Roland (@damian_roland) started a #paedstips hashtag where people posted…well…paeds tips. You can see the storify of it here.
News from the Fastlane
Need some inspiration? Check out LITFL’s very own Michelle Johnston who gave a SMACC talk on The Physiology Of Inspiration - truly awe inspiring and magical!
The master of FOAMed has a talk posted from SMACC as well. Check out Mike’s rant on Forget Social Media… Get #FOAMed!
LITFL Review EM/CC Educational Social Media Round...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 19, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
IMAIOS announces QEVLAR, the first web and mobile cross-platform Evaluation and Learning Assessment Application
QEVLAR, the first web and mobile cross-platform Evaluation and Learning Assessment Application is set to become the point of reference for residents looking to improve their medical imaging diagnostics skills. IMAIOS expects to launch QEVLAR mid-August.
QEVLAR is a next generation quizapplication. It is an interactive and living app that will allow medical imaging students to track, test and share their progress.
Once the QEVLAR application is installed, residents can download beginner to expert level Question Bundles to match their needs from the QEVLAR Store.
Coinciding with the move to mobile and e-learning, IMAIOS i...
Source: radRounds - August 15, 2013 Category: Radiologists Authors: radRounds Radiology Network Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 106
Welcome to the 106th edition, brought to you by Kane Guthrie and Tessa Davis.
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
Hyperglycaemia isn’t the sexiest FOAMed topic going around —...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 12, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review Pediatrics LITFL R.V LTFL Review Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 106
Welcome to the 106th edition, brought to you by Kane Guthrie and Tessa Davis.
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
Hyperglycaemia isn’t the sexiest FOAMed topic going around —...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - August 12, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review Pediatrics LITFL R.V LTFL Review Source Type: blogs
My Book, Social Media in Clinical Practice, To Be Released on the 8th of August!
Conclusions (Source: ScienceRoll)
Source: ScienceRoll - July 27, 2013 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Dr. Bertalan Meskó Tags: Health 2.0 Medicine Medicine 2.0 Web 2.0 book digital hcsm Healthcare social media Source Type: blogs
