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I’m en route to Haiti at the moment. Here are a sample of tweets (twitter posts) from the bus between Port-Au-Prince and Gonaives where we will be providing medical care in a remote mountain location that is housing refugees from the earthquake but that hasn’t had medical care at all yet. Just drove past tiny, […] The world of online health communities is morphing and evolving even as we sit here at our keyboards and google "flu symptoms" then tweet that we’ve got a cold. So what IS emerging from the cutting edge of online health communities? How do they differ and what do they have in common? The Health 2.0 […] In the intersection of online communities and health, Health 2.0 focused a session on behavior change. With so many of our chronic diseases due to lifestyle choices, online communities and tools hold the promise to help people make small, hard, and sustained incremental steps. The session reviewed some recent approaches, and online tools, and the […] How would you define the experience of truly engaging in healthcare issues online? For Regina Holliday , that moment was when her husband was diagnosed with kidney cancer. She found ePatient Dave online, and within hours he responded to her with information, referrals and advice on navigating an unresponsive system. Her husband, unfortunately, became sicker […] Wondering what the big deal is with the Anna Nicole Smith trial? Hey, she died of an overdose, right? Who are they gonna charge for that? And how is it her doctors are saying 1,500 pills doesn’t mean she’s an addict. Sheesh, right? Let’s play the game of You’re The Doc. Here are four scenarios […] Today is Crisis Camp, just in time for the Great California Shakeout of 10.21.10. So what is Crisis Camp? And why should YOU be in Crisis mode too? Crisis Camp is a global, organized, volunteer approach to creating a Crisis in a Box – tools and plans for dealing with disaster. The world over, techies […] |
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