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World Health Organization: 3 Days in Geneva
About a year ago, I found an article mentioning WHO’s Wikipedia-based approach in revisioning ICD (international classification of diseases) and contacted them by e-mail. Later, some weeks ago, I was...
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Medical Education Evolution: A Growing Community
Some weeks ago, we launched the Medical Education Evolution project which aims to connect the tools of medicine 2.0 to traditional medical education. Now we have about 40 members and there are several...
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Simple Genetics: Wiki of genetic test reviews
This site has been on my list for a while. Simple GeneticsTM: genetic test reviews is an independent wiki-based resource dedicated to the provision of reviews and unbiased information about commonly...
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How to manage the content of a wiki?
I’ve been a Wikipedia administrator for a long time and I’ve had some edits on medical wikis as well. The reason why I mention it now is that I know exactly how hard it is to manage and supervise the...
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What’s on the web? (1 November 2008): Nylon-eating bacteria
Scientific Blogging: Now the site entered the web 2.0 era with a nice layout and a lot of useful features. First-ever ultrahigh definition “4K” digital camera recording of gyn surgery: Steven Palter...
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Launching MedPedia: From the perspective of a Wikipedia administrator
MedPedia, the medical online encyclopaedia was launched this week and I’m quite interested to see how it works. I’m an administrator in the English Wikipedia and I always think people should focus on...
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Toxipedia: Collaborative Environmental and Public Health Resource Center
I just came across Toxipedia and found an interesting press release about it: The collaborative environmental and public health resource center Toxipedia has won the right to manage the National...
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H1N1 Pandemic Maps and Science
I just came back from Spain where there are more than 480 confirmed H1N1 cases, but no one seemed to be worried about it. I’ve already covered this important issue: Swine Flu: Follow Online! H1N1 vs...
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What’s on the Web? (26 July, 2009)
9 Killer Telemedicine Apps That Will Revolutionize Healthcare (Soliant Health): Including Skype, mobile microscopes and WebCam MD. Innovation: Is the future of healthcare online? (New Scientist):...
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Radiopaedia on iPhone
Radiopaedia is the best radiology-related wiki and maybe the most comprehensive and active medical wiki as well. I’ve written about it many times, so it’s a pleasure to announce that the first...
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AcaWiki: Democratization of Academic Knowledge
I’ve reently come across AcaWiki, an interesting project focusing on academic research and web 2.0. Today, representatives from the new nonprofit project AcaWiki announced the opening of their website...
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Web 2.0 and Medicine News: Cost of Getting Sick
The Cost of Getting Sick (Flowing Data): Click here to see the costs of different medical conditions in different ages. Data, data, data (Pharma 2.0) Over 102 million people are using the Web to...
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A Wiki about Doing Research
Dean Giustini just published a fantastic list of educational guides that will help you when you have to do some research and have questions. It’s intended for librarians but I think any kind of medical...
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Top 10 SNPs on SNPedia.com
SNPedia is a wiki investigating human genetics, sharing information about the effects of variations in DNA, citing peer-reviewed scientific publications. The blog of SNPedia just published the list of...
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Internet in Medicine Course Week 4: Wikipedia and Medical Wikis
I’ve been a Wikipedia administrator since 2006 so this topic is really close to my heart. First slideshow is dedicated to Wikipedia issues. Facebook + Google + Flickr (=) Wikipedia How to build an...
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Health Librarianship Wiki Canada: New Design
The Health Librarianship Wiki Canada has a great new design. This is one of the best resources regarding health/social media related information. Many thanks to Dean Giustini for managing this fabulous...
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Radiopaedia: Quizzes in Radiology
A few days ago, I described how I use Quiz.MD for keeping myself up-to-date and just came across a new feature on Radiopaedia, a radiology wiki site I frequently write about. They now offer quizzes...
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Internet in Medicine University Course: Wikipedia and Medical Wikis
The 4th week of the Internet in Medicine university accredited course was focusing on Medical wikis and Wikipedia. First slideshow on medical wikis. We need wikis for collaboration, teaching,...
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Mom’s Medical History: Matrix of Ruled Out Conditions
A few days ago, I described the medical mystery of a mother in details and how the husband and now more and more doctors try to help find the diagnosis through crowdsourcing. They created a wiki for...
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Social Media in Clinical Practice: Chapter 9, Wikipedia and Medical Wikis
When I realized Springer made the individual chapters of my book, Social Media in Clinical Practice, available, I thought it would be useful for future readers to get some insights about each chapter...
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