The medical blog aggregator WellSphere has been coming under fire for distributing blogger content without sharing traffic or revenues with the authors.Â
A vasectomy, live on Twitter
Would you live-tweet your vasectomy?
I wouldn't. But that doesn't stop others from doing so, as this blogger gives us the play by play on his vasectomy, live on Twitter.
It's as if you're there.
Should hospitals use Twitter to follow patients?
Would it be creepy if a hospital followed a patient on Twitter?
That's just one issue to consider as hospitals are joining the popular microblog service. Ves Dimov points out that top institutions like the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic are Web 2.0 pioneers and among the early Twitter adopters.
Should doctors follow their patients on Twitter or Facebook? What's the best way for the ...
Doctors never want to treat the underlying problem
Dilbert livens up the day.
(via scanman)
A bad day for New Hampshire drug reps
Drug companies are not able to see a physician's prescribing habits in New Hampshire, according to Tuesday's ruling in a federal appeals court.
Reps often would have a detailed dossier on the doctor prior to any interaction, and can tailor their pitch and approach based on prescribing trends. It would be interesting to see how they do without that information.
Thanks to the WSJ Health Blog ...
How Motrin angered mothers and underestimated the Twitter response
There was a firestorm over the weekend, involving a viral Motrin campaign that mentioned "baby wearing," the practice of carrying a child in a sling or wrap. It made the mistake of dismissing it as a fad, which did not amuse some mothers:
Online Moms did not respond to the ad by racing out for Motrin. They were offended by the suggestion that they carry their babies to be ...
Can Twitter be used for doctor-patient communication?
I've been using Twitter over the last few months, and I find the technology has tremendous potential. It offers instant feedback from a variety of like-minded people, and I've mined more than a few links from the site.Ted Eytan wonders if private Twitter networks can facilitate physician-patient communication.It would be a boon for patients to receive instant physician feedback rather than waiting for an e-mail, let alone ...
How to get your medical blog noticed
Nice tips from Clinical Cases.
I concur with the suggestions of getting on Twitter, participating in Tweets and blog comments, and submitting posts to Grand Rounds.
Also feel free to send me tips or links to interesting stories. Due to volume, I can't promise that I'll link to everything, but I do read every e-mail and I'll link to your post when I can.
Will Twitter replace RSS?
I had an interesting conversation on Twitter the other night. Here's the recap. Basically, Ves Dimov didn't think Twitter would substitute for his RSS reader. And he's right. Google Reader offers much more depth and flexibility that Twitter can ever approach.
However, there is a learning curve to using RSS, and recent reports have stated that its used may have already peaked with ...
Advances in library research
Find out how this rural physician uses a dose of Twitter and a USB drive to research articles from medical journals. A change from the old days of going to the local medical library and waiting in line for the photocopier.
It also makes one realize how academic physicians can take access to medical literature for granted. In rural areas, articles are expensive to come ...
Doctors using Twitter at medical conferences
More physicians are using the microblog service Twitter. This past weekend, two medical conferences were updated by the minute from plugged in doctors.
Clinical Cases and Images' Ves Dimov and emergency resident Graham Walker brought us the NEJM's Horizons Conference, where they provided their input and expertise to influence the NEJM in their Web 2.0 initiatives.
Rural hospitalist Theresa Chan was also ...
Looking outside of health care
Solving some of medicine's problems requires thinking outside the health care box. Like borrowing bar codes from the grocery store, or checklists from airline pilots.
We need to do the same for electronic records, which are stuck with archaic, 1990s programming technology. Take the user interface of Google, mix in the social networking tools of Facebook, and allow instant collaboration via Twitter.
Now that sounds like ...
Twitter for public health
(via ScienceRoll)
Five questions
I was interviewed by Media Bullseye, where I answered the following questions:
1) What prompted you to blog/use social media?
2) What benefits--direct and indirect--have you discovered using this communications tool?
3) Writing is tough work, and blogs, with the need to be updated on a fairly regular basis, can be particularly challenging. How do you stay inspired, and how do you keep things interesting?
4) ...
Doctors and Twitter
We've talked earlier about the demise of the doctor's lounge.
But here's an example of the power of Twitter, a popular microblogging service. Imaging if doctors were connected here, and able to converse and curbside akin to a "virtual" lounge?
Take a look at this example, held within a span of 12 minutes.
Speaking of which, feel free to subscribe to this blog's
Twitter and HIPAA
As if the firestorm over blogging about patients isn't hot enough, here are a couple of takes talking about those who Twitter about patients at work.
Although blogs and tweets about patients are often the most interesting, the privacy issues are the ones major media will focus on, and often stir up the most controversy. Don't assume that there is any anonymity on the web.
Doctors on Twitter
Want to know what the medical community is thinking right this minute? Joshua Schwimmer mashed all the physician Twitter feeds he can find, and conveniently broadcast it in RSS. Enjoy.
RSS, subscriptions, and Twitter
There are several ways to follow the posts on Kevin, M.D. Apologies to those who find this tutorial too basic. 
RSS is the main way. Standing for "Really Simply Syndication", RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other ...
Twitter and Facebook
In case you're looking for other ways to keep up with Kevin, M.D., my posts are now broadcast on Twitter and updated continuously on Facebook.
Web 2.0 and asthma management
Clinical Cases suggests using Twitter and Facebook to help manage asthma.





