Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles

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Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media in the past 2 weeks:

Social media “likes” healthcare: From marketing to social business. Social media and health care: opportunities and obstacles - PWC 2012 report, free download http://goo.gl/GtSgE

8 Chrome Extensions that Make Blogging Easier http://goo.gl/fFKye

"News Squares" for Chrome is a new visual RSS reader http://goo.gl/ZgO7Z

CDC Social Media Guidelines and Best Practices http://goo.gl/Sw0n - Twitter guide updated in Feb 2012.

"20 Days to High-Quality, Engaged Twitter Following (in just 20 minutes a day)" http://goo.gl/8T0xL - Mixed bag of advice, some good tips

There is an allergy/immunology wiki: "AI notes" http://goo.gl/Qt1iE - Not sure who's behind it, looks useful.

Medicine, Social Media and Clinical Excellence. Let’s do it. http://goo.gl/WgRDw -- Here is one of my related blog posts: Doctors are natural communicators - social media is extension of what they do every day http://goo.gl/2FzQb

Study: There is a kernel of truth to the popular term "Facebook stalking". Introducing new terms (to me) such as: cyber obsessional pursuit (COP) and obsessive relational pursuit (ORI), which are categories of cyberstalking and stalking, resulting in three factors: Covert Provocation, Public Harassment, and Venting. http://goo.gl/sgVys

How to find RSS feeds for Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, YouTube, other SoMe sites http://goo.gl/Q6tNg

Fake tweet stops Nashville doctor's lecture, plans for cruise http://goo.gl/Lj0mO

How to Create Your Own Website using Blogger - Step-by-Step Guide for Physicians http://goo.gl/tCd37

Science blogging and self-promotion? http://goo.gl/yGUqS

How To Deal With Information Overload http://goo.gl/h4CmL and http://goo.gl/wDv5

The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to allergycases@gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

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Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles

AppId is over the quota
AppId is over the quota
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media in the past 2 weeks:

Social media “likes” healthcare: From marketing to social business. Social media and health care: opportunities and obstacles - PWC 2012 report, free download http://goo.gl/GtSgE

8 Chrome Extensions that Make Blogging Easier http://goo.gl/fFKye

"News Squares" for Chrome is a new visual RSS reader http://goo.gl/ZgO7Z

CDC Social Media Guidelines and Best Practices http://goo.gl/Sw0n - Twitter guide updated in Feb 2012.

"20 Days to High-Quality, Engaged Twitter Following (in just 20 minutes a day)" http://goo.gl/8T0xL - Mixed bag of advice, some good tips

There is an allergy/immunology wiki: "AI notes" http://goo.gl/Qt1iE - Not sure who's behind it, looks useful.

Medicine, Social Media and Clinical Excellence. Let’s do it. http://goo.gl/WgRDw -- Here is one of my related blog posts: Doctors are natural communicators - social media is extension of what they do every day http://goo.gl/2FzQb

Study: There is a kernel of truth to the popular term "Facebook stalking". Introducing new terms (to me) such as: cyber obsessional pursuit (COP) and obsessive relational pursuit (ORI), which are categories of cyberstalking and stalking, resulting in three factors: Covert Provocation, Public Harassment, and Venting. http://goo.gl/sgVys

How to find RSS feeds for Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, YouTube, other SoMe sites http://goo.gl/Q6tNg

Fake tweet stops Nashville doctor's lecture, plans for cruise http://goo.gl/Lj0mO

How to Create Your Own Website using Blogger - Step-by-Step Guide for Physicians http://goo.gl/tCd37

Science blogging and self-promotion? http://goo.gl/yGUqS

How To Deal With Information Overload http://goo.gl/h4CmL and http://goo.gl/wDv5

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Top articles in medicine in June 2012

Here are my top tips for some articles in medicine in June 2012:

Fatty acids in formula does not make children smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX -polyunsaturated fatty acids, long chain http://goo.gl/1WVjY

Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (studio) http://goo.gl/vm2mR

Be sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (studio) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu

Study: seniors have special smell, but it is not unpleasant as stereotype implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv

If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, as all the speeches there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS

DrotAA in septic Shock-graph clearly shows the lack of benefit from rh activated drotrecogin alfa protein C, http://goo.gl/bCktn

The emerging threat of incurable gonococcal infection-what to do if allergic to PCN, cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3

Gallup tracks the mood of the United States every day, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz

Drowning-free review of current concepts, NEJM 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu

Intensive enough? Intensive care unit (ICU) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk

Men vs. women: whose offices are Germier? The study confirms the suspicion: men are "major" source of bacteria compared to women http://goo.gl/JkzF5

Reply residents must now standards: 41% reported worse education-NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4

Articles were selected from my streams of Twitter and Google Reader. Feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive the confirmation in the next edition of this publication.

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Top articles in medicine in June 2012

Here are my top tips for some articles in medicine in June 2012:

Fatty acids in formula does not make children smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX -polyunsaturated fatty acids, long chain http://goo.gl/1WVjY

Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (studio) http://goo.gl/vm2mR

Be sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (studio) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu

Study: seniors have special smell, but it is not unpleasant as stereotype implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv

If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, as all the speeches there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS

DrotAA in septic Shock-graph clearly shows the lack of benefit from rh activated drotrecogin alfa protein C, http://goo.gl/bCktn

The emerging threat of incurable gonococcal infection-what to do if allergic to PCN, cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3

Gallup tracks the mood of the United States every day, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz

Drowning-free review of current concepts, NEJM 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu

Intensive enough? Intensive care unit (ICU) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk

Men vs. women: whose offices are Germier? The study confirms the suspicion: men are "major" source of bacteria compared to women http://goo.gl/JkzF5

Reply residents must now standards: 41% reported worse education-NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4

Articles were selected from my streams of Twitter and Google Reader. Feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive the confirmation in the next edition of this publication.

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Dr Topol to med students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

Here are some excerpts of the Baylor College of Medicine commencement address by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, delivered yesterday, May 22, 2012. This should be required reading for anyone involved in health care, which is basically all because everyone of us will be a patient one day.

Eric Topol to medical students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal examination".

"Sleep with your cell phone and premium right up there with food and water. We have evolved into a new species of man. We are Homo distractus! "

The benefits of digital medicine are clear to Topol Dr. who shares the story of a patient who has seen last week: "I asked him to put your fingers on the 2 sensors on the back of my iPhone case so I could make her electrocardiogram, ECG — that was normal. And access, among others. Then instead of using a stethoscope to listen to his heart, I used a handheld high-resolution ultrasound pocket and in a minute I could see each facility — heart muscle thickness and heart function, valves, size of 4 Chambers. Why would you ever listen to lub-dub when I can see everything? I have not used a stethoscope for over 2 years to listen to a patient's heart. "

From the YouTube channel of Baylor College of Medicine (BCM): 2012 commencement Speaker, Dr. Eric Topol, May 21, 2012: spoke

Here's the presentation by Eric Topol at the health of Google:

References:

Start address of Baylor College of Medicine by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute

Comments from Twitter

Trinh Quoc-Dien, MD @ qdtrinh: makes it sound fresh. "@ DrVes: Dr Topol to studs med: when I was in school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

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Dr Topol to med students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

Here are some excerpts of the Baylor College of Medicine commencement address by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, delivered yesterday, May 22, 2012. This should be required reading for anyone involved in health care, which is basically all because everyone of us will be a patient one day.

Eric Topol to medical students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal examination".

"Sleep with your cell phone and premium right up there with food and water. We have evolved into a new species of man. We are Homo distractus! "

The benefits of digital medicine are clear to Topol Dr. who shares the story of a patient who has seen last week: "I asked him to put your fingers on the 2 sensors on the back of my iPhone case so I could make her electrocardiogram, ECG — that was normal. And access, among others. Then instead of using a stethoscope to listen to his heart, I used a handheld high-resolution ultrasound pocket and in a minute I could see each facility — heart muscle thickness and heart function, valves, size of 4 Chambers. Why would you ever listen to lub-dub when I can see everything? I have not used a stethoscope for over 2 years to listen to a patient's heart. "

From the YouTube channel of Baylor College of Medicine (BCM): 2012 commencement Speaker, Dr. Eric Topol, May 21, 2012: spoke

Here's the presentation by Eric Topol at the health of Google:

References:

Start address of Baylor College of Medicine by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute

Comments from Twitter

Trinh Quoc-Dien, MD @ qdtrinh: makes it sound fresh. "@ DrVes: Dr Topol to studs med: when I was in school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

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FDA approves first ever home HIV test

OraSure Technologies Inc.

The Federal Food and Drug Administration has approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first at-home, quick test for HIV antibodies.http://bit.ly/PpXe4G
Federal health officials have approved the first at-home test for antibodies against HIV, a step that aims to identify and treat the estimated 20 percent of infected people in the United States, who do not know they have the virus that causes AIDS.
Food and Drug Administration officials on Tuesday approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first over-the-counter, self-administered test that quickly detects possible HIV infection. Despite worries about learning serious diagnosis at home an FDA panel unanimously agreed that the benefits outweigh risks. home test "It is very exciting," said Carl Schmid, Deputy Executive Director of the AIDS Institute, a non-profit that focuses on issues surrounding the disease. "It could be a potential game-changer for HIV."
Manufactured by OraSure Technologies Inc. of Bethlehem, PA., user test swabs of oral fluids from the upper and lower gums, which are then tested for the presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and type 2, HIV-1, HIV-2. Test results are available within 20 to 40 minutes.
A positive result does not mean that the person who is definitely infected with HIV, but rather to further should the test be performed by medical professionals to confirm the result. A negative result does not mean that a person is absolutely clear of the virus, especially if exposure may have occurred in the previous three months. OraSure expects the at-home HIV test should be available in October starting at more than 30,000 retail stores across the United States and online, according to a company press release. A spokeswoman said

would set fixed prices for the test closer to distribution.
The test has the potential to identify large numbers of previously undiagnosed HIV infections. An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV infection. About one of every five do not know they are infected. About 50,000 new HIV infections are diagnosed each year. The test is about 92 percent accurate correctly identify positive results, a measure known as sensitivity, clinical trials showed. This means that one false negative results could be expected from all 12 tests.
It was also around 99,98 per cent accurate correctly identify negative results, a measure known as specificity. This means a false positive would be expected of every 5,000 test results in uninfected individuals. OraQuick plans to offer consumers access to toll-free 24-hour support center to help consumers to understand the results of the tests.
Doug Michels, OraSure CEO, discusses the benefits of the first FDA-approved home HIV test. It will begin to sell to retailers in October for less than $ 60 per kit.

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