The Health Blogosphere: What It Means for Policy Debates and Journalism- July 28, 2008 Might be of interest The Kaiser Family Foundation is sponsoring a discussion about the growing influence of blogs on health news and policy debates. Only in the past few years has the blogosphere become mainstream. In the health policy arena, we now see policymakers, journalists, researchers and interest groups utilizing this new media tool to deliver information to their audiences. http:http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/health-blogosphere-what-it-means-for.html Interesting Speech Teletherapy blog- July 25, 2008 http:tinyeye.wordpress.com20080723ashas-position-on-telepracticehttp://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/interesting-speech-teletherapy-blog.html 2 diiferent studies on how IT affects Nursing- July 21, 2008 Pro: Study: Better health IT could give nurses more patient time http:www.fiercehealthit.comstorystudy-better-health-it-could-give-nurses-more-patient-time2007-11-12utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&cmp-id=EMC-NL-FHI&dest=FHI Con: Nursing point-of-care IT can interfere with workflow http:www.fiercehealthit.comstorystudy-nursing-point-care-it-can-interfere-workflow2008-01-07utm_mediumhttp://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/2-diiferent-studies-on-how-it-affects.html Interesrting use of tech , Health Mapping- July 21, 2008 Here is an interesting site that some may find helpful. Came across it via another list.. It is: http:www.healthmap.orgen It uses various resources including WHO, EuroSurveillience, ProMed Mail, etc. to track disease outbreaks wordwide. It is put up by Harverd-MIT Division of Heath Services and Technology. It is most definitely a Gee whiz kind of site - but interesting none the less.http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/interesrting-use-of-tech-health-mapping.html Web 2.0: A Movement Within The Health Community- July 21, 2008 Dr Iain Doherty and The University of Auckland has published a fantastic and comprehensive article in Health Care and Informatics Review Online about web 2.0 and health. ... http:scienceroll.com20080720web-20-a-movement-within-the-health-communityhttp://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/web-20-movement-within-health-community.html Elsevier Article 2.0 Contest Site- July 20, 2008 Elsevier has posted an Article 2.0 contest site with prizes of $500-2500 for the best scientific article online presentation. It seems like theyare giving programmers the opportunity to take on the role of an innovative publisher using their xml dataset of articles... The contest runs September 1st - December 31st, 2008 and prizes will be announced January 31st, 2009. http:article20.http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/elsevier-article-20-contest-site.html MSF Field Research database- July 16, 2008 Mdecins Sans Frontires aanounced yesterday that it is making its database of research accessible to health workers in developing countries through a new open-access website known as the MSF Field Research database. At its launch, the field research site included over 400 archived articles on issues including HIV care, malaria, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, refugees and health politics. It alsohttp://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/msf-field-research-database.html Blogging SINI 2008- July 16, 2008 The 18th Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI), is taking place this week at the School of Nursing, University of Maryland in Baltimore, USA. The SINI 2008 website is at nursing.umaryland.edusini Unfortunately I can't attend (too much needing doing in the UK & no more travel budget) but my colleague Peter Murray, a frequent contributor to this blog, is blogging the event on thehttp://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/blogging-sini-2008.html Data Sharing Review- July 15, 2008 A few days ago a report, entitled the Data Sharing Review by Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, and Mark Walport, the director of the Welcome Trust, was delivered to the government which commisioned it. The review examined issues around the safety and security of personal information and the ways in which public sectors bodies, including the National Health Service (NHS), share datahttp://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/data-sharing-review.html NHS Informatics review- July 14, 2008 At the end of last week the Department of Health published the Health informatics review report led by Matthew Swindells. Much of the coverage has focussed on the new "freedom" for trusts to purchase "Interim Solutions" until Connecting for Health products are available eg E-Health Insiders "NHS Informatics Review says trusts need 'interim' systems" and Computer Weekly "Health chiefs tell NHShttp://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/2008/07/nhs-informatics-review.html |