bioneural.net » googlebioneural.net is for stuff worth sharing: commentary by Bruce McKenzie. Major topics covered are gadgets, informatics, Internet, Mac, mobile, musings, New Zealand, photography, Project Koru, quicklinks, rant, rave, travel and WindowsGoogle maps and public health surveillance- April 21, 2007 From http:www.bioneural.net : Public health doctors are apparently "hopeless" at using traditional media (BMJ 2003;327(7422):1056); it's probable that their use of new media is even worse. WhoIsSick have come up with the idea to use Google Maps to track illnesses in local communities. Perhaps this is something that public health physicians should explore as a means to both inform populations about disease patterns and for encouraging their participation in reporting There is no need to...http://www.bioneural.net/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&see... |