February 18th, 2010 by Dr. Val Jones in Announcements, Expert Interviews, Video
Tags: #HIMSS10, ABC News, Atlanta, Better Health, Bloggers, Dr. Anonymous, Dr. Val, EHR, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Health IT, HIMSS, Live Reporting, media, Medical Bloggers, Mobile Health, Nick Genes, Social Media, Technology
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This year, the Better Health team will be offering live coverage of healthcare’s largest tech conference: HIMSS in Atlanta, March 1-4. Three medical bloggers, Dr. Val Jones, Dr. Mike Sevilla, and Dr. Nick Genes will interview over 40 different exhibitors and stream their interviews live via UStream. You can ask questions of the interviewees by submitting questions to @drval during the event. Dr. Val Jones will report to ABC News, DC via Skype from the convention floor on Wednesday, March 3rd at 10:50am. Here’s a sneak preview of HIMSS:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v96kje6mCRU
Stay tuned to the Better Health blog for more information about HIMSS coverage… Or meet Dr. Val at HIMSS during her “Meet The Bloggers” panel discussion. Read more »
January 29th, 2010 by Dr. Val Jones in Announcements, Video
Tags: 10 Billion Dollars, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Children, GAVI Alliance, Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, Vaccines
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Thanks to a tip from FOX Business Network, Bill Gates has just announced that his Foundation is doubling its financial support ($10 billion over the next 10 years) to save children from vaccine-preventable illnesses on a global scale. This is very good news, and probably the best use of Gates Foundation money from an ROI perspective in healthcare.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAxIQhQU3o
For more information, check out the GAVI Alliance (on Twitter, follow: @)
Another helpful site: Immunization Action Coalition
January 28th, 2010 by Dr. Val Jones in Announcements
Tags: ACS, American College of Surgeons, Case Log, Haiti, Operation Giving Back, Surgery
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My friends at the American College of Surgeons’ Operation Giving Back have come up with a really smart strategy to collect as much information as possible about surgical cases in Haiti. Thanks to a new data collecting tool, every surgeon who volunteers in Haiti can contribute to this case log. The potential result will be one of the most comprehensive registers of surgical care in a disaster situation. Depending on what we find, I think that this data could make a big difference in preparing surgical responses for future missions.
This is an example of crowd-sourcing at its best.
Here is a summary statement from ACS: Read more »
January 28th, 2010 by Dr. Val Jones in Announcements
Tags: Contest, Guidelines, Prize, Research Blogging Awards, Research Blogging Awards 2010, ResearchBlogging.org, Science, Science Blogs, Seed Media
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Seed Media Group’s Research Blogging Awards honor the outstanding bloggers who discuss peer-reviewed research. With over 1,000 blogs registered at ResearchBlogging.org and 8,500 posts about peer-reviewed journal articles collected, it is time to recognize the best of the best.
Any blog that discusses peer-reviewed research is eligible for nomination, and the winners will be determined by votes from their peers in the Research Blogging community. All finalists will be highlighted on ResearchBlogging.org, and winners will receive cash prizes totaling $2000.
Here’s how the awards will be chosen: Read more »
