February 4th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News
Tags: AED, App, Cardiology, Defibrillators, Emergency Medicine, First Aid Corps, iPhone, Locator
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First Aid Corps, an organization working on helping the public respond to sudden cardiac arrests, has unveiled an iPhone app that can pinpoint the location of the closest automatic external defibrillator (AED) within seconds.
Currently the database is just beginning to fill up but First Aid Corps has partnered with The Extraordinaries, a volunteer organization, to have people locate and photograph AED’s in their community.
The app is free and you can download it and get started mapping AED’s and maybe help save someone’s life.
Here’s a promo video for the project:
Demo of the AED Nearby app:
AED Nearby iTunes link…
Flashbacks: AED Location Database Points to Nearest Life Saving Device; Do You Know Where Your AED Is At?
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
February 2nd, 2010 by Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. in Better Health Network, News, Opinion
Tags: ATA, Breakthrough, Mark Goldenson, Online Therapy, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Telehealth, Telemedicine
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If you told me last year that web-base psychotherapy would gain traction I wouldn’t have believed you. That was before I met Mark Goldenson, CEO of Breakthrough, a silicon valley based web startup that matches patient and therapist through a secure online portal. Breakthrough clients can review a therapist’s qualifications and fees, view sample video, and initiate therapy by video or phone.
In a 2.0 world marked by clouds, hives and democratized healthcare, Breakthrough is cultivating one-on-one relationships through improved access to mental health services. Everyone should be talking about this. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts*
February 1st, 2010 by RyanDuBosar in Better Health Network, News
Tags: EHR, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Facebook, Medical Education, Medical Students, Physician Training, Social Media, Technology
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Generation Y medical students are supposed to be the tech-savvy ones. As it turns out, they may be more familiar with Facebook than with the electronic health records they’ll likely use in their medical practice. (Modern Physician, free-registration required)
Educators at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine assessed nearly 190 fourth-year medical students on their use of EHRs during a mock encounter simulating a cancer patient hospitalized with complications from chemotherapy.
Students were scored on their ability to find information crucial to the patient’s case within the EHR and their ability to analyze the EHR without alienating the patient. While most couldn’t access the information, they did interact with the patients face-to-face and even explained when they looked away to the computer.
Following more research, the school may incorporate class work on using EHRs.
*This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist*
January 31st, 2010 by GruntDoc in Better Health Network, News, Quackery Exposed
Tags: Emergency Medicine, Haiti, Healing, Healing Touch, Neurology, Scientologists, Scientology, Therapeutic Touch
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Oh, good. Everything’s under control. The Scientologists are there.
Amid the mass of aid agencies piling in to help Haiti quake victims is a batch of Church of Scientology “volunteer ministers”, claiming to use the power of touch to reconnect nervous systems….
Some doctors at the hospital are skeptical. One US doctor, who asked not to be named, snorted: “I didn’t know touching could heal gangrene.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc*
January 30th, 2010 by Berci in Better Health Network, News
Tags: Andrew Wakefield, Autism, Britain, Fake, Falsified Data, Lawsuit, MMR, Pharmaceutical Industry, Pseudoscience, Trial Lawyers, Vaccine, Vaccine Manufacturers
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You may have heard about Andrew Wakefield who tried to find a link between MMR vaccines and autism. He has published several papers. Now it turns out he acted unethically in carrying out his research according to a medical regulator.
Doctor Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study, published in the Lancet medical journal, said there might be a connection between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) injection and autism.
The suggestion horrified parents and led to a slump in the number of youngsters getting the jab, as well as triggering heated debate in medical circles.
In a ruling Thursday, the General Medical Council attacked Wakefield for “unethical” research methods and for showing a “callous disregard” for the youngsters as he carried out tests.
This included taking blood samples from children at his son’s birthday party for five-pound payments.
Why am I writing about it?
Because we all have to learn from this. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at ScienceRoll*
