October 19th, 2009 by Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. in Better Health Network, News, Opinion
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It would appear that doctors and nurses in the social space have finally arrived. This week marked the first Blog World Expo with a track dedicated to the medical blogger. BWE brought together some of the web’s most visible medical minds including Kevin Pho (KevinMD), Rob Lamberts (Musings of a Distractible Mind), Kim McAllister (Emergiblog), Bob Coffield (Health Care Law Blog), Paul Levy (Running a Hospital) Mike Sevilla (Doctor Anonymous), and Nick Genes (Blogborygmi), and many more.
From health privacy to the ethical obligation of doctors to be visible on Twitter, the panel-based dialog at Blog World Expo raised as many questions as answers. Medical professionals in the online space face remarkable challenges, especially with regard to transparency, personal boundaries, and the definition of patient privacy. It’s clear that our technology is ahead of our legal and ethical dialog. Read more »
October 17th, 2009 by Emergiblog in Better Health Network, True Stories
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First day of the general BlogWorld sessions and as usual, I came away with renewed energy, a plethora of ideas and a dramatically decreased bank account! No, not on gambling – I hit the Barnes & Noble on-site kiosk.
God, I love books!
But the highlight of the day? I met my Blogfather! Meet Hugh Hewitt, talk show host extraordinaire! I think if you did a “paternity” test on every blog online today, 75% of them would be related, in some way, to Hugh’s influence.
Blog World CEO Rick Calvert was interviewed by Hugh, and he mentioned the medblogger track! Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Emergiblog*
October 17th, 2009 by DrRob in Announcements, True Stories
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I am sitting now in the medical blogger track at the Blogworld Expo.
As is generally the case, I got here too late to bum around with the med bloggers last night. It happened when I went the the “Putting Patients First” summit in DC as well. I just seem to have that kind of luck.
Anyway, the medical bloggers are forgiving and did not think I was being snooty. They also didn’t mind it when I missed breakfast with them. Why did I miss breakfast? I was being interviewed by Ira Glass from NPR. For some reason, this little ol’ blog got the attention of the producer from This American Life, the show that Ira hosts. They are doing a series on health care costs being out of control, and read the post I did in January about the insanity of medical codes. She felt that I would be a good person to discuss the reality of medical codes in the daily life of a doctor. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Musings of a Distractible Mind*
October 10th, 2009 by RamonaBatesMD in Announcements, Better Health Network
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As promised last week, here’s the autograph quilt for BWE. The quilt is going to be used as a door prize. It has 64 white spaces for attendee’s autograph (name and blog title). I used batiks in blue, green, and brown shades. The quilt is machine pieced and quilted. It is 43 in square.
Here you can see some of the fabrics used. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living*
August 30th, 2009 by Emergiblog in Announcements, Better Health Network
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Okay, I know this photo has nothing to do with BlogWorld/New Media Expo 09, but it is so cute I had to use it.
Besides there is no Nascar this week, so I had to get my fix somehow.
And I was up all yesterday blogging “fast and furryest”, emailing right and left, Tweeting the Good Tweet and generally spreading the the word about the Medblogger track.
Just in case someone missed the message! : )
Time has just flown by and what once was nine months out, then six months out and then four months out has come down to less than seven weeks.
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I am now blogging over at the BWE blog, as are all the panelists for the Medblogger track. My first post is here. Comments welcome!
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There is the official logo.
If you have been on the fence about attending, it is not too late. The majority of those who register for BlogWord do so by the third week in September. Details are here, with links to registration.
The discount codes are still in effect. The discounted rooms at the Venetian are still available.
Come for the day or stay for the weekend. You can basically choose what you want, smorgasbord-style. I would suggest the whole weekend, though. While the first day is all medblogger, the rest of the weekend will take you through the meat-and-potatoes of the art of blogging.
And, chances are, if you have a favorite non-med blogger that you follow, they will be there.
Any questions, any problems – email me. I will either answer them or hook you up with someone who can.
This will be informative, educational….and a downright blast!
Hope to see you there!
*This blog post was originally published at Emergiblog*
