Category Archives: Medical Informatics

I happened upon Sebastian Deterding’s Slideshare “Meaningful Play Getting Gamification Right” (Thx Giuliano) and was struck how it resonated with Dan Pink’s talk “Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us“. Dan puts forth modern behavioral studies which show that … Continue reading →

I’m passionate about the use of online communities, with people helping each other in the area of healthcare.  Below is a  list of some of the research I have done, and put up on the web, concerning healthcare community management: … Continue reading →

Is a health org’s social media a Marketing or Public Health initiative? I know I’ve seem a lot more of the former than the later. Perhaps this is a false dichotomy, you say, and indeed it may be. However, from … Continue reading →

Moving from the familiar desktop metaphor, with it’s storing files in folders, to metadata can be difficult, if not traumatizing for those used to the more spacial way of putting things in context.  To help introduce and explain, I came … Continue reading →

The processes surrounding a database driven website like SharePoint can so different than those of a static site, that if you don’t understand it and fail to make the leap, you will be missing out on a lot of ROI. … Continue reading →

Since May of 2009, I have been posting almost daily tweets on how healthcare orgs might use social  media.  @John_Norris with the tag #hcsm I finished up the first 100 tips  in late September 2009. I did the second 100 … Continue reading →

The Path of Support on Healthinfo Island in Second Life offers guidance to people interested in the healthcare support groups in this virtual world.  However, in a greater sense, it is offering real healthcare to real people.  The Path introduces … Continue reading →