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Category Archives: Medical Informatics
Group Simulator and Real Fake Avatars
I’ve been taking peer support courses through the Guiding Lights in Second Life. It’s been very interesting, with some great speakers, and a super group to work with. To help with this sort of training, I am developing a simulated … Continue reading
Posted in Medical Informatics
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Path of Support … popularity
I’m not much for popularity contests, but it is critical to know just who and what is going on in one’s area. For this reason, I installed some simple counters that report to me the number of different avatars per … Continue reading
Posted in Medical Informatics, Uncategorized
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Healthcare, 2.0, Social Networking, and Business
As a response to another post over at HIStalk that basically wondered if Healthcare 2.0 and social networking software will help healthcare in the future. I sent in a comment and was published: From John: “Re: Web 2.0. Web 2.0 … Continue reading
Privacy Statement in a Virtual Land
As you wander a lonely virtual landscape, is anyone watching you? Probably, if the land collect stats. Should you be told? As some may know, I maintain the Path of Support on Healthinfo Island in Second Life.* It features almost … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Medical Informatics
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Healthcare Support Groups in the Virtual World of IMVU
So, after Lively, I’ve decided to take a look at other virtual worlds besides Second Life. Abstract: IMVU is an avatar based instant messaging environment. It allows for participation of anyone from 13 years of age and older. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Medical Informatics
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PHR’s and Online Communities
Folks are lamenting the demise of Google’s virtual world, Lively. There are discussions on how it might have been better integrated with other Google offerings. I’ll put in my two cents…which I had actually sent to Google as a Lively … Continue reading
KnohOh RIP (Goodbye Lively)
Google is pulling the plug on their virtual world, Lively. I jumped in early, was not impressed, and spent my time in Second Life instead. However, lately I’ve been back and have been working on a room. I’ve come to … Continue reading
Posted in Medical Informatics
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Stepping into Being a Panelist
Earlier this October I had the priviledge of being a panelist for the Stepping into Virtual Worlds Conference – Health. It was a great time, especially having to summerize big parts of Second Life experience on the fly! While I … Continue reading
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Statistics for Second Life Support Groups
I informally gathered some data about Second Life and thought I’d share some findings. I am in no way a statistician, and my data is not complete, so take this all with a grain of salt. Towards the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Medical Informatics
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Online Support Group’s Introduction to Virtual Worlds
If you run a healthcare support group online (be that a message board, forum, IRC, etc…) and are wondering about jumping into virtual worlds, I hope the following paper is helpful. If you are running a face to face healthcare … Continue reading
