Category Archives: Medical Informatics

The flow of health care information.

Certified.

Posted on August 4, 2008 by John

I’ve finished up my course work at Oregon Health and Sciences University and now am an official Biomedical Informaticist! It is quite a program.  While I had researched BMI by myself for about a year prior to applying to OHSU, … Continue reading →

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Healthcare systems not as machines but living organisms.

Posted on July 28, 2008 by John

(Analyzing Healthcare as a Complex Adaptive System (CAS) One of my fellow students at OHSU turned me on to CAS, and I’ve been researching it in my spare time. It really strikes a cord with me, and I am curious … Continue reading →

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What is a Medical Informaticist?

Posted on July 25, 2008 by John

I often get this question, along with blank stares, when telling people what I am studying.  Some of the blankest looks come from those in the medical profession.  Here’s my 30 second elevator speech: Medical Informatics is the study of … Continue reading →

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Identifying Health Experts in Online Forums

Posted on July 2, 2008 by John

For those of you interested in reputation management systems, I wrote an overview for Dr. Hersh’s Information Retrieval course as part of my Biomedical Informatics Graduate Certificate.  I think it turned out well- here’s the abstract:   As more people … Continue reading →

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Clinicians Vs Information Technologists

Posted on June 19, 2008 by John

What accounts for I.T. implementation failure in the healthcare setting?  Why do clinicians and information technologists seem to talk pass each other?  In this short paper, I explore how these groups make up separate cultures and how these cultures come … Continue reading →

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We are the face of SL Health…

Posted on May 23, 2008 by John

If you need an in-world guide to healthcare issues in the virtual world Second Life, Health Info Island now has a set that I developed.  It is an attempt to help those new to SL discover some of the depth … Continue reading →

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Second Life- Hospital Sim with live EMR/CIS software

Posted on February 21, 2008 by John

Here’s a screen shot of Knoh Oh at the Ann Myers Medical Center’s Admission Desk checking out the day’s schedule. To the right of Knoh is an Electronic Medical Record and Clinical Information System application being accessed from within the … Continue reading →

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Good time to visit healthcare in Second Life

Posted on November 29, 2007 by John

For those interested, Second Life will have a series of things going on concerning World AIDs day, Dec 1st. Rik has collected information about it. Looks like they are getting ready over at HealthInfo Island. I’ll try to get a … Continue reading →

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Second Life Healthcare .. getting up to speed fast

Posted on November 21, 2007 by John

If you are interested in healthcare in Second Life, here are a few tips to get you going: I’m taking snapshots in Second Life of various medical venues. I think it is a quick way to get an overview of … Continue reading →

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Of Virtual Live Diabetes Groups

Posted on November 8, 2007 by John

I am doing a bit of research on diabetes education and wanted to quickly check in with some folks about their experiences. This isn’t what the research is about, but I thought they could offer a few pointers of what … Continue reading →

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