Category Archives: Medical Informatics

The flow of health care information.

Certified Peer Support Specialist in SL

Posted on September 18, 2009 by John

The Guiding Lights group in Second Life offers 6 session course on doing peer support within Second Life. It is put on by Avalon Birke, RL Board Certified Counselor and psychotherapist; Kat Klata, highly experienced online healthcare support person. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration / Community, Medical Informatics | 2 Comments

Hyper-local Tweets for Healthcare Orgs

Posted on August 18, 2009 by John

I put together some ideas for healthcare orgs to add value to their local communities. Basically, it’s getting past the PR broadcast stage of tweeting and onto chatting with the folks in the neighborhood. Hyper-Local Social Media and Healthcare View … Continue reading →

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The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Healthcare Issue

Posted on August 3, 2009 by John

The August issue is all about healthcare.  I hope it helps folks realize the opportunities virtual worlds can afford. Oh, and my article “The Growth and Direction of Healthcare Support Groups in Virtual Worlds” is included. Much thanks to the … Continue reading →

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CorvallisHealth

Posted on June 23, 2009 by John

CorvallisHealth chirps out tweets you can use for healthier living in Corvallis, Oregon. Throughout the week I will be tweeting 140 characters of locally focused, health information.  I’ll keep the tweets down to at the most, one message a day, … Continue reading →

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Swine Flu and Virtual Support Groups?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by John

While looking up the efficacy of online support groups, I found this rather timely information. It concerns what people wanted from their hospital during the SARS outbreak.  (The bold is my emphasis) Their most frequent suggestion was the ability to … Continue reading →

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