Category Archives: Medical Informatics

The flow of health care information.

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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