John Norris
Category Archives: Medical Informatics
Second Life Healthcare .. getting up to speed fast
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
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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Overview of Patient Provider Asynchronous Communication
The following is a paper I did for my first OHSU class, Introduction to Biomedical Informatics with Dr Hersh. I turned out pretty well, and I go back to it every now and then to grab a nice citation… so … Continue reading
Second Life… no hands
Using a brain-computer interface, folks are able to operate an avatar in Second Life. (Article) While I don’t think doing simple things with computers via brain waves is all that new, it is cool to see it used in a … Continue reading
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A Case for a Simulated Hospital
As readers of my blog may know. I travel around Second Life looking at healthcare related sites… I also sometimes wonder what good they might do. Now I find the Methodist University Hospital has a Virtual Welcome Center that includes … Continue reading
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