Category Archives: Medical Informatics

The flow of health care information.

CorvallisHealth

Posted on June 23, 2009 by John

CorvallisHealth has been a 3 year long experiment in using micro-blogging to help keep a local community healthy. As of July 17, 2012, I am suspending tweeting from this account as I am now employed by a health organization. Until … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration / Community, CorvallisHealth, Medical Informatics | 1 Comment

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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Group Simulator and Real Fake Avatars

Posted on March 30, 2009 by John

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 →

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Path of Support … popularity

Posted on February 17, 2009 by John

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 →

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Healthcare, 2.0, Social Networking, and Business

Posted on January 16, 2009 by John

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 →

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