Maybe not according to this report from the CDC. They studied internet use with respect to adherence behavior and a number of health-related outcomes. It suggests that folks who diss the doc in favor of the Internet may not do as well as we think. This quote caught me: The data also revealed that personal determinants such as neuroticism (reflects anxiety and ... Continue Reading about Is the Health Hive Ready for Primetime?
Should Hospitals Block Facebook?
Yesterday’s piece in the LA Times created quite a kerfuffle in the social health infosphere. When Facebook goes to the hospital, patients may suffer detailed some of the issues facing hospitals that have chosen to flirt with Facebook. Stories of nurses posting images of dead patients. Lawsuits and employee rights. An interesting read. It offered up a serving of ... Continue Reading about Should Hospitals Block Facebook?
iPads in Medical Schools – A Critical Step in Mobile Health
Last week we heard announcements from medical schools at Stanford and the University of California Irvine that iPads would be given to all incoming students. While there was lots of talk about how this will impact medical education, what I thought about is how this will impact the field of medicine. What’s remarkable to me is how this represents the first real ... Continue Reading about iPads in Medical Schools – A Critical Step in Mobile Health
The Boundaries of Physician Availability
I can’t get Wes Fisher’s post from yesterday out of my mind. When the Doctor's Always In talks about the creeping expectation of physician availability. Newer, more efficient forms of media and communication have created the belief that doctors should be available nearly instantly and all the time. It started with the pager and it’s evolved to real-time social ... Continue Reading about The Boundaries of Physician Availability
How Relevant is Vacation Unplugging?
It’s a post you’ll see periodically: Blogger goes on vacation and goes dark from his blog and Twitter. This spawns the requisite post detailing how nice it was to be away. Refreshed and all the stronger, we hear about the lessons from playing parchese, listening to the crickets sing, and ignoring the purr from Tweetdeck. This week I have been on vacation but I ... Continue Reading about How Relevant is Vacation Unplugging?
When Constipation Goes Bad
This Fletchers Castoria ad from 1941 is priceless. And as someone who spends his days working with bound up grumps like Mary I was reassured to know that horrific constipation is not a me-generation problem born of chicken fingers and Gold Fish. "Laxative tantrums," however, are new to me. I seem to have pretty good luck with Miralax and Kristalose in my office. ... Continue Reading about When Constipation Goes Bad