Does your family know your wishes for end of life care in the event you’re unable to speak for yourself? For most families this is a conversation that hasn’t taken place. Check out Engage With Grace, the brainchild of Alexandra Drane and Health 2.0 founder Matthew Holt. Engage With Grace is a movement designed to help advance the conversation about end of life ... Continue Reading about Engage With Grace this Thanksgiving
Curation – The Next Trend in Social Health
The next trend in social health may be medical curation. Published health information is expanding at a rate that none of us can really understand. Yet despite this embarrassment of riches, access to reliable, actionable information for patients is variable. Search is a dubious avenue to health information. So where is a patient to turn? The answer may lie in ... Continue Reading about Curation – The Next Trend in Social Health
Facebook: A Metric for Disability?
Last week I suggested that the social disclosure of health issues could create future problems. I never considered, however, that a patient’s social media trail could be used to corroborate need for disability or special services. That’s what happened last week when a Quebec woman on sick leave for depression lost her benefits over Facebook photos that were judged ... Continue Reading about Facebook: A Metric for Disability?
The Amateur Physician
Read Seth Godin’s most recent post, The Amateur Scientist. In a way that only Seth can do he tells how our culture has turned us all into authorities. Important stuff. I couldn’t help but think how this applies to the Internet and our health. Unrestrained access to information has got us all thinking we know more than we do. Godin wasn’t writing about the amateur ... Continue Reading about The Amateur Physician
Your Twitter Lists Define You (or why you should call me Gary)
In residency I worked with a pediatric cardiologist who thought my name was Gary. On rounds he would say things like, “Gary, what’s the normal QT interval in a newborn?” Or, “Let’s get a 15-lead EKG, Gary.” He never hesitated. He was so confident. I corrected him initially but ultimately I gave up. To him I was Gary. That was 1992.Fast forward to branding in the 2010 ... Continue Reading about Your Twitter Lists Define You (or why you should call me Gary)
The Future of Your Child’s Personal Health Footprint
We love to talk about our own health. It’s our right and our business. But how liberal should we be when talking about our kids? Should the health information of children be protected? I’ve been thinking about the concept of the personal health footprint and I wonder what the future holds for publicly disclosed health information. Will the painful struggle with your ... Continue Reading about The Future of Your Child’s Personal Health Footprint