This study in the Journal of Medical Ethics caught the eye of the media this week. French medical residents believe that insufficient privacy protection on Facebook has the potential to impact the doctor-patient relationship. I’m not sure if this is brilliant or obvious. Here’s a fact: A patient’s knowledge about his doctor has the potential to influence their ... Continue Reading about Facebook – A Risk to the Doctor-Patient Relationship?
Medicine | Milestones | Miracles – A Blog from Texas Children’s Hospital
The latest entry in the pediatric blogosphere is Texas Children’s Hospital’s Medicine | Milestones | Miracles. It came in a soft launch yesterday with a flagship post from CEO Mark Wallace. It’s sharp. Nice clean interface. Nice clean name. Look for an eclectic mix of content reflecting the unique voices of America’s largest children’s hospital. Medicine | ... Continue Reading about Medicine | Milestones | Miracles – A Blog from Texas Children’s Hospital
Doctors and the Gifted Bias
I work in a big medical school my job involves teaching the next generation of doctors. And I live with a gifted bias. Here’s what I’ve noticed: We love bright trainees. They garner our attention. We give them awards. We discuss them in glowing terms. They make us proud. I've seen colleagues work the call schedule so as to be assigned most efficient resident ... Continue Reading about Doctors and the Gifted Bias
Sermo’s 100,000 Doctors
I can’t sit through a social health meeting without hearing about Sermo and its 100,000 physicians. Unity Stoakes from Organized Wisdom recently mentioned the 100,000 doctor number on Mashable. It’s the requisite statistic. Sermo, by the numbers, is everyone’s favorite example of how all the physicians have hopped on the social media love bus. But when you think ... Continue Reading about Sermo’s 100,000 Doctors
It’s Good for Doctors to Listen
I’ve always suggested that doctors have an obligation to be part of online dialog. We have a responsibility to make content. But is that what I should be selling to my colleagues? Perhaps getting doctors to listen is the critical first step to social media adoption by doctors. The idea hit home with me while watching this clip of Susannah Fox’s presentation to ... Continue Reading about It’s Good for Doctors to Listen
How Relevant are Physician Meetings?
This post from John Mandrola got me thinking about physician meetings. He tells about his experience at weekly rounds were he endured a presentation on health reform. But John had heard it before. It had been played out in the medical infosphere. His story illustrates how physician-physician communication sits at the cusp of two generations. There’s the last ... Continue Reading about How Relevant are Physician Meetings?