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Med students should be editing, not using, Wikipedia

Med students should be editing, not using, WikipediaWikipedia will support thisJust to add to the story, I should point out that Wikipedians support schools and professors who want to integrate improvement of Wikipedia articles into their courses: see the Wikipedia page "Wikipedia:School and university projects" (shortcut "WP:SUP", if I remember...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Med

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

MeD's Movie Manager 2.7.7 (Windows)

MeD's Movie Manager is a simple to use, yet customizable, movie manager. It gets the movies info from IMDb, and episode info from tv.com. It's written in java and supports most systems with Java RE 1.4.2 installed. Version 2.7.7 improves HTML export now opens a dialog showing the progress. ...

Tags: Movie, Microsoft Windows, Bro, MeD

Software downloads 2009-03-22

Google, feds face off over search records

Google, feds face off over search recordsCan't there be a compromise?Isn't there a way to satisfy both parties? In my opinion, the ACLU will not be satisfied unless things are 100% unprotected and 100% unregulated, but here's my suggestion, anyway.Why doesn't the government pass a law that more effectively...

Tags: Government, INTERNET, lib, pol, med, org, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-14

Off-topic: Inject, drip, convalesce, and thank you.

This is completely off-topic, but tomorrow morning, I'm heading to a neurologist's office to have a pain killing formula epidurally injected and dripped onto the root of the sciatic nerve that sits between vertebrae L5 and S1 in my lower back. For close to...

Tags: med, disc

Blog posts 2006-03-08

Additional Resources

Med Mnemonics for iPhone 4.0 (Mobile)

Med Mnemonics for iPhone puts over 1400 clever acronyms, rhymes, and memory tricks on your iPhone or iPod Touch, covering topics ranging from anatomy and Biochemistry to Pharmacology, and Surgery. The database is fully searchable and can be quickly filtered by discipline and by system. Create a favorites list, and...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Database, Mobile, Evan Schoenberg, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-23

Why electronic health records have far to go

Look at Kaiser's ExperienceI agree. It took Kaiser a tightly integrated delivery system 10 years and $4 billion to get to their current state with health IT. It is unlikely to expect other delivery systems to do much better.I can tell you why it is taking so long.The...

Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, Tools & Techniques, HEALTHCARE, electronic health record, e-health, Learning, training

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

CVS PHARMACY T644N LASER 50PPM 1200DPI LGL PAR USB ENET 128MB PS3

Online PharmaciesCVS is expensive compared to some others. The other thing is that it is just as cheap to use some online pharmacies. There are FDA loopholes that let them sell everything from tramadol, fiorocet, soma, viagra, name it. I use a pharmacy called www.netmedorders.com every time I need a...

Tags: Federal government, CVS Corp., Sony PlayStation 3

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

iPump Med Ball for iPhone 3.5 (Mobile)

iPump Med Ball for iPhone is a workout programa which contain over 400 ready-made workouts, 4,000 exercise images, and videos, drag and drop workout builder, exercise image creator, fit calculators, complete tracking, weigh in, log sharing, and online support. iPump Med Ball for iPhone core turns your home, office or...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Workout, PumpOne, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Investment, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Finance

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' data

I lost my contacts for a few days. Give me ONE HUNRED BILLION DOLLARS!!!Says with pinky raised to mouth.RE: Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' dataI don't feel sorry for anyone who owns a Sidekick and lost their data. It is moronic to purchase a device that...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Not your father's tech school

Recently, I've had the opportunity to visit our local vacational/technical school several times. When I was a kid, the voc tech school was only for dropouts, burnouts, and pregnant girls, with the occasional budding mechanic thrown in for good measure. This couldn't be further from the case now...

Tags: School, Clinical Trial, Tech School, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-09

A modest proposal to fix the primary care shortage

Talk is cheapI am in the medical field. I have been hearing for many MANY years now how we will solve the primary care shortage by paying primary care docs more and specialists less, then a big fight ensues. And IMHO the stupidity of that proposal misses the obvious: If...

Tags: Benefits, primary care shortage, care shortage

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Microsoft appeals for stay of Word injunction

Microsoft didn't mention this when they should have!Great day for Open Office - i4i said it has looked at OpenOffice and found it doesn?t infringe on its patents. Oh dear. Poor Microsoft. From Groklaw -http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090817235436439"I have a question for Microsoft. Why didn't they tell us about this i4i patent litigation...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Mary Jo-Foley, Groklaw, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, I4i, patent

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Microbiology Pronunciations Lite 1.0 (Mobile)

Microbiology Pronunciations Lite is an application that will play back audio of the correct pronunciations of virtually all of the medically important fungi. This application helps undergraduates, physicians, medical students, nursing students, physician assistants, pre-med students, and foreign health professionals.

Tags: Physician, Mobile, Student, Hipposoft, Microbiology Pronunciations Lite

Software downloads 2009-08-19

Drug Pronunciations Lite 2.0 (Mobile)

Drug Pronunciations Lite is an application that will play back audio of the correct pronunciations of over 200 drugs used in medicine today. Physicians, pharmacists, medical students, nursing students, physician assistants, medical techs, pre-med students, and foreign health professionals, virtually anyone in or interested in the health professional field will...

Tags: Physician, Mobile, Health Care, Hipposoft, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-08-19

Windows 7's Achilles' heel - XP Mode

XP Mode is a crutch, for a wounded patient, that is supposed to get better.Microsoft is betting it will go away soon, and, like the Windows Ultimate Extras, disappear forever.I believe it will, as anyone serious about using XP will bypass the Windows 7 middleman.This is news?Is XP Mode not...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Is crowdsourcing a better choice for grading?

According to an article I stumbled across tonight, one Duke University professor thinks so. In a blog post, the professor, Dr. Cathy Davidson, writes, I loved returning to teaching last year after several years in administration . . . except for the grading. I can't...

Tags: Student, Crowdsourcing, Blogging, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP Mode

Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP ModeAmazing StuffWell done microsoft.RE: Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP ModeI'm unclear about the use of this on other editions of Win7, such as Home Premium. Is it only the XP Mode part of the new VirtualPC that...

Tags: Operating systems, desktop virtualization, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 XP Mode, near-final test, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Delivers

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

OnTimeRx v2.6.4 (Mobile)

OnTimeRxNEW v2.6.4 for Palm devicesNOW works with desktop software for Data Transfer.OnTimeRx - THE BEST medication reminder and healthcare organizer available just got BETTER!.OnTimeRx should be your constant companion, whether you take one pill a day or a palm-full. OnTimeRx turns your PDA into a reliable medication reminder for people...

Tags: Mobile, PC, Palm Inc., Pill, OnTimeRx, Trial Version, PDAs, Palm OS, Handhelds, Desktops, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Why Windows 7 should be free

Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Coal: more on the fall-out

There are vastly different ways to look at coal in the U.S. Coal's plentiful, it's American, it's relatively cheap to obtain and burn. And it will produce electricity for the rest of your children's lifetime. Coal burning is destroying our atmosphere, our climate and turning an already...

Tags: China, Coal, Construction, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-25