I’m delighted to present my book: Health and the Network Society published by Ariel now available at the book stores. I perfectly know that it would not become a best-seller but I hope it could contribute just a little to foster new debates and further research on ICT and Health.Health systems are embedded within technological,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Search engines
Does flu 2.0 matter? Not at all…
Thanks to Cesar and Ismael I have watched Swine flu alert! News/Death ratio: 8176 done by Hans Rosling which I really like to share because I consider it a must to understand what is going on with “flu 2.0” and with to 2.0 scene! Just an open question DOES 2.0 MATTER? and a fact RESEARCH… Read more »
Society, Health and the Internet references
This post will be for sure my longest post ever. I would like to share my thesis’s references. You could also find them at my personal references manager. Enjoy them! REFERENCIAS · Alonso, J.L. et al. (2003). “Estudio del Web”. En: Cibermetría: nuevas técnicas de estudio aplicables al Web. Gijón: Ediciones TREA, págs. 27-80. ·… Read more »
A First Comparison of Google Health and MS HealthVault
Vince Kuraitis has posted A First Comparison of Google Health and MS HealthVault perfectly summed up by the following table from his post:
Drawing up practical guidelines for a responsible use of the information obtained on the Internet and the e-mail with health purposes
Miquel A. Mayer MD PhD, director of Certified Medical Web Site Seal from Medical Association of Barcelona have invited me to join and collaborate in a research project directed by himself and funded by Spanish Health Minister: Title Drawing up practical guidelines for a responsible use of the information obtained on the Internet and the… Read more »
Googling for diagnosis
Most of the surveys about health and Internet reveal that Internet users seek health information using search engines. Well sometimes I have finished my posts about this issue saying further research is needed so I would like to share some scientific research, I have been reading, published by BMJ and done by Tang, H.; Ng,… Read more »
BlogPulse Tools: Google – Health
Take a look at this graphic. It looks like Google is taking the pulse of Health, doesn’t it? Thanks to Genis Roca. I always learn something when I talk with him or when I read his wonderful blog.
Google PHR blogosphere discussion
If you are interested in Google PHR you should read Vince Kuraitis post titled “Connecting the Dots…Google Health Promises to Create AND Dominate Next Generation PHRs” and the discussion it has been generated. Congratulations for such a wonderful post and comments. After the first reactions on Google’s announcement, it is nice to see some analytical… Read more »
Google as a doctor? Google as a PHR?
Since Google has started to talk about Health I have been posting about its consequences because most of the surveys show us that people use this tool to seek health information. One of the last post in Official Google Blog talk about Is there any doctor in the family? and it was written by a… Read more »
Google ranked 'worst' on privacy (a Health Care Value)
BBC News has published this headline Google ranked ‘worst’ on privacy talking about a recent report launched by Privacy International. I haven’t read the report yet and I hadn’t heard before about this organization. But at least it makes me think again about the complexity of putting together health and Google as privacy is a… Read more »