Posts Categorized: Article

Prof. Dr. Reinhold Haux papers: A decade of ICT development in health care

Lately I’ve been reading some papers from Prof. Dr. Reinhold Haux. I’m really impressed with his career. In 1996 he published with other colleagues A systematic view on medical informatics: Medical informatics is defined as the scientific discipline concerned with the systematic processing of data, information and knowledge in medicine and health care. The domain… Read more »

Understanding Innovative Health Technologies by Andrew Webster

I have been reading Health, Technology & Society. A Sociological Critique written by Andrew Webster, who has also written other articles and books about this issue. I would like to share my notes about the first chapter titled Understanding Innovative Health Technologies, partially  based on other author’s paper Innovative Health Technologies and the Social: Redefining Health,… Read more »

Another theoretical blueprint of web 2.0

My first approach to theoretical blueprint of Web 2.0 was Informationalism and the network society: a theoretical blueprint of Web 2.0. Via Fabio Giglietto Facebook I have noticed about an articled written by David Beer and Roger Burrows titled Sociology and, of and in Web 2.0: Some Initial Considerations. Abstract This paper introduces the idea… Read more »

New Web-based tools, health education and health communication

It looks like the Web 2.0 has arrived to the field of health education as far as we can find articles talking about it. I have read Boulos, M., et al. (2006). “Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education.” BMC Medical Education 6(41): 8 [link]… Read more »

Internet health information seekers and the Politics of search engine

Most of the Internet health informations seekers use search engines to find what they are looking for on the Web. See: Diaz, J. Griffith, R. et al. (2002). Patients’ Use of the Internet for Medical Information. J GEN INTERN MED 17:180-185 Fox, S. (2002). Vital decisions. [online article]. PEW Internet & American Life Project. [5/10/2006]…. Read more »