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  • To PhD or not Phd?

    I’ve been asked on several occasions about studying ehealth/health informatics at the graduate level (i.e., masters or doctoral/PhD degrees). Some seem to be interested in advancing their own knowledge so that they can use their new found knowledge and skills to further their career in the workplace. For those interested in pursuing a doctoral degree…

  • A look at the "dark side" of ehealth

    A look at the “dark side” of ehealth In his book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman writes about the unconscious effects of television in society. He later generalizes that technologies inherently favour certain types of interaction, thinking, conceptualization, and communication. For example, the written word (i.e.,…

  • Podcasting in Healthcare – Revisited 2006

    Almost a year ago, I posted an entry on the topic of podcasting in health care (Podcasting in Healthcare – Is there a future?) and then followed it up with a quick search of podcasts available on Apple’s iTunes music store (Podcasting in Health – A look at Apple iTunes v4.9 for health podcasts). I…

  • Google Health – A sign of things to come?

    An interesting little post on Arstechnica.com reports about the possibility of a new service from Google focused on health. This new service is to be called “Google Health” in line with Googles naming convention for services (e.g., Google Maps, Google Scholar, etc). What I find interesting about this speculative posting is the increasing interest from…

  • Games for Health Day – May 9, 2006

    Hello all, I’m sorry for not posting more frequently, but I am only just recovering from a month filled with colds, flus, and other ailments. Being sick definitely sucks. Anyway, a while back, I started a series (but didn’t get a chance to finish) on my predictions for disruptive technologies in health care. One of…

  • Ehealth in the news – EHRs profiled in Canadian Business magazine

    I came across an interesting little article in a recent issue of Canadian Business magazine (Feb. 13-26, 2006) written by Erin Pooley titled, “Health’s digital divide: Electronic health records”. The article caught my eye because it was included in a special theme issue on media and the forthcoming digital transformation. Medicine/health was one of the…

  • Lessons Learned from Canada’s 2006 Federal Election

    In Canada, we recently held an election at the Federal level (January 23rd, 2006). The election was called in late 2005 when the Liberal minority government fell. On election day, Canadians voted and received a Conservative minority government. While the overall result was not surprising, some of the details were (and continue to be) quite…

  • Blanket WiFi access in Toronto

    This week, Toronto Hydro Telecom announced plans to create a high-speed wireless zone beginning in the downtown core. Touted as being a means of bringing “Toronto on to the world stage”, the service will be free for the first six months. A few colleagues have suggested that this development may be a significant step toward…

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