Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Signs of a coming Linux/Apple world?
Here’s an interesting article that I came across on Computerworld.com reporting on the increase in use of Apple computers in the life sciences. I know that in my particular “lab” (i.e., The Centre for Global eHealth Innovation), most people seem to be moving away from Microsoft Windows machines and to either Apple’s Mac or to…
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Upcoming Presentation @ eHealth Conference 2005 Student Symposium
I just learned that I’ll be presenting at this year’s Student Symposium at the eHealth 2005 Conference. I’ll be speaking during the evening session on Sunday May 1st, 2005. My talk will be about the definition of eHealth (shameless self plug here) and my “vision” for the future of eHealth. I’ll post my presentation file…
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Publication Update – What is eHealth?
Great news. My article (Oh, Rizo, Enkin, Jadad – What is eHealth (3): A Systematic Review of Published Definitions) is now indexed on PubMed/Medline. You can see the page here. Okay, now for my second update. To my surprise, another paper on the same topic was published just a month after mine in the Journal…
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The allure of Apple, and its implications to eHealth
I spent a few hours yesterday backing up some data from my notebook to an external hard-disk. Since I only have USB1.1, the transfer was painfully slow. So, I visited my local computer store and bought a USB2.0 PCMCIA (*see note below) card in hopes that the faster transfer rate will speed things up. After…
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Searching the Biomedical Literature
I’m in the midst of working on (another) systematic review for my dissertation. For this review, I am interested in identify “theory-type” papers in the biomedical literature. Guess what? It’s really difficult. At first, I thought that I wasn’t proficient at searching the biomedical literature (mostly Medline and Embase), so I contacted a librarian to…
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Baffle ’em with BS
A few years back, when I was a co-op student, a manager gave me a piece of advice that I’ll never forget: “When in doubt, baffle them with BS”. In his many years of experience, he found that most people will try to *sound* impressive by using big words in non-coherent sentences. When challenged (which…
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Portable Medical Records – Revisiting An Old Idea
Here’s an interesting article from the E-Health Insider, titled “Carry your medical records on a USB drive” reporting about the Medinfo Chip. Basically, it’s a copy of your medical record available on a USB key that you can make available to your physician. A generic version of your medical record is available for emergency situations.…
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I am the guinea-pig (not the walrus)
Recently, I had an opportunity to participate in a research study as a study participant/subject. I wanted to experience for myself what it was like to be on the “other side”, since most of my experience with research is as a researcher. The details of the study itself aren’t so interesting, so I won’t describe…
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