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Urban Dictionary: webinar

I used this word in a sentence today: webinar .. ugh.. it's like "savvy" .. something I'd prefer to keep out of my lexicon.  I'll go wash my mouth out with soap now.

links for 2007-11-27

• Family Medicine Digital Resource Library
  This presentation describes some first year lessons from TransforMED's National Demonstration Project, a 2-year project designed to rigorously test the New Model proposed by FFM in real-world practices.
• FMDRL: Pharyngitis quality of care in a retail health setting

FMDRL: Pharyngitis quality of care in a retail health setting

Pharyngitis quality of care in a retail health setting

Family Medicine Digital Resource Library (click on the pdf, leave comments, etc.) This is a sobering study .. which validates what we all fear:  patients get what they (think) they WANT - rather than what they NEED - in retail clinics. Good service, bad medicine. Why can't we find a way to deliver both?

Tags: BadMedicine retail

links for 2007-11-26

• UserTesting.com - Low Cost Usability Testing
• Mysql 2007 presentation, Amazon S3 engine MySQL, Handouts
• awss3_engine: shortlog
• America's Most Obese Cities - Forbes.com
  Once considered an affliction of the lazy and indulgent, obesity now affects about one-third of Americans, most of them in these cities.
• Effexor XR - Drugs - Pharmaceuticals - S.S.R.I.s - Antidepressants - Depression - Medicine and Health - New York Times
  During a year of being paid to give talks to doctors about an antidepressant, a psychiatrist comes to terms with the fact that taking pharmaceutical money can cloud your judgment.
• Free Online Course Materials | MIT OpenCourseWare
  Free Lecture Notes, Syllabus, Tutorials, Audio & Video from MIT professors. All Free. No registration. | MIT OpenCourseWare | ocw.mit.edu
• MIT OpenCourseWare | Health Sciences and Technology | HST.921 Information Technology in the Health Care System of the Future, Spring 2007 | Home
  This course will show how information technologies (IT) shape and redefine the health care marketplace. Students will learn how IT enhances medical care through: 1) improved economies of scale, 2) greater technical efficiencies in the delivery of care, 3)
• a Calorie Counter - Count Calories & Food Nutrition Facts FREE
  a Calorie Counter shows you the nutrition facts of every food you eat, for FREE. Count calories, carbs, protein, fat and more.
• Murdoch May Make Wall Street Journal Free | WebProNews
• Give one, get one
• Product Beautiful » Blog Archive » Greasing the Wheels

AMIA Primary Care Informatics Working Group

I'm a Proud member of the AMIA Primary Care Informatics Working Group and yesterday I attended a session hosted by the group at this year's annual meeting of AMIA. It's great to be with a group of colleagues who are passionate about HIT and the potential that exists for healthcare.   What's distinct is that the goals here have nothing to do with making money:  the people here are physicians - and the goal is to improve the quality of care for our patients.  I (still) belive that if we do the right things - working toward THIS goal - the success of any related business will come easily.  A successful business can't be the primary goal.  Indeed - it's a secondary goal -  just like learning should be every student's primary goal - rather than getting good grades. Being @ AMIA is therefore an energizer for me - and I was inspired yesterday by Stasia Kahn - who has been working hard with the Northern Illinois Physicians for Connectivity. Somehow - things are fitting together.   So long as we keep the right goals at the top of the list - I think we'll get there.

Tags: AMIAPCIWG

links for 2007-11-11

• EasyHL7: HL7 Tools and Applications

Bill introduced to repeal low-flow toilet requirement

Case pointed an accusatory plunger at thick toilet paper."The clogging problem is definitely going to be exacerbated by thick tissue," he said.

Bill introduced to repeal low-flow toilet requirement