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| Medicine meets Wiki By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn There's a new wiki in the health social media town, Medpedia. Among the most popular online sources for health information is Wikipedia. Millions of people search Wikipedia daily for insights into medical conditions, drugs, and procedures. Medpedia... |
| Sharing more than they intended -- future doctors on Facebook By Sarah Arnquist The Facebook/MySpace generation is now graduating from medical school, and their profiles along with much embarrassing personal information has been indexed in cyberworld for many to see. The Associated Press wrote an interesting story about how researchers... |
| Communication 101: Shedding power imbalances to protect patients By Katie Fiebelkorn Westman Katie Fiebelkorn Westman is a registered nurse at an acute care hospital in the Minnesota Twin Cities. She is working toward a clinical nurse specialist degree, focusing on improving patient care quality. The Joint Commission’s recent... |
| California kids may face triple whammy, leading to more uninsured By Sarah Arnquist After years of seeing decreasing numbers of uninsured children, California is poised to go the other direction. For years, child enrollment in private health insurance plans decreased as companies scaled back on health care costs by increasing... |
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