maggio, 2009


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mag 09

Microsoft Touch Pack

Microsoft sta da tempo tentando di recuperare terreno nel campo delle superfici interattive, e l’uscita del Microsoft Touch Pack per Windows 7 rappresenta una bella spinta verso questa rincorsa.

Ecco un video con qualche esempio delle potenzialità targate MS

 


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mag 09

google e privacy

in tempi di facebookiana violazione della privacy, senza scordarsi mai della poca netiquette (come andava di moda anni fa questo termine!) delle persone, che potrebbero fare a meno di taggare e quindi render prticamente pubbliche foto di stimati colleghi avvocati o broker mentre scolano magari la prima birra, ma con una faccia che sembra siano appena rientrati da woodstock, le scelte di big google brother fanno tintennare qualche campanellino d’allarme.

e dopo questa frase, destinata a diventare il periodo più lungo del web, ecco il link all’articolo what google knows about you.

per qualche informazione in più, ecco la politica di google sulla privacy.


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mag 09

wikipedia e ehealth

che su wikipedia si trovi di tutto, nel bene e nel male, è fatto oramai noto, ed anche alcune decisioni prese qualche tempo fa, come questa, hanno fatto riflettere anche i più levyani assertori dell’infallibilità di un’intelligenza collettiva, o connettiva, com si usa dire oggiogiorno.

se poi trasliamo il tutto verso l’universo dell’ehealth, cioè qsu uando si parla della salute delle persone, allora le cose si fanno anche più complesse.

ecco due interessanti articoli, come inizio di una navigata più approfondita:

Wikipedia: Time to Pull the Plug

Wikipedia’s Arcane Rules


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mag 09

bibliografia comunicazione sanitaria

condivido una bibliografia su comunicazione sanitaria e ehealth, o e-health che dir si voglia, con chi sta portando avanti studi sul settore. saggi facilmente reperibili, nella versione epaper. copio e incollo:

 

Ǻkesson, M.K., Saveman, B.I., Nilsson, G.
2007 Health care consumers’ experiences of information communication technology – A Summary of literature, in «International Journal of Medical Informatics», 76, pp. 633-645

AMA
2000 Guidelines for medical and health information site son the Internet, http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1905.html

Barsky, E.
2006 Introducing Web 2.0: weblogs and podcasting for health librarians,  in «JCHLA/ Journal of Canadian Health Library», 27, pp. 33-34
Bashshur, R., Shannon, G., Hasan Sapci, A.
2003 The eHealth Digital Divide: Concept, Implications, and Solutions, proceeding of The ThirdAnnual Conference and Exhibition, International Health Association, London, http://www.ehealthinternational.org/pdfs/Bashshur.pdf

Bernhardt, J.M., Hubley, J.
2001 Health education and the Internet: the beginning of a revolution, in «Health Education Research», 16, pp. 643-645

Berry, L.L., Seiders, K., Wilder, S.S
2003 Innovations in Access to Care: A Patient-Centered Approach, in «Annals of Internal Medicine», 139, 7, pp. 568-574

Boyer, C., Gaudinat, A., Baujard, V., Geissbühler, A.
2007 Health on The Net Foundation: assessing the quality of health Web page all over the world, Health on the Net Foundation, MEDINFO 2007, disponibile in http://www.hon.ch/medinf07_fichiers/Doc/HONqualitymedinfo_boyer2000_21Aug2007.pdf

Boyer, C., Selby, M., Scherrer, J.-R., Appel, R.D.
1998 The Health On The Net Code of Conduct for medical and health Website, in «Computers in Biology and Medicine», 28, pp. 603-610

Bǿnes, E., Hasvold, P., Henriksen, E., Strandenœs
2007 Risk Analysis of Information Security in a Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence System for Healthcare, in «International Journal of Medical Informatics», 76, pp. 677-687

Boulos, M. N., Maramba, I., Wheelert, S.
2006 Wikis, blogs and podcast, a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education, in «BMC Medical Education», 6, 41

Boulos, M. N., Wheelert, S.
2007 The emerging Web 2.0 social software: an enabling suite of sociable technologies in health and health care education, in «Health Information and Libraries Journal», 24, pp. 2-23

Bull, F.C., Kreuter, M.W., Scharff, D.P.
1999 Effects of tailored, personalized and general health messages on physical activity, in «Patient Education and Counseling», 36, 181-192.

Chamberlain, M. A.
1994 New Technologies in Health Communication, in «American Behavioral Scientist», 38, 2, pp. 271-284

Cline, R.J.W., Haynes, K.M.
2001 Consumer health information seeking on the Internet: the state of art, in «Health Education Research», 16, 6, pp- 671-692

Crocco, A.G., Villasis-Keever, M., Jadad, A.R.
2002 Analysis of cases of harm associated with use of heath information on the internet, in «The Journal of American Medical Association», 287, pp. 2869-2871

Dutta-Bergman, M.J.
2004 The Impact of Completeness and Web Use Motivation on the Credibility of e-Health Information, in «Journal of Communication», 54, pp. 253-269

Dutton, A.C., Rogers, E.M., Jun, S.
1987 Diffusion and social impact of personal computers, in «Communication Research», 14(2),  pp. 219-249

Eysenbach, G., Köhler, C.
2002 How do consumers search for and appraise health information on the world wide web? Qualitative study using focus groups, usability tests, and in-depht interviews, in «BMJ», 324, pp. 573-577

Ferguson, T.
2000 Online patient-helpers and physicians working together: a new partnership for high quality health care, in «BMJ», 321, pp. 1129- 1132

Fischoff, B.
1993 Minutes of the Subcommittee for Improving Public Understanding of the HIV Epidemic, Atlanta, GA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fogg, B.J.
2003 Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do, San Francisco, Morgan Kaufmann (ed. it. Tecnologia della persuasione. Un’introduzione alla captologia, la disciplina che studia l’uso dei computer per influenzare idee e comportamenti, 2005, Milano, Apogeo)

Fox, S., Rainie, L.
2000 The Online Health Care Revolution: How the Web helps Americans take Better Care of Themselves, Washington, DC, The Pew Internet & American Life Project

Gattoni, F., Sicola, C.
2005 How to evacuate the quality of health related website, in «La Radiologia Medica», 109, 3, pp. 280-287

Giustini, D.
2006 How Web 2.0 is changing medicine in «BMJ», 333, pp. 1283-1284

Guelfi, M.R., Masoni, M., Conti, A., Gensini, G.F.
2006 Ricerca e qualità dell’informazione medica disponibile in Internet, Pavia, Edizioni Internazionali, Divisione EDIMES

HON
2004 Analysis of 9th HON Survey of Health and Medical Internet Users. Winter 2004-2005, http://www.hon.ch/Survey/Survey2005/res.html

Jadad, A.R., Delamothe, T.
2004 What next for electronic communication and health care?, in «BMJ», 2004, 328, pp. 1143-1144

Jadad, A.R., Murray, W.E., Glouberman, S., Groff, P., Stern, A.
2006 Are virtual communities good for our health?, in «BMJ», 2006, 332, pp. 925-926

Karkalis, G.I., Koutsouris, D.D.
2006 e-Health and the Web 2.0, Proceedings of the International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine (IEEE-ITAB2006), Ioannina, Epirus, Greece, October 26-28

Kaufman, D.R., Starren, J.B.
2006 A Methodological Framework for Evaluating Mobile Health Devices, AMIA 2006 Symposium Proceedings, p. 978

Kerleau, M., Pelletier-Fleury, N.
2002 Restructuring of the Healthcare System and the Diffusion of Telemedicine, in «The European Journal of Health Economics»,  3,  3, pp. 207-214.

Kobsa, A.
2001 Generic User Modelling System in «User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction», 11, pp. 49-63

Korp, P.
2001 Health on Internet: implications for health promotion, in «Health Education Research», 1, pp. 78-86

Kreuter, M.W., Holt, C.L.
2001 How Do People Process Health Information? Applications in an Age if Individualized Communication, in «Psychological Science», 10, 6, pp. 206-209

Kroger, F.
1994 Toward a Healthy Public, «American Behavioral Scientist», 38:2, pp. 215-223

Lea, M. (ed.)
1992 Context of Computer-Mediated Communication, Hemel Hempstead, Harvester Wheatsheaf

McLean, R., Richards, B.H., Wardman, J.I.
2007 The effect of Web 2.0 on the future of medical practice and education: Darwikinian evlution or folksonomic revolution?, in «MJA», 187, 3, pp. 174-177

Mort, M., May, C.R., Williams, T.
2003 Remote Doctors and Absent Patients: Acting at a Distance in Telemedicine?, in «Science, Technology, & Human Values»,  28, 2, Spring, pp. 274-295

Nakamura, K., Takano, T., Akao, C.
1999 The Effectiveness of Videophones in Home Healthcare for the Elderly, in «Medical Care»,  37, 2, pp. 117-125

Oenema, A., Brug, J., Lechner, L.
2001 Web-based tailored nutrition education: results of a randomized controlled trial, «Health Education Research», 16, 6, pp. 647-660

Potts, H.W.W.
2006 Is E-health progressing faster than E-health Researchers?, in «Journal of Medical Internet Research», 8 (3): e24 (URL: http://www.jmir.org/2006/3/e24/)

Powell, J.A., Darvell, M., Gray, J.A.M.
2003 The doctor, the patient and the world-wide-web: how the internet is changing healthcare, in «Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine», 96, pp. 74-76

Reeves, P.M.
2001 How individuals coping with HIV/AIDS use the Internet, in «Health Educ Res», 16, pp. 709-719

Rogers, E.M.
1994 The Field of Health Communication Today, in «American Behavioral Scientist», 38, 2, pp. 208-214

Shah, A.
2007 The Future is Now: Mobile Technology and Public Health, in «The Yale Journal of Public Health», Winter 2007

Sillence, E., Briggs, P., Harris, P.R., Fishwick, L.
2006 Changes in Online Health Usage Over the Last 5 Years, CHI 2006, pp. 1131-1136
2007 How Do Patiens Evaluate and Make Use of Online Health Information?, in «Social Science and Medicine», 64, pp. 1853-1862

Spink, A., et al.
1999 Study of Medical and Health Queries to Web Search Engines, in «Health Information and Libraries Journal», 21, pp. 44-51

Stanford, J., Tauber, E.R., Fogg, B.J., Marable, L.
2002 Experts vs. Online Consumers: A Comparative Credibility Study of Health and Finance Web Site

Teltzrow, M., Kobsa, A.
2004 Impacts of User Privacy Preferences on Personalized System, Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
1996 Health Information On-Line, FDA Consumer Magazine, June, disponibile in http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/596_info.html

Valenzuela, et al.
2007 Web-Based Asynchronous Teleconsulting for Consumers in Colombia: A Case Study, in «Journal of Medical Internet Research», 9, 4, e33Wallack, L.1990 Mass media and health promotion: Promise, problem and challenge, in C. Atkin, L. Wallace (eds.) Improving health promotion: Media advocacy and social marketing approaches, Newbury Park, CA, Sage

Wilkas, L. R.
2002 Evaluating Health Web Sites for Research and Practice, in «Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing», 7, 1, pp. 38-41

Witte, K.
1994 The Manipulative Nature of Health Communication Research, in «American Behavioral Scientist», 38, 2, pp. 285-293

Wyatt, J.C., Sullivan, F.
2005 eHealth and the future: promise or peril?, in «BMJ », 331, pp. 1391-1393

Ybarra, M., Suman, M.
2006 Reasons, assessments and action taken: sex and age differences in use of Internet health infomation, in «Health Education Research», DOI 10.1093/her/cyl062


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mag 09

grooveshark: do not panic

Mi piace molto la pagina di Grooveshark che annuncia qualche problemino ai server.

Non fatevi prendere dal panico, è tutto a posto: solo che un’invasione di locuste carnivore sta creando un po’ di scompiglio…

screenhunter_01-may-14-1605


14
mag 09

educazione, elearning, ricerca e web 2.0

per una volta, ecco una lista di link di siti che hanno a che fare con educazione, ricerca, elearning  e web 2.0.

uTutti, per insegnanti di musica,

lectr, wePapers, per ricercatori e chi cerca knowledge,

notely, footnote, per studenti,

education 2.0knowtes, yaca paca,  wiziQ, per studenti e insegnanti.

buona navigata


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mag 09

Health 2.0 Online Care Symposium

dal blog Health 2.0  una serie di interventi sul l’Health 2.0 Online Care Symposium, con numerosi video (rintracciabili oltretutto anche su vimeo).