Showing posts with label TIME. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TIME. Show all posts
Data Mining is Pervasive but Info is Often Wrong - TIME
Joel Stein in TIME: Three hours after I gave my name and e-mail address to Michael Fertik, the CEO of Reputation.com, he called me back and read my Social Security number to me. "We had it a couple of hours ago," he said. "I was just too busy to call."
References:
Data Mining: How Companies Now Know Everything About You. TIME, 2011.
Searching Google for Medical Info Helps Patients AND Doctors
Doctors will realize that patients are doing the best thing for themselves by going online before the office visit.Clinicians will need to learn for themselves which are the best sources of patient-oriented Internet-based information so that when the patient does go in confused by wrong or poorly organized online data, the efforts can be redirected - not dismissed.
I have a website with disease specific text and diagrams that I often print for my patients. The majority of them find the information very helpful. It also serves as a reminder of what was discussed during the visit.
References:
Googling Symptoms Helps Patients and Doctors. TIME.
"Stop Googling your symptoms. Doctors are sick of it" http://goo.gl/R3tTA - On the contrary, it shows interest, which is good.
OK, Doc, let's see how your diagnosis and treatment plan compares to WebMD (cartoon) http://goo.gl/Brzkh
10 Questions for Jimmy Wales - TIME video
The Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales celebrates the website's 10th anniversary today on January 15. He answers 10 questions by TIME magazine readers.
Mouthguard that can relieve headache and improve your golf score
Under Armour claims its new mouthguard will do everything from relieve your headache to improve your golf score. TIME's Stephen Gandel puts it to the test.
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