- Conflicts of Interest, Authorship, and Disclosures in Industry-Related Scientific Publications — Mayo Clinic Proceedings – We read with great interest the recent article by Hirsch1 and the accompanying editorial and appreciate that a venue for rational discourse has been opened. Recently, we have all witnessed increasing scrutiny and regulation of the relationship we, as clinical educators and investigators, have with our partners in industry and the continuing medical education (CME) providers with whom we work. What has been missing from this important dialogue is a concerted response from those who have worked with the pharmaceutical industry and providers of CME to present the opinion that these interactions are in fact of real value.
- Digital Pharma: Amgen’s online village | InPharm – Amgen has launched an online community for European healthcare professionals, patients and carers affected by autoimmune disease immune thrombycytopenia.
June 29th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »
Conflicts of Interest Article in CME from Mayo Clinic Oncology Group; Online Community for Thrombycytopenia
June 8th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »
Social Media and the Mobile Internet in Health Messaging
Many thanks to Susannah Fox and her colleagues at Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project for continuing to generate some wonderful research on e-health. The below presentation highlights the key findings of two new reports:
- “Chronic Disease and the Internet”
- “Understanding the Participatory News Consumer”
Both studies provide an in-depth look on the evolving role of social media, the Internet and the empowered patient.
Social media and health for Office of National AIDS Policy
View more presentations from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
May 25th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »
EthosCE: Mobile Text Messaging App for Tracking Live Meeting Attendance to be Presented at the Alliance for CME
I am pleased to announce that we have been invited with our colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education to present our experience using our EthosCE SMS Text Module for tracking attendance at Regularly Scheduled Series (Grand Rounds, Live Meetings) at the 36th Annual Alliance for CME Meeting to be held on January 26th-29th, 2011 in San Francisco, CA. I will be presenting with Mila Kostic, Zal Agus, MD, and Rod Campbell where we will describe our findings using our mobile SMS text messaging module to streamline attendance tracking for live meetings versus other methods. We are presently implementing our open-source EthosCE Learning Management System for the School’s CME initiatives. Given EthosCE’s roots in Drupal CMS and Moodle LMS open-source software communities, we have also contributed back a Mobivity gateway for the Drupal SMS Framework Module.
We hope you will join us for our presentation and demonstration of this real world application of mobile technology for the CME enterprise. Below is the abstract that was accepted.
TITLE: An Evaluation of SMS Text Messaging Technology for Managing Attendance for Academic Regularly Scheduled Series
THEME RELATED AREA: Electronic-based information systems, and/or e-learning
Competency: 5.2 Identify and collaborate with external partners that enhance effective CME activites
PRINCIPAL PRESENTER: Jeremy C. Lundberg, MSSW, DLC Solutions, LLC
CO-PRESENTER: Mila Kostic, BA, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
CO-PRESENTER: Zalman Agus, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
CO-PRESENTER: Rodman Campbell, BA, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
OBJECTIVES: [1] Describe the rationale for comparing SMS text messaging vs. other methods of keeping attendance at RSSs. [2] Demonstrate the SMS text messaging technology platform, algorithms, and underlying learning management platform. [3] Discuss the finding from the feasibility study, including participants’ response, considerations for effective implementation, and outcomes data.
METHODS: Presentation, demonstration, and case study discussion will illustrate the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education experience implementing an SMS text-messaging platform for tracking RSS participant attendance.
KEY POINTS: In an era of shrinking budgets and resources, healthcare organizations are looking to technology to minimize costs associated with administering continuing medical education. The ubiquitous nature of mobile devices and SMS text messaging capabilities provides CME providers with a novel method to tracking attendance at live CME events. The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education implemented a pilot program comparing mobile SMS text messaging with other methods of attendance tracking for RSS portion of this large academic CME program. Join us as we discuss our technological approach, practical considerations for the CME enterprise, and our findings.
May 4th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »
Jon Stewart’s “Appholes”: AT&T Manages to Ruin the iPhone
I know that this is not really related to the normal health technology topics I write about. However, as an early iPhone user who was forced to switch to AT&T, this segment by Jon Stewart is dead on (and hilarious). He aptly points out that Steve Jobs shouldn’t be kicking down doors to retrieve a missing iPhone prototype or writing a manifesto about why he believes Adobe Flash is inferior (though he raises some valid points). Rather, Steve Jobs should be blasting AT&T for driving people up a wall with a crappy network that drops calls like its 1995! AT&T’s network is a nightmare and completely unacceptable compared to other carriers. I guess it says a lot about how much we love the iPhone to put up with this nonsense and disruption to conducting business.
Granted, this is old news to iPhone users, but very funny segment. Fast foward to 1m:12seconds
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April 19th, 2010 By Jeremy Lundberg No Comments »
DLC Solutions’ eHealth Blog Ranked #7 in Top 50 CME Blogs
We would like to thank the folks over at Nurse E.D.U. for recently ranking our blog #7 in their listing of the Top 50 Continuing Medical Education Blogs. The listing recognizes blogs that provide timely, thought-provoking news, commentary, and insights into all aspects of CME. We are pleased to be in the same company as the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, and many other wonderful resources. Stay tuned for a number of posts planned on a wide variety of topics, “how to”, and research on ehealth and CME in the near future.
