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In the healthcare context..social media is obviously a big deal..people love to discuss health issues - however, personal health data must be protected if the conversation becomes clinical and sensitive...IMHO...murray
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A few years ago, Hawking was asked what he thought of the common opinion that the twentieth century was that of biology and the twenty-first century would be that of physics. Hawking replied that in his opinion the twenty-first century would be the “century of complexity”. That remark probably holds more useful advice for contemporary students than they realize since it points to at least two skills which are going to be essential for new college grads in the age of complexity: statistics and data visualization. Via Complexity Digest, Ashish Umre
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"century of complexity" sounds like we should therefore concentrate on simplicity in all things mobile... Delete the scoop?
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Public health has long focused on awareness and attitude in promoting behavior change. But health behavior experts and others say that’s not enough — you need to trigger emotion. Via Alex Butler
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Emotion is an amazing neuroprocess...by understanding the link between emotions and the physical body one can speed most any healing processes. Negative emotion = negative consequences...+ve emotion = +ve consequences... Delete the scoop?
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Mobile phones are already well on their way to replacing cameras, cash, maps, remote controls, handheld gaming systems, boarding passes, tickets, cash registers, calculators, notepads, and much more. And they’re becoming globally ubiquitous: 1.6 billion phones were shipped last year; and by the end of this year, 1.4 billion smartphones will be in use. So the question is not so much what smartphones can do, it’s what can’t they do. And the strategic imperative for organizations is to understand how they are going to meet the challenge of that change. A week after sharing its vision of the top 15 emerging technologies, Forrester shared its view of the near future of mobile in analyst Thomas Husson’s report, released today. Here are the top 10 implications for mobile, according to Husson:
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lauryn burkhalter's curator insight,
February 20, 4:46 PM
This is a challenge and an opportunity for organizations globally. However, there are still people who are not able to afford these seemingly ubiquitous tools. How can we provide the world with equal access to information?
Do people deserve the right to access? or is this something that they should own? 
Alex Butler's comment,
February 21, 9:48 AM
This is a good point, however access is complex and we cannot make assumptions. For example NHS Direct data in the UK suggests that those most accessing health information from a smartphone device were actually from the lower socio economic groups with the phone the families only access to the internet. So we need to be cautious when dismissing groups of people from the mobile equation :-)
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Up close and personal with Google's visionary new computer - by Joshua Topolsky on The Verge. Via gdecugis
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Take a look through Google Glass from the perspective of a healthcare worker... 
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February 22, 5:09 PM
Watch the video to et a better sense of how Google Glass works. Delete the scoop?
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According to surveys of art books and exhibitions, artists prefer poses showing the left side of the face when composing a portrait and the right side when composing a self-portrait. However, it is presently not known whether similar biases can be observed in individuals that lack formal artistic training. We collected self-portraits by naïve photographers who used the iPhone™ front camera, and confirmed a right side bias in this non-artist sample and even when biomechanical constraints would have favored the opposite. This result undermines explanations based on posing conventions due to artistic training or biomechanical factors, and is consistent with the hypothesis that side biases in portraiture and self-portraiture are caused by biologically- determined asymmetries in facial expressiveness. Via Ashish Umre Delete the scoop?
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IBM is turning Watson loose on lung cancer, offering up a cloud-based service designed to let doctors from around the country find the best-possible treatments for their patients. Via Alex Butler 
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February 9, 12:07 PM
Very exciting to see the leaders in tech partner with the leaders in cancer care. I believe the next revolution in medicine will be driven by technology and the front line health care and research institutes. Aggregating and utilizing data intelligently will help clinicians and reseachers better provide care to the community. The lines between research trials and the standards of care may gradually blur as new technology driven treatment strategies emerge. Delete the scoop?
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Today, a deep sigh at your smartphone could reveal a well-developed emotional connection with your gadget. But one day those sighs could tip off your doctor to a latent or worsening lung condition
A group at the University of Washington, in collaboration with Seattle Children’s Hospital, is developing a way to check how healthy your lungs are when you breathe out at your smartphone.
For patients with conditions like asthma, chronic bronchitis, or cystic fibrosis doctors sound out their pipes using a spirometer, a device that measures volumes of air breathed in and out. The exhaled volume indicates if the patient’s air passages are clogged and leading to difficulty breathing. . Via Alex Butler
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Another iPhone application I was told about..not verified..was an app that uses the iphone camera to record heart rate and communicate the data to a remote cardiologist...the possibilities are really very broad for this kind of mobile/ health data collection...and ultimately analysis... Delete the scoop?
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I think everyone agrees that male and female gamers react differently to the gaming stimulus... 
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December 12, 2012 10:13 PM
We need to share this info with parents so they can help their children make healthy choices regarding types and amounts of video gameplaying in which they engage. 
Dennis T OConnor's comment,
January 5, 10:41 PM
Note: The origin of this infographic is: http://onlineteachingtoday.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/neurology-of-gaming-infographic/
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"I listened to a podcast interview between Evan Williams and Jeffrey Zeldman yesterday. It had a few bits about Medium, which is his new startup. I am interested in know what his thinking is on this -- as we've been exploring the same territory for a number of years, and his ideas are always worth a listen."
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November 26, 2012 8:09 PM
Interesting take on Medium by Dave Winer. Though I wouldn't agree with everything he says (he still finds blogging easy but hey, isn't he a natural-born blogger?). Delete the scoop?
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"If there's a universal truth in the digital age it's that there's too much content and not enough time to consume it. Naturally, a challenge this large and far reaching is creating opportunities for innovators." writes Steve Rubel of Edelman on the new LinkedIn Tought Leaders section.
He goes on to explain how Scott Beale of Laughing Squid is a great example of using curation to become a media that serves the purpose of developing a company's brand in the age of online media.
"The lesson here is that any company can potentially benefit by thinking and acting like a media company (...) However,you don't necessarily need to create original content."
Great case study. Via gdecugis 
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December 12, 2012 6:21 AM
As a brand development tool..becoming a publisher is a great idea..however...there are good publishers and bad publishers..in the early days of the internet when eveyone thought building a web site was agreat idea..we saw a lot of "bad" website design...from both an aesthetic view and a information view...I fear history may repeat itself with these new curated content sites...that said I am also experimenting with the concept and suggest everyone look for advice when launching their "site"...
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December 12, 2012 6:21 AM
As a brand development tool..becoming a publisher is a great idea..however...there are good publishers and bad publishers..in the early days of the internet when eveyone thought building a web site was agreat idea..we saw a lot of "bad" website design...from both an aesthetic view and a information view...I fear history may repeat itself with these new curated content sites...that said I am also experimenting with the concept and suggest everyone look for advice when launching their "site"...
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Entrepreneurs are inherently risk-takers. But, the tech industry today needs more of the type of risk-takers who go against the grain by actually tackling big, difficult problems. Via Alex Butler Delete the scoop?
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Guest post written by Thomas Morrow Thomas Morrow, M.D., has 25 years experience across the healthcare industry. He currently serves as an unpaid advisor to Next IT, and a medical director at Genentech. Via Alex Butler
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Interesting read... 
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March 13, 9:06 AM
#@patientservices supporting the activated patient / provider not just doctor relationship Delete the scoop?
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Facebook, Google and Amazon Web Services developers are joining academics for a hackathon that will see genetic data transformed into a citizen science mobile game Via Alex Butler
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This is an amazing effort..You can track the progress of the game jam by following the hackers at #CRUKgame Delete the scoop?
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Health tech entrepreneurs and a report released this week look at ways to bridge knowledge and behavior gaps in health technology. Via Alex Butler
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Good report... 
Sven Awege's curator insight,
February 25, 4:17 AM
Social media and HIT combined can bring the behavioral changes, but as usual it will take time, more time than the pioneers expect. The good thing is that it will definately happen, and will democratise health along the way.... slowly!
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February 25, 2:08 PM
I agree it will take time Sven, the interesting thing for me is that we have moved so quickly already. In a short space of time we have gone through the the democratization of information, into the even more powerful connectivity to each other and are coming out of the other side looking at big data and artificial intelligence shaping personal health management on a scale unimaginable 15 years ago. Technology becomes revolutionary though when it is no longer exciting but mundane and ubiquitous.
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Facebook passed Google Maps to become the most used smartphone app at the end of 2012, according to new data from comScore. Via Alex Butler Delete the scoop?
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"I'm starting to resent Apps like I resented CD-ROMs."Writes Scott Hanselman on his blog on Programming, User Experience, The Zen of Computers and Life in General Via gdecugis
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"Go Somewhere and get functionality as opposed to Bring Something To Me to get functionality" Agreed, this is an interesting look back at the recent past that speaks to the current issues in mobile Application Development..Native Mobile Apps versus Web-based Mobile Apps...going way back in the early mobile internet days we argued aboutthe "walled garden" approach that operator's were using to try and "contain" a subscriber community within their - the operator's - ecosystem..
People do not like to be constrained in a "walled garden" approach...
Murray
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February 15, 12:03 PM
This post dates back to 2011 but it explains with great clarity the limitations of Apps as a platform. And the ongoing tensions between native Appsand Web Apps that I already addressed here. Interesting read. Delete the scoop?
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Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram – How Big Is Social Media Around The World? Via myriam, ABroaderView, donhornsby, juandoming, Terheck, Jimun Gimm
Murray McKercher's insight:
In the healthcare context..social media is obviously a big deal..people love to discuss health issues - however, personal health data must be protected if the conversation becomes clinical and sensitive...IMHO...murray 
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February 8, 10:49 AM
By the click of the mouse .. you can go around the world.
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For Social Media 2012 was a year of change and maturity. It’s the year when social media really started to go mainstream, with over 1 billion users on Facebook and 500 million users on Twitter. Via Alex Butler
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91% of mobile internet access being used for social activities... Delete the scoop?
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Five years ago, SEO was all the buzz. Today, it has shifted to "content marketing," which aims to create stories humans want to read and engage with. - The above chart is a good summary of this trend.
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This may be a relevant articel to healthcare I have scooped it here only becuase I am still learning how to best use ScoopIT... 
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January 9, 11:40 PM
thanks ! http://www.scoop.it/t/direct-marketing-services my newly made scoop.it :)
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"In this episode of the podcast I discuss how content curation can help you establish yourself as an online authority without writing your own content on a blog or website." A nice podcast by Ileane Smith for the weekend! Via gdecugis 
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December 11, 2012 8:47 PM
I think there is merit to what Ms. Ileanes says, however I still believe that a teacher needs to be a blogger. 
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December 21, 2012 7:45 PM
If you are just beginning your connection with Scoop.it, or even if you've been using Scoop.it for awhile, you are sure to pick up a pointer or two from Ms. Ileane Smith's podcast. She's soooo enthusiastic and quite complete in her coverage. Great job. And she's correct about being able to establish yourself as an authority without having to write a blog. Delete the scoop?
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There are plenty of people in and around games who make their living largely through behaving like wizards.Whether cynically or not, they can’t help but get wide-eyed and wavey-armed about games and cast a big spell about how awesome they could all be. In so doing they perpetuate the myth that games are hard and so game design needs some serious expertise. Nowhere is this more true than in the field of gamification, where designers, consultants, theoreticians and idea-men write ream after ream of thoughtful intellectualised nonsense about the Meaning Of Things Via Alex Butler Delete the scoop?
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