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At the Zorg 2.0 Event on March 24th the website of the Dutch knowledge portal for acute care was launched called AcuteZorg.nl. AcuteZorg.nl wants to exchange knowledge and information among professionals, foster care, by providing a digital platform with reliable information. In addition the aim is to introduce the possibilities of new media to health care professionals. One part of the site is under the tab "Library". Here is some translated info about this library: The website www.acutezorg.nl/bibliotheek is the result of a partnership between the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, UMC Utrecht (Julius Centrum voor Gezondheidswetenschappen en Eerstelijns Geneeskunde, UMC Utrecht ) and the Dutch Knowledge Center, Primary Care Centers and Acute Care, (Nederlands Kenniscentrum Huisartsenposten en Spoedzorg), UMC St Radboud in Nijmegen. Both organizations have scientific expertise in the field of emergency and acute care on general items, ambulance serv...

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Image by testdriverone via Flickr I had the honour to meet Bertalan Mesko this week at the Zorg 2.0 conference in Nijmegen. The 24-year old medical Hungarian student and internet entrepreneur with Webicina.com. The medical library world knows him as the person behind ScienceRoll , one of the most read medical blogs about web 2.0 and the mash-up with health care. He spoke about the use of communities for professionals in health care. With the use of Second Life as educational tool, the experience of two communities and how the training can be embedded. It is his aim to help medical professionals and patients enter the web 2.0 era by providing them with e-courses, consulting and personalized packages. First ones he launced are Diabetes and Depression . Berci is also responsible for the web 2.0 meta medical search engine you can see in the left menu of this blog. One the useful tools to help professionals to keep up to date is his PeRSSonalized Medical Search . It offers quick conv...

Image by Travelin' Librarian via Flickr It is not new and we have been using it often, but not blogged about it. The Central Medical Library of the UMCG is doing presentations and demo's on a regular bases at departments of the hospital to show what services are available. We also show new developments in Healthcare and web 2.0 and try to make applied use of it. At some places we can not show our Library Toolbar , because the default browser in the hospital is Internet Explorer and, as you would suspect, not everybody has admin rights to install software like Firefox . To be abled to show at least how the Library Toolbar works, we use a usb-stick with a portable version of Firefox with the toolbar pre-installed and so far it is really working fine!

| Get your Presentation Pack The Zorg 2.0 (Health2.0) Event in Nijmegen was a great success. The range of talks and perspectives was very broad, but also gave a number of specific good examples of good practice in Health2.0 projects. Have a look at the presentations and you will see how to make healtcare more transparant and make the best use of web 2.0 tools to enhance communication and interaction between patient and healtcare professionals. Arrange the care around the patients and not around the doctors. Train your staff to deal with, to engage and emerge in this vision of healthcare. Choose your applications wisely to get, use, adapt or even create your own best applied use of it in your organization. It is not about the tools, but about the whole process and workflow around healthcare and your vision. It will have influence on all aspects, but has to be introduced with care and step by step. More on this events will follow soon! For instance the video recordings o...

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75% of all online adult get health Information from the Internet. Health questions drive internet users age 73 and older to the internet just as frequently as they drive Generation Y users, outpacing teens by a significant margin. Researching health information is the third most popular online activity with the most senior age group, after email and online search. Pew Research generations Online For many HealthCare professionals the possibilities of the Web are still hidden. The Zorg 2.0 Event wants to improve awareness, share information and learn healthcare professionals about the challenges the Internet has to offer. ( automatic translated english version ) New media such as weblogs, online communities, Twitter , podcasts , vodcasts, RSS feeds, can support professionals in the exchange of information but also in exchange of experiences, facilitate hospital admissions, etc. The internet can also be used as a 2-way communication between professionals and patients. The optimal ...