Medical Instagram Lets Doctors Crack Difficult Cases Together. Figure 1 is a new photo sharing app for healthcare professionals that enables them to post images to the medical community and comment on them.
The app provides a safe way to capture and share medical images in real-time, and doctors will be able to learn from others through the platform. Co-founder Joshua Landy, MD says he developed Figure 1 because he wanted “a safe way to share medical images with the medical community, while protecting patients’ privacy.” Healthcare professionals can upload and view high quality images of medical conditions with the Figure 1 medical community, add arrows, comments and tags to their pictures, and receive feedback from others in their field. The app features simple image uploading, automatic face blocking, and the ability to remove identifying patient details with the swipe of a finger. Public, private or small group sharing can be selected for each image, and they can be saved for later in a Favorites folder. Clear.md - search for any health topic and watch short videos from local health care providers.
General public has fundamental misunderstanding of cost and value of medicines - ABPI. A new survey commissioned by the ABPI has revealed that the British public misunderstands the cost and value of medicines in the UK.
Page Content The figures show that many mistakenly believe the NHS spends much more on medicines than it actually does, whilst there is poor understanding of the huge expense involved in their discovery, development, approval and launch. The head of the UK pharmaceutical industry believes it is vital that the public better understands the facts and fully appreciates their low cost compared to their considerable economic and health benefits.
The survey shows: Over a third of respondents (35 per cent) think that 20 per cent or more of the NHS budget is spent on medicines. Commenting, Stephen Whitehead, Chief Executive of the ABPI, said: “I am really concerned that people do not understand the cost or value of medicines in this country. Media enquiries Notes to Editor. Doctors Use Facebook As A Diagnostic Tool. Facebook is being used increasingly in the medical field, and not only for patients seeking advice.
A report from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota shows that one doctor used a patient’s Facebook profile (with her consent) to pinpoint what caused a stroke by looking at recent photographs. Doctors Manoj Mittal, Jeff Sloan, and Alejandro Rabinstein of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota wrote a case study showing how the social network could be an efficient tool for doctors. The study describes a healthy 56-year-old woman who didn’t smoke and had no major health problems, but had recently suffered a stroke. Previously, a doctor would examine a patient’s driver’s license photo or other previous physical photographs to look for facial differences that may yield clues. The doctors asked the woman for permission to look at her photos on Facebook, and they were able to give a correct diagnosis. 3 Things Medical Conferences Can Learn From Tech Events.
Sometimes I feel as if I am living in two different parallel universes.
Here’s why … As a trained internist with a specialization in cardiology, I regularly attend national and international cardiology meetings and as a blogger and startup founder I frequently attend tech conferences. Right now, I am at the conference of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in Munich with around 30,000 participants. The differences between those two types of professional gatherings are striking. Here are just 3 of them: Difference #1: The focus of medical conferences like the ESC is on the uptake of information. 80% of the time is spent in dark and crowded lecture rooms staring at busy powerpoint presentations. The focus of tech conferences (like LeWeb) is on networking.
Difference #2: Usability of large medical conferences is usually awful: the venue is huge and confusing and the walks to and from the lectures take longer than a hike through the Austrian Alps (and they are big). Difference #3: Skipr.