“Imagine you’re out in the middle of nowhere and you want to be able to diagnose malaria,” says Daniel Fletcher, holding up what looks like a cellphone sprouting a kaleidoscope. All you have to do is aim the phone at a patient’s wan-looking skin or a drop of blood squeezed onto a microscope slide, he explains. Then you point, click, and hit “send.” The digital image zips to an off-site lab, where a technician scans it for signs of disease and e-mails back an initial diagnosis—all in less than 10 minutes. “In developing countries, patients wouldn’t have to go to a clinic,” he says. “You could make a diagnosis right in the field.” Although many impoverished patients lack access to clinics, 80 percent of the world’s population lives near a cellphone tower.
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Impact of wireless networks on human health | Australian Science - 0 views
web has changed health - 0 views
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Determining how much the web has changed our health.
How Wireless Technology can Affect the Body - 2 views
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The article explains that a long period of exposure to the radiofrequency that is generated by cell phones has been known to cause various types of cancer. This would be a good article to use for the Flat Classroon Project.
The Health Effects of Social Networking - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Economic sectors such as transport, agriculture and housing have profound impacts on health. For instance, transport is a major factor in traffic injuries, air pollution and noise. But "healthy transport policies" can help reduce these risks, as well as promoting walking and cycling. In agriculture, fertilizers and pesticides may boost crop yields.
http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_hc07_popaper4.pdf - 0 views
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How ubiquitous computing is effecting the treatment of mental health issues like depression and OCD.
Web 2.0 and How it Affects Health Care - 0 views
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This entry gives some information and examples of how Web 2.0 helps health care in positive ways.
Spring Medical Systems Adds NoMoreClipboard.com Patient Portal to EHR Product Offering - 0 views
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Spring Medical Systems Adds NoMoreClipboard.com Patient Portal to EHR Product Offering .This is a article about two health workflowsoftware compaines teaming up.
Online Networking 'Harms Health' - 1 views
Health Behaviors Influenced by Social Networking - 0 views
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Great resource, Shaine with some hard data and studies to back it up! Can you go back in and add an additional tag of "flatclassroomproject" to each source?
"Social Networking Comes to Health Care" - 0 views
"BPM in Healthcare" - 0 views
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This is an outline of an eBook series. It has summary of essays mention in the book, and it is a very good source for workflow in the health world.
Making All the Right Calls | Popular Science - 1 views
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With mobile devices like this, home health aides could start to provide diagnostic services, and they could also take pictures over time to show doctors whether a patient is getting better. We’ve got an opportunity to leapfrog some of the costs of health care.”—
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Incredible story of how cell phones will be used to diagnose disease - a PERFECT movie!
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Wow!!! Using cell phone technology, high powered medical diagnosis and lab work can be provided remotely through cameras. This is what letting students work with cell phones can do as this is Daniel Fletcher and his undergraduates at the University of California worked to create a mobile diagnosis tool from cell phones. THIS is innovation. Harness the untapped power of student creativity and innovation and use it as a learning process. DO IT NOW!!
Discovery Education | Discovering Diabetes - 1 views
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This is an example of social entrepreneurship and a new way that people are connecting online. This is a great organization (Discovery - discovery channel, etc.) and they have a great program.
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My Dad has diabetes as did my grandfather. This is a great program and discovery does things right -- please consider letting your students join this great event. "Discovery Education has launched a program for high school health/science teachers designed to help educate students about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The site includes lesson plans (coming soon), lots of videos and multimedia interactives on digestion, blood glucose and diabetes. To recognize World Diabetes Day on November 14, all students with Type 1 diabetes are encouraged to create videos to "Shout Out" about diabetes and tell their story. For each video submitted, Novo Nordisk will make a donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to help fund research leading to a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Plus, each student who submits a video will receive a free Discovery DVD. "
WeAre.Us - Social Support Networks for People Who are Ill - 1 views
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Social Support Network for people who are quite ill. Could inspire a video scene?
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Patient-led, positive, and private health communities dedicated to patients, family, friends, and caregivers of those coping with chronic, life-shaping illnesses and conditions.
Virtual community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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It's argued that online relations are not as valuable as offline ones because there is less socialization. Concerns with this kind of interaction also include verbal aggression and inhibitions, promotion of suicide and issues with privacy
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whsb health_science
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virtual communication on health
Social Networks and Health - 1 views
Social Networking and Health - 1 views
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