internet for doctors: basics about computer use for physicians
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The internet is an extraordinary tool for improving a doctor's quality of service. This presentation is meant to introduce the internet to Physician first timers on computers..TRANSCRIPT
Internet For Doctors
Dr.Neelesh BhandariMBBS (AFMC), MDP.G Human rights
CEO: Digital MedCom Solutions
www.digmed.in
What Is The Internet
Components of InternetWorld Wide WebEmailChatInstant MessengerFTPP2P, etc.
Using the browser
• M/C is Internet Explorer
• Bookmarking
It’s not all open!
• Google.com indexes 26.5 billion public web pages.
• 92+ billion static web pages
• 9.5 billion static pages are hidden from the public.
• 300+ billion database-driven pages are completely invisible to Google.
How Doctors Use Internet
• Email : Colleagues, Patients, Family• Search for medical literature (EBM)• Subject related treatment guidelines• Keep up-to-date with recent updates• Get in touch with other doctors (network)• Look for new events/ conferences• Follow up with patients• Info about ongoing clinical trials
How Doctors Use Internet
• Check for Drug -Drug Interactions
• Follow important medico-legal decisions and cases in various courts
• Get second/ expert opinion on pathological and radiological reports
• Telecardiology
• Full text of medical textbooks / ebooks
We Will look At:
• Email and news alerts
• Social Media: Facebook and LinkedIn
• Using Search engines
• Top Medical Websites
1) Email
First used in October, 1971 ( 40 years ago)
Term ‘e-mail’ used first in 1982
In 2004, Gmail opens to Public
E-mail is officially termed ‘email’ in 2011
Things to Note
• To ; CC ; BCC
• Design your signature WELL!
• Auto-response is meant to be used
• Learn to label, Group, Search old mails
• MS Outlook has many features. Play with them!
My Tip: Get on Gmail.
Easy to open
Huge storage (8 GB+)
Can handle many accounts
Displays info about sender
Can be used to log into many services
Gets you Google profile
Improves your search rankingSo easy to find you online
Etc, etc
Staying Updated
Internet is a wonderful source of news, But searching the web for news on various
topics everyday is a pain!
Get News In Your Email
Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.
www.google.com/alerts
2) Social Networking
• Meeting new people and keeping up with old friends
• Two main channels for doctors
1.Facebook
2.LinkedIn
• Most Popular • 800 million users• Indians among top 5• Healthcare Uses• Can be used for reputation management,
helping follow up cases, getting new patients and PR
• Privacy concerns
are manageable
www.facebook.com
Types Of Facebook Presence
• Personal Profile (book your name, eg: www.facebook.com/drneelesh )
• Business Page
• Groups : Open / Closed / Secret
My Tip: Use Facebook extensively
• Keep your personal profile for family and friends
• Create a Business Page for PR/ Practice
• Create closed group for follow up cases
www.Linkedin.com
• THE most important network for YOU
• Largest Professional Gathering Worldwide
• Always Gets Good Google Ranking
( so patients can find you online easily)
Advantages
• One place for your complete professional profile
• Find other specialty doctors here
• Connect with new people ( doctors and patients)
• Recommend and get recommended
• Show off your professional excellence
• Easy exporting of resume
My Tip: Your Best Investment
• Spend time creating a complete profile
• Keep it Strictly professional
• Reconnect with old classmates
• Recommend people
• Actively grow your network, your reputation depends on it
• Showcase your powerpoint presentations!
3) Search Engines
The Decade of Google
Others popular ones are Bing and Yahoo
Better Use Of Google
> Search operators
1) “ ”: “cyst of Morgagni”
2) AND: Tuberculosis AND Kidney
3) OR: Tuberculosis OR Koch’s
• Also use timeline to limit dates
Search withinTime period
Search by Region
Search by language
Google Advanced Search options
Google Scholar Search Engine
scholar.google.com
Medical Websites
• For Medical Journals and Articles
• Medical Books
• Latest News Releases
• Epidemic Alerts and Reports
• Medical Videos and Animations
• Medical Power Points
• Medical Jokes and Cartoons
Pubmed.com
World’s best website for searching Medical articles
cdc.gov
www.cdc.gov
who.int
www.who.int
www.medscape.com
insidermedicine.comMedical videos
insidermedicine.com
“The Insidermedicine Project is a physician-led news and knowledge-translation initiative that allows patients, doctors and medical students to keep up on the latest medical information by watching our unique videos that are created each and every weekday by our team of medical experts. Our goal is to reach patients, medical doctors and students around the world to ensure that each is receiving a daily "evidence based" health and medical update. “
Dr. Sanjay Sharma
www.thecochranelibrary.com
MedicalStudent.com
A digital library of authoritative medical information for the medical student and all students of medicine
www.icmr.nic.in
www.guidelines.gov
Slideworld.comwww.slideworld.org
Powerpoint presentations on medical topics
www.medical-jokes.com
Not to miss…
• Wikipedia.com and Medpedia.com
• Medical Dictionary: www.medterms.com
• Doctors Community: www.docglobal.com
• Patient education: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
