I recently pulled several articles to help leaders understand Web2.0 better. That’s what’s in the links below.

The image is one that I snapped while taking a flight recently. It reflects the accommodations an already troubled industry is having to make to support our health (or lack thereof).

• CDC trends in obesity 1985 2001 - CDC trends in obesity 1985 2001. Disturbing.
• A List Apart: Articles: Take Control of Your Maps - Useful article about integrating mapping visualization
• A List Apart: Articles: Accessible Data Visualization with Web Standards - Really nice article on simple data visualization using CSS
• VM — Being There, Mar 01 … Virtual Mentor - The use of telemedicine technology, while convenient, can at times be inadequate, as shown in the portrait painting entitled The Doctor, where the physician stays at the bedside of a gravely ill child and offers his presence as comfort to the family. Virt
• Notional Health Server | Economist.com - A flagship service adrift - problems with online booking at the National Health Service
• Health 2.0 | Economist.com - Technology and society: Is the outbreak of cancer videos, bulimia blogs and other forms of â??user generatedâ?? medical information a healthy trend?
• Social networking | Joined-up thinking | Economist.com - Social-networking sites are not just for teenagers. They have business uses too
• Sources and acknowledgements | Economist.com - Helpful links for Web2.0 research from the Economist
• What sort of revolution? | Economist.com - Both good and badâ??but it’s too early to say in what proportions
• The wiki principle | Economist.com - Are many minds better than a few?
• Compose yourself | Economist.com - Journalism too is becoming interactive, and maybe better
• It’s the links, stupid | Economist.com - Blogging is just another word for having conversations
• Among the audience | Economist.com - The era of mass media is giving way to one of personal and participatory media, says Andreas Kluth. That will profoundly change both the media industry and society as a whole

• Emerging Technology | Computers | DISCOVER Magazine - Article on Valdis Krebs’ social networking mapping tool
• orgnet.com - Social network analysis software & services for organizations, communities, and their consultants - This came up today, a reminder of past explorations
• Regional Health Education Online Learning - The Permanente Medical Group - Online, freely available training around patient self-management, provided by the Kaiser Permanente Community benefit. I took a look at the video on chronic conditions. I think this is a good direction in terms of training. I think there are also opportunities, though, to better demonstrate patient-centered care in this medium, including use of the electronic health record (I’m supposed to think that, it’s what I do, after all).
• Portrait Professional - amazing photo enhancer - Could this be the next Internet maps craze?
• Rite Aid adds clinics in Washington, Baltimore - Washington Business Journal: - Rite Aid adds clinics in Washington, Baltimore, working with Medstar Health