- Washington DC VA Medical Center Home – A nice nod to Divya Shroff, MD, Associate Chief of Staff, who is pictured.
Archive for February, 2009
Washington DC VA Medical Center Home
February 27th, 2009 | Popularity: 15% 1 commentDesign Guidance — Displaying Graphs and Tables.pdf (application/pdf Object)
February 24th, 2009 | Popularity: 14% 1 comment- Design Guidance — Displaying Graphs and Tables.pdf (application/pdf Object) – Nice set of requirements on visual display of information in electronic health records.
The Psychology of Twitter | World of Psychology
February 23rd, 2009 | Popularity: 12% 1 comment- The Psychology of Twitter | World of Psychology – Informative article and nice display of Tweets from empowerment supporters Jen McCabe Gorman and ePatientDave to boot.
DWT LLP | Practice Areas: Health Law Group Bulletin
February 23rd, 2009 | Popularity: 11% 1 comment- DWT LLP | Practice Areas: Health Law Group Bulletin – Carrots and Sticks: The Stimulus Package Promotes Health Information Technology – a nice overview of the details of health information technology stimulus.
Photo Friday: Presidential Cupcakes
February 20th, 2009 | Popularity: 15% 0 comments | Leave a replyIn New York City, they talk about “cupcake wars” (or as I like to say, “cupcake controversy”). In California, they discuss, “cupcake consciousness.” In Washington, DC, it’s definitely about “cupcake conspiracies.”
I couldn’t resist the opportunity to visit my favorite Smithsonian on this special day. I decided not to stick around for the de-installation at 5pm. Too many carbs at one sitting. Here’s a link to a more complete set of photos. Enjoy.
Surgeons send ‘tweets’ from operating room – CNN.com
February 18th, 2009 | Popularity: 15% 1 commentSurgeons send ‘tweets’ from operating room – CNN.com
Dr. Craig Rogers, the lead surgeon in the Henry Ford surgery, said the impetus for his Twittering was to let people know that a tumor can be removed without taking the entire kidney.
“We’re trying to use this as a way to get the word out,” Rogers said.
This is great! Now, let’s twitter people successfully managing chronic illnesses with the support of their friends and family. I’m still working on my twitterBP-bot, got a little sidetracked…..
Twitter under the microscope, from HP labs
February 18th, 2009 | Popularity: 12% 1 comment- Twitter under the microscope, from HP labs – even when using a very weak definition of “friend” (i.e., anyone who a user has
directed a post to at least twice) we find that Twitter users have a very small number of
friends compared to the number of followers and followees they declare. This implies the
existence of two different networks: a very dense one made up of followers and followees, and
a sparser and simpler network of actual friends.
Social Media in the Workplace
February 18th, 2009 | Popularity: 11% 0 comments | Leave a reply- Social Media in the Workplace – Seventy-five percent of Fortune 1000 companies have a social media strategy. Fifty percent will fail.
Understanding HP Lab’s Twitter Research
February 18th, 2009 | Popularity: 13% 1 comment- Understanding HP Lab’s Twitter Research – A few months ago, I spent an entire day with the HP Labs group in Palo Alto, they’re responsible for the R&D and innovation that goes into their thousands of technology products on the market. I was pleased to see this deep dive scientific research on Twitter by Bernardo A. Huberman, Daniel M. Romero and Fang Wu.
The Height of Power – Washington Post
February 18th, 2009 | Popularity: 11% 1 comment- The Height of Power – Washington Post – As other American fiefdoms fade, Washington looms larger than ever


