Medicine 2.0 Conference

/ Katja Reuter

September 16/17th, 2009 in Toronto …

…also known as the World Congress on Social Networking and Web 2.0 Applications in Medicine, Health, Health Care, and Biomedical Research.

The conference program includes aspects of “Web 2.0 Web-based services for health care consumers, caregivers, patients, health professionals, and biomedical researchers, that use Web 2.0 technologies as well as semantic web and virtual reality tools, to enable and facilitate specifically social networking, participation, apomediation, collaboration, and openness within and between these user groups”.

New Clinical and Translational Science Network

/ Katja Reuter / 1 Comment

In the spirit of people being the prerequisite for success a new Clinical and Translational Science Network (CTSciNet) was recently launched by Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It is described as a “career-development Web portal for clinical and translational investigators with an experimental, evolving communications infrastructure”. The portal provides articles and perspectives about training and career-related issues, resources, and partners in clinical and translational science. As it develops, CTSciNet’s online professional network intends to connect clinical and translational science communities worldwide. I like the Forum Primer that provides answers to the Forum’s most frequently asked questions and links back to the original Forum discussions.

The Password Dilemma: Federated Identity Management launched at Indiana University

/ Katja Reuter

No more lists with numerous usernames and passwords that get lost in the end anyway. There is a solution and the University of Indiana is among the masterminds to make it work. Indiana’s federated identity management system allows researchers from across the country to access resources using the user ID and password of their home institution. If you like, take a closer look at Indiana’s CTSI website.

Mini, here is a statement by Bill Barnett: “By deploying federated identity support, the Indiana CTSI HUB can create a trusted online environment in which people can come together, easily access state-of-the-art technologies and services, and use them to work collaboratively to improve health care practice and outcomes while protecting patient privacy.”

Kristine, I remember you mentioned InCommon. The “Indiana CTSI HUB is a participant in the InCommon identity federation which currently claims 95 participating institutions; federal organizations such as the NIH, the National Science Foundation, and The Energy Sciences Network; and industry partners including Microsoft and Apple”.

Group blogging via email

/ kristinemoss / 2 Comments

From Mashable:

posterous logoPosterous is the super simple blogging platform that doesn’t require an account, and makes sharing anything on the Web or via email impossibly easy.

Now, the company is releasing a feature that turns group blogging into something you can manage right from your inbox. Whether you have an email list or group blog that is for private, public, or for the family, you can now not only post to Posterous via email, but also get instant notifications and add comments without ever leaving your inbox.

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Posterous Turns Email Lists Into Group Blogs.