EAHIL

12th ECMHL Lisbon: 1st Call for Papers

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The 12th European Conference of Medical and Health Libraries, Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal, 14th – 18th June 2010

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS

The International Programme Committee invites you to submit papers and
posters for the 12th European Conference of Medical and Health
Libraries “DISCOVERING NEW SEAS OF KNOWLEDGE: technologies,
environments and users in the future of health libraries” to be held
in Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal, 14th – 18th June 2010.

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Smartphone

15 Free Healthcare Apps for the iPhone

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FierceHealthcare rezensiert in 15 Free Healthcare Apps for the iPhone die folgenden 15 Anwendungen:

  • WebMD Mobile for checking symptoms of a lingering illness to get a better understanding of drugs
  • Epocrates Rx, designed with healthcare professionals in mind and a continuously updated drug database
  • EmergenKey
  • Notfallkoffer
  • Diabetes Log keeps track of all vital information–glucose readings, food intake and medical records
  • Health Cloud lets Google Health users access their personal health records
  • General Medical History aids medical students in taking a patient’s history
  • Headache Diary helps patients to keep logs of all their headaches on a day-to-day basis
  • ReachMD CME is for the physician who want to earn Continuing Medical Education credits by listing to the programs and take the corresponding CME test from their iPhones
  • iTriage allows patients to enter their symptoms into a database, where probable diseases, treatments and directions are automatically pointed out
  • ICD9 Consult allows for easy access to medical diagnosis coding by disease classification
  • Swine Flu Tracker allows users to keep track of all outbreaks of swine flue throughout the world with Google Maps
  • iSleep Tracker allows users to keep track of their sleeping habits by charts and logs over time
  • Skyscape Medical Resources is a four-part app that helps users do everything from staying updated on the lastest medical information to remembering medical algorithms and calculations
  • Natural Cures helps users to learn how to combine natural and prescription therapies to maximize their health
  • MedCalc is a free medical calculator use primarily by physicians to get easy access to complicated medical formulas
Allgemeines

Mehrwertsteuer für Bücher rauf auf 19% ?

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Unter der Überschrift Deutschen droht höhere Mehrwertsteuer berichtet der Spiegel Online über Informationen der „Bild“-Zeitung, nach denen die Union nach der Wahl eine Mehrwertsteuererhöhung erwägt. Der ermäßigte Satz, der vor allem für Lebensmittel, Wildpferde, Schnittblumen und eben auch Bücher gilt, könnte demnach von sieben auf 19 Prozent steigen. Bibliotheken würden dadurch erhebliche Kaufkraftverluste entstehen. Mir fehlt der Überblick, ob dem Regelungen der EU entgegen stehen (Herr Kämper, wissen Sie mehr?).

Smartphone

Genombewußt einkaufen mit dem Smartphone

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In Your Mobile and Your Genomic Data? A ScienceRoll diskutiert Bertalan Meska die Eignung des Google Smartphones für die so genannte Genome Based Economy, d.h. „genombewußtes Einkaufen“. Ich scanne den Schokoriegel im Supermarkt und das G-Phone sagt mir, ob ich mir das erlauben kann mit meiner Adipositas-Disposition auf Chromosome 22:

Using the Google Phone’s built-in bar code reader, Dr. Pellionisz demonstrated how personal genome computing can detect genome-friendly and genome-supportive products from foods to cosmetics to building materials and beyond. In a demonstration, the PDA user was assumed to have a genomic proclivity to Parkinson’s Disease. The demonstration leveraged the Google Phone’s bar code reader to capture product information and a product rating scale to identify the prevention efficacy of any product under consideration. The consumer is equipped to make immediate product comparisons based on both personal health-preferences and genomic information with special consideration of the disease or syndrome of concern.