Month: May 2012

“What doctor” reveals ranking of top Internet specialties. -psychologists and dentists account for 64% of the top online medical specialties -The ‘ irritable ’ is the medical term more sought by users of what medical Madrid, may 2012.- what doctor, the directory of health 2.0 reference in our country, has made known the specialties and medical terms most searched on the net. What doctor has been able to develop this ranking thanks to the more than 800,000 consultations carried out per year in this Portal of health 2.0. As you can see in Figure 1, the search of psychologists (35%) and dentists (29%) in Internet stands out above the rest of the specialities. Other specialties sought by patients in the network are gynecologists (9%) or pediatricians (6%). if you look at the medical terms most searched on the network (Figure 2) we are that the ‘ irritable ’ (16%), the ‘ urinalysis ’ (15%) or the ‘ cytology ’ (12%) are the consultations more frequently carried out by patients the health 2.0 portal what doctor. Other frequently asked questions are about of ‘ analysis of blood ’ or ‘ kidney stones ’. It’s frequent medical problems of concern to patients, who come to Internet in search of answers or the best specialists they can be treated. these data show the power of the Internet as a prescriber when it...

mass monitoring of transmission via surgery Twitter open heart ” Spain, may 2012.- last week took place via Twitter, and transmission in real time, of a surgical intervention (aortic valve replacement by a bioprótesis)organized by PortalesMedicos.com this activity, pioneer in the transmission of medical events, developed normally and lasted around two and a half hours, during which the organizers were publishing various advances of the intervention, through comments of text and images. The audience at the event (with the hashtag # EventoPMed) has exceeded all expectations, reaching a turnover record, with more than one million impressions, 72.882 followers of the event and nearly 400 retweets ” during the same. Fortunately, operated patient severe aortic stenosis (78 years) evolves favorably in the postoperative period and does not have any complication. Intervention caused a sensation among fans, that literally bombed ” the organizers with messages of congratulations and thank you for a very innovative initiative. Links of interest: www.portalesmedicos.com...