Recently, many University of South Alabama College of Medicine faculty, staff and students shared the web pages and blogs they most frequently visit. This is the first of three posts.
Dr. Allen Perkins, chair of family medicine, started his blog, http://usafamilymedicine.wordpress.com/, to help with resident recruitment. He also uses it to express his opinions regarding the healthcare delivery system. Dr. Perkins’ blog is a favorite among several faculty and staff, including Karen Braswell, secretary in the office of sttudent affairs at the medical school.
Dr. Perkins also refers to this blog, written by his friend Josh Freeman. The blog includes information about health policy, often expressing a point of view not found in mainstream medical blogs. Dr. Perkins frequently references the Kaiser Family Foundation for information about the healthcare delivery system and the New Republic blog to keep abreast of policy issues.
A large number of USA faculty and staff use PubMed, which comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.
Dr. Ronald Franks, vice president for health sciences, frequently visits the Archives of General Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Franks, along with Dr. Eugene Quindlen, chair of neurosurgery, regularly visit MedScape for medical news and full-text journal articles.
Dr. Quindlen finds the Medical Quack, a blog run by Barbara Duck, useful for up-to-date posts on a broad spectrum of the medical industry. He visits this site to follow what is happening in the EMR industry.
CardioSource is a favorite among Dr. Frank Pettyjohn, chair of emergency medicine.
Shyla Reddy, assistant professor of family medicine, frequently uses the American Geriatrics Society because it provides comprehensive information on the common diseases and disorders of older adults. For more information and videos on a variety of geriatric topics, she visits http://nihseniorhealth.gov/.
Carl Taylor, director of the Center for Strategic Health Innovation, reads http://thehealthcareblog.com/ because of the leadership and expertise of the bloggers and because of the feedback of the readers. Taylor said the site is a great resource for debates over health reform, health policy and health IT. He also regularly follows and blogs on MedTech-IQ, a social network site focused on health IT and funding.
Next week we'll continue to share more.
