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Image via CrunchBaseThe first iPad reviews are out, and they're very positive. Here's a selection of the reviews (compiled by MacRumors): David Pogue, New York TimesWalt Mossberg, All Things DAndy Inhatko, Chicago Sun TimesHere's a roundup of recent medical blogs commentary on the iPad: iMedical Apps has a nice review of how 5 medical apps might appear on the iPad, including the Blausten Human...

Image via WikipediaIn November 2009 Hall & Partner published a study sponsored by Google titled "Connecting with Physicians Online." (Here's the webinar on YouTube and here's the PDF of the presentation.) The study's aim was to better understand how physicians use the internet in their clinical practices. As you'd expect from a study sponsored by Google, it was particularly focused on how...

When you type a search query into Google's web search, a feature called Google Suggest will offer searches that other users have typed that are similar to the one you're typing. Sometimes, this can provide an eye-opening view of how the Internet — or at least, the people who search Google — feel about a particular topic. For example, here are the Google suggested searches for "Doctors...

Image by americanlibraries via FlickrSpoiler alert. Atul's Gawandes new book, The Checklist Manifesto, begins and ends with an ocean of blood. Each of these gruesome bookends is a surgical catastrophe which illustrates the major point of the book: how a simple, "unsexy" checklist can improve medical care. Many excellent reviews of The Checklist Manifesto have already been written. (See, for...

The holy grail of resolution is not high definition video, but telepresence — resolution so good it feels like you're looking through a window, not a TV set or a monitor. Resolution so detailed you feel like you are there. The RED Digital Cinema Camera Company offers a new line of high definition video cameras which have gained an enthusiastic following among directors. (For example, Steven...