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Medicine Made Easy

alexandregouveia — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:48:37 +0000

Engaging kids in healthcare can be one of the many hard tasks of a health professional, but surely one of the most rewarding.

Nowadays, creating technologic platforms for health education is more than an alternative; it’s mandatory.

This is certainly going in that direction: Medikidz - medical information for kids!

The 5 Medikidz – Axon, Gastro, Skinderella, Pump and Chi – are a “group of larger-than-life. space-dwelling characters” that live on a 3D virtual world, a planet called Mediland and shaped as the human body. By using graphic novels, medicine information pamphlets, an online information edutainment environment, online games, and of course, social networking, the Medikidz are determined to explain medical concepts in a simple and understandable way, empowering children and their parents. Everything starting in next July.

This is the 3D view of the Stomach Room with some food in it.

Will it be possible for grown-up docs to pay a visit? I would love to take a journey trough Mediland and remind those days of “Il était une fois la vie”.

More information:

Facebook – Medikidz Foundation

E-Health Europe: World’s first kid’s medical website announced

Habbo – Medikidz group

Personal Health Records in Primary Care

alexandregouveia — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:22:14 +0000

EMR Services of Canada Blog has a interesting post about Personal Health Records in Primary Care, their importance and the impact on the quality of the provided health care.

Read the post by clicking the image:

More information about Personal Health Records:

Wikipedia: Personal Health Record

Personal Health Records 2.0 by Gunther Eysenbach

Microsoft Health Vault

Google Health

Intel Health Guide I

alexandregouveia — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:52:23 +0000

Interesting video about Intel Health Guide.

Intel Health Guide

alexandregouveia — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:44:51 +0000

Intel’s release of this home care medical device is an interesting development in Personal Health Records. The management of chronic diseases becomes more simple: the patient can monitorize their own vital signs and have a online consultation with their physician, by using a specific hardware – the Intel Health Guide PHS6000.

More information on the Intel Health Guide here.