The Hippocratic oath meets Web 2.0

December 19, 2007

A website that aims to provide accurate information for patients, with a plan to facilitate shared records.

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FancyName gets a Fancy Name – stepUp Coming Soon

December 19, 2007

Addendum : stepUp.org.au now online.
In a previous post we forshadowed an open-source GP-based collaborative lifestyle project for patients to improve their fitness and lose weight.
Thanks for all the feedback I have received.
The project is based on what we have learned about system change.
Improvements are best made in incremental steps, measuring as we go [...]

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Molehills, Mountains and Change Management

December 3, 2007
Molehills, Mountains and Change Management

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Much of the work we do as clinicians involves behaviour change.
In a recent Health Report on Radio National, Norman Swan interviewed the American researcher Associate Professor Kent Harber. Prof Harber has done research on the affect the amount of social support and our available resources affect our [...]

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