(The) health informaticist: collaborative blogging for health, fun and, erm, profit
โขDownload as PPT, PDFโข
0 likesโข566 views
Given with Hanna at Health Libraries Group Conference 2010. Talked about our participation in a group blog (the) health informaticist (now defunct). Advantages and issues with group blogging
Recommended
Recommended
More Related Content
Similar to (The) health informaticist: collaborative blogging for health, fun and, erm, profit
Similar to (The) health informaticist: collaborative blogging for health, fun and, erm, profit (20)
More from Alan Fricker
More from Alan Fricker (13)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
(The) health informaticist: collaborative blogging for health, fun and, erm, profit
- 1. (the) health informaticist http://healthinformaticist.wordpress.com/ collaborative blogging for health, fun and, erm, profit
- 4. Outline โข What our blog is all about โข The origins of (the) health informaticist โข The experience of collaborative blogging โข Top posts โข Connections to other organisations โข Plans for the future
- 6. Who we are Hanna: Researches clinical guidelines for NICE. Science nut. Involved with SLA Europe and the LIKE group. Loves a good argument. Alan F: NHS librarian of longish standing and above average height. A past Chair of HLG and is on more committees than he cares to own up to. His enthusiasm for all things info is occasionally scary to other, more slapdash tHI authors. The only one of us who is a MCLIP Danielle: Charities, Sharepoint, BMJ, NICE guidelines, question-answering services, Cochrane, CILIP Gazette. You name it, Dani has done it. Also really quite tall. Oh, and sheโs Canadian too Alan L: Lonely information specialist for small EBM company Bazian. As well as the usual searching stuff also looks after knowledge management, intranet, webpage etc, and manages a few BMJ journals. Failed academic
- 8. Weโre not the only collaborative blog out thereโฆ
- 10. In the Library with the leadpipe
- 11. TechCrunch
- 13. How it all started 1. To encourage me to become and remain more aware of current developments in my field; 2. To act as a notepad or journal of interesting things I've read or heard aboutโฆ; 3. To possibly act as a useful current awareness tool for others in the field of health informatics. โ โ
- 14. Why switch to group format? โข Lazy founder-blogger, needed help โข More frequent posts would attract more readers. Also surely co-bloggers would read posts? โข Group blog would allow differing points of view on issues โข Founder-blogger is sole info specialist in small company - wanted friends
- 15. Why only four bloggers? โข Tried to find some others but difficult to find regular contributors โข Could still add more but as now a group blog would be more of a group decision โข Felt a good range of sectors / views had been reached
- 16. Best and Worst Top Posts ๏ Guides on how to develop integrated care ๏ Clinical Reader: Malicious or just stupid? ๏ Boots teams up to Web MD ๏ Authentication is confusing ๏ Rate your doctor Not so hot (2010โs underachievers) ๏ Looking to the Future of CILIP โ if anyone can be botheredโฆ ๏ Group blogs- whatโs your experience- this drew a blank! ๏ HBRโs predictions for working in 2010 - filler, I admit. ๏ Medlibโs Rounds- why oh why? ๏ Suggestion Tools โ this was even illustrated!
- 17. Top 10 Search Terms ๏ informaticist ๏ boots md ๏ health informaticist ๏ cochrane guidelines ๏ rate your doctor ๏ is google street view a threat to privacy ๏ integrated care pathways ๏ integrated care pathways nhs ๏ buy sativex ๏ commonly misspelled medical words
- 18. Benefits of group blogging โข Raise profile โ and motivate yourself to keep up to date as you need something to write about โข Profitable โ not monetarily but you get out what you put in, broaden your horizons, learn about other aspects of information management โข Fun โ meet new people, argue about issues down the pub
- 19. And some disadvantagesโฆ โข Lack of personal brand or consistent voice โข There is the potential for two posts on same topic , though this is rare โข Everyone might decide to post on the same day, then quiet for a fortnight โข Design โ we can never agree on what looks good โข stats envy: โhow come that post got more views than mine?โ
- 20. Connections to other organisations and outreach โข Recommended resource for journalists (Cochrane Library) โข Listed on Medpedia โข Cross posting on Twitter / Linkedin- Twitter a top referrer! โข Personal connections to professional groups โข LIKE group
- 21. Future plans โข Market ourselves more โข Find an interface we can all love โข Find a few more blog authors โ anyone interested?
- 22. Did we mention the pubs?
- 23. (the) health informaticist http://healthinformaticist.wordpress.com/ Any questions?
Editor's Notes
- What weโre about How well have we done to stick to this remit? I admit to ranting on about EBM itself and science and weโve strayed into *politics* shock horror as it affects our work e.g. NHS funding or whether the NHS should pay for homeopathy
- Add photos? Or cartoon versions?? AKA what a health informaticist looks like
- Talk about debates around professional identity
- Library Garden: written by 13 people and cutting across sectors From: About Libraryย Garden โLibrary Garden has been conceived as an ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, consortial, state, youth, LIS) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries.โ Choice of images?
- really shows what a group blog can do with collaborative postsย and interesting variedย view points.ย ย
- written by lots of different people, frequently updated and with a good mixture of new developments, product reviews and more in depth debate. Not very health informatics but definitely web 2.0ย
- ย highly specialised use of the group blog format.ย Brilliant sharing tool for no cost but a little time.
- Why set up thi blog? - trying wordpress (having used blogger previously) - No expectation of people reading - a note pad memo to self affair ย Why change to group? - v lazy - wanted more readers - more frequent posts would help attract them - wanted a wider view point and those engaged in bigger teams / organisations ย Why stop at current (fantastic) four? - Tried a few others but didn't work out - Could still add more but as now a group blog would be more of a group decision - felt a good range of sectors / views had been reached
- The homepage scored the highest by far at over 3,000 views. Guides on integrated care was the top actual post with over 1,000 views. Syndicated views are often double or triple actual trips to the blog on the first day of the post. Worst posts scored under 100 syndicated/ actual views.
- Benefits of blogging becomes "benefits of group blogging" - Variety of experience - less time commitment - social element - maintains interest of audience through lean spells - increases engagement - raises profile (does this still work in group thing?) ย Disadvantages - Lack of personal brand - awkward url - potential for two posts on same topic (rare) - potential for clusters of posts reducing time at top - picking a template - no consistent voice - stats envy (turns out all those present look at the stats and thought it was only them)
- Benefits of blogging becomes "benefits of group blogging" - Variety of experience - less time commitment - social element - maintains interest of audience through lean spells - increases engagement - raises profile (does this still work in group thing?) ย Disadvantages - Lack of personal brand - awkward url - potential for two posts on same topic (rare) - potential for clusters of posts reducing time at top - picking a template - no consistent voice - stats envy (turns out all those present look at the stats and thought it was only them)