biology and medicine

Thoughts about technology, "everyware healthcare" & my dad. (Stories from the ICU, Songs from the LTACH)

Submitted by Lynn Marentette on Apr 06, 2009, 12:16 AM

My father had surgery over a month ago, spent about 3 weeks in the ICU, and now is living the life of luxury in a LTACH, stranded in a city where he does not live, hundreds of miles away from family and friends.   I've written a few blog posts related to health care, emergency health records,

You mean I need to make up my mind?

Submitted by megosfar on Jan 31, 2009, 02:58 PM

 

HASTAC III.  ?Traversing Digital Boundaries.?
This blog is part of a series of blogs leading up to the third annual HASTAC conference, which will be held April 19-21, 2009, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the theme ?Traversing Digital Boundaries.? As the theme suggests, the gathering will focus on the exploration of new territory and on work that crosses, manipulates, or simply ignores traditional boundaries. The conference program will include presentations of research, performances, technology demonstrations, posters, panel discussions, and ?virtual? participation via telepresence technology.  For more information, contact HASTAC3@ncsa.uiuc.edu.

Games for Health Conference, Game Accessibility and Virtual Worlds Preconference

Submitted by Lynn Marentette on May 10, 2008, 04:10 PM

I've posted information about the recent Games for Health conference, inluding a link to my pre-conference presentation slides, on the TechPsych blog.  My talk focused on game accessibi