Cisco opens the ‘Hospital of the Future’

25 02 2008

Cisco announce the launch of the ‘Hospital of the Future’ in Second Life. Working with Palomar West Hospital, the largest health system provider in Southern California, they have created a healthcare campus to showcase the foresight of PalomarWest and the Cisco Connected Health vision.

The official ribbon cutting ceremony was this 25 feb 2008 at 08:00 AM SLT, at the PalomarWest Hospital Island(SLURL)!

Source : Cisco blog 




Multiple sclerosis / sclérose en plaque : 23 feb 2008 Big SL concert

17 02 2008

English / Français

[En]

What is Multiple Sclerosis? (from www.msif.org)

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most prevalent diseases of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and directly affects an estimated 2.5 million people around the world.
Myelin, one of the fatty substances that sheathe, insulate and protect nerve fibres, aids the rapid transmission of nerve signals throughout the body. It is the speed and efficiency with which these impulses are conducted that permits smooth, rapid and co-ordinated movements to be performed with little conscious effort. MS attacks this myelin, disrupting the ability of the nerves to
transmit signals to and from the brain and producing the various symptoms of
MS.
The sites where myelin is lost (plaques or lesions) appear as hardened (scar)
areas. In MS these scars appear at different times and in different areas of the
brain and spinal cord.

Quick facts
• More women than men have MS, with a ratio of two men to three women affected.
• Sclerosis means scars; these are the plaques or lesions in the brain and spinal cord.
• MS is not directly hereditary, although genetic susceptibility plays a part in its development.
• MS is not contagious.
• There are a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, balance and co-ordination problems and visual and cognitive disturbances.
• There is no drug that can cure MS, but treatments are now available which can modify the course of the disease.

 

The ant Pat had post on his blog about MS in SL. So I remember I was gone on MS Island VuMC few months ago, taking a look at this new healthcare place on the Main Grid “Agni” (Linden Lab).

Lawrence Agnomen (here is his post about) join me 10 minutes after I start to visit the sim again.

MS island VuMC

This sim is the island of VU university medical center and the MS Center Amsterdam.

This is a pilot project to see if a virtual world and community can have a positive influence on the wellbeing of people with MS.

This project is a cooperation of:
-    VU university medical center
-    MS Center Amsterdam
-    MSWeb
-    Dutch MS Research Foundation
-    Dutch MS Society (MSVN)
-    Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF)

In the main building there is more information about

these organizations, a meeting room for people with MS and other interested parties, and a presentation and consultation room.

Nearby is now a place for the upcoming party.

MS island VuMC

We met there gezellie Tigerpaw , Byker Kondor, the noob (out of the photo), and Maarten Supercharge, the webmaster of www.msweb.nl.

  MS island VuMC

The invitation :

MS island VuMC

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Ladies and gentlemen!!
We are proud to present the final line-up for the “Global Dinner Party” benefit concert on saterday february 23th. We start at 19:00 uur West-European time (18:00 uur GMT, 1:00pm in New York and 10:00am SLT).
The program looks like this (times are SLT):
10:00am Opening by house-deejay, DJ Maarten Supercharge
11:00am Live concert by Carmen Roeth from the Netherlands, who will sing for 2 hours!
01:00am Live concert by Nikita Lumet from the Netherlands
02:00pm Live concert by Grateful Stryker from the United States
03:00pm “Rock with DJ Pre”
The gaps between the performances will be filled by DJ Pre

DO NOT MISS THIS MEGA LIVE EVENT WITH MORE THEN 6 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC!!

Come to the podium at MS Island VUmc
SLURL : MS Island VUmc (141,184,2 8)
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*The MS Island VUmc is an initiative of the University of Amsterdan VU Medical Centre. Involved are the MS Centre Amsterdam, MSweb, MS Society Netherlands, the MS Research Foundation and the International MS Federation (MSIF).
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[Fr]

Selon Wikipédia, La sclérose en plaques (abrégée de manière courante en “SEP”) est une maladie neurologique chronique et souvent invalidante. Elle est multifactorielle et ses manifestations cliniques sont liées à une démyélinisation des fibres nerveuses de la substance blanche du système nerveux central (cerveau, moëlle épinière et nerf optique). Elle touche environ 80 000 personnes en France (prévalence), et environ 2 000 personnes de plus par an (incidence). 70 % des nouveaux patients sont de jeunes adultes entre 20 et 40 ans, dont près de deux tiers de femmes. C’est une importante cause de handicap.

La fourmi Pat a mis sur son blogue un billet intitulé “la SEP dans Second Life“. Du coup, je me suis souvenu que j’étais allé sur MS Island VuMC il y a quelques mois déjà, simplement pour découvrir ce nouveau lieu concacré à la santé sur la Main Grid “Agni” de Linden Lab (Il va falloir prendre l’habitude de préciser les Grids maintenant qu’OpenSim est là).

Lawrence Agnomen (qui blogue ici à ce sujet) m’a rejoint 10 minutes après le début de ma nouvelle visite des lieux.

Cette sim est l’île du centre médical universitaire de Vu et du Centre SEP d’Amsterdam.

C’est un projet pilote réalisé pour explorer si un monde et une communauté virtuels peuvent avoir une influence positive sur le bien-être de personnes atteintes de SEP.

Ce projet est le fruit de la coopération :
-    du Centre Médical Universitaire de Vu
-    du Centre SEP d’Amsterdam
-    de MSWeb
-    de la Fondation Hollandaise pour la Recherche sur la SEP
-    de la Société Hollandaise sur la SEP (MSVN)
-    let de la Fédération Internationale sur la SEP (MSIF)

Le bâtiment principal dispose de plus amples informations sur ces organisations, ainsi bien sûr d’une salle de rencontres et d’une salle de consultation et présentation.

Non loinde là se tient le lieu prévue pour la soirée.

Lawrence et moi_même avons rencontré sur les lieux des volontaires  : gezellie Tigerpaw, Byker Kondor, le noob, et Maarten Supercharge, l’administrateur du site ww.msweb.nl.

L’invitation :

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Mesdames et messieurs!!

Nous sommes fiers de présenter le programme final du concert au profit de la “Global Dinner Party”  le samedi 23 Février. Nous commençons à 19h00, heure d’Europe occidentale, 18h00 GMT, 1:00 PM à New York et 10:00 AM SL Time).

Le programme se décompose ainsi (les horaires sont en SL Time) :
10h00 Ouverture par house-deejay, DJ Maarten Supercharge
11h00 Concert en direct par Carmen Roeth des Pays-Bas, qui va chanter pendant 2 heures!
01h00 Concert en direct par Nikita Lumet des Pays-Bas
02h00 Concert en direct par Grateful Stryker en provenance des États-Unis
03h00 “Rock avec DJ Pre”
Les intermèdes musicaux entre les différents événements seront assurées par DJ Pre.
NE MANQUEZ PAS CE MEGA EVENEMENT EN DIRECT DE PLUS DE 6 HEURES DE MUSIQUE LIVE!

Venez jusqu’au podium sur MS Island VUmc
SLURL : MS Island VUmc (141,184,2 8)
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*Le MS Island VUmc est une initiative de l’Université d’Amsterdan VU Medical Centre. Sont également impliqués le MS Centre d’Amsterdam, MSweb, La Société SEP Netherlands, La Fondation pour la Recherche sur la SEP et la Fédération Internationale sur la SEP (MSIF).
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Nesim project : the videos

13 02 2008

All about the NESIM project in 10 minutes of video.
NESIM : SL emergency/Nursing Education SIMulator
NESIM SLURL

John “JS Vavoom” Miller explain what he is doing In World
to create and interact with objects based on theory in medical and nursing problems.

It is part of an RN(Registred Nurse) nursing program at Tacoma Community College.

Part 1 : 2:01

Part 2 : 2:00

Part 3 : 1:43

Part 4 : 2:00

Part 5 : 2:42

Futher reading on this blog :
“Emergency nursing education simulator” post




The SL Lab of Caia Alter

13 01 2008

SL Lab of Rosania Group @ Second Nature

                         The lab

In his first life, Caia Alter is Gus Rosania, an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Michigan College of Pharamcy.

He have his own virtual lab for scientific visualization, simulations and communication.

In first life, his lab  is at:

And his Open Notebook Lab is at:  http://1cellpk.wikispaces.com

His blog : 1CellPK blog http://1cellpk.blogspot.com/

His work :

Network of Exploratory Centers for Cheminformatics Research
http://neccr.org/
A Cell-Based Molecular Transport Simulator for Pharmacokinetic Prediction and Cheminformatic Exploration
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/mpohbp/2006/3/i06/abs/mp060046k.html

Chat @ the Rosania SL Lab

                      Chat @ the lab




iVAS-International Virtual Association of Surgeons

13 01 2008

iVAS is a group of surgeons and scientists who want to change the way scientific communications are currently conducted. They will organise conferences entirely within the virtual world of Second Life. This lowers the cost of attending, negates the need to travel and creates novel surgical research networks across the world.

The inaugural iVAS conference will occur on the 22 April 2008.

iVAS @ Arrival Point for Long Term Care, National Health Service (140, 105, 26)

 SLURL 

The website of this event




World AIDS Day 2007 at HealthInfo Island

25 11 2007
About the World AIDS day:

The official sites :
http://www.worldaidsday.org & http://www.worldaidscampaign.info

The events

WorldMapper : The shape of global causes of death

  1. HIV Prevalence map
  2. HIV/AIDS Deaths map
  3. Condom Use by Men map
  4. Condom Use by Women map
  5. STDs Excluding HIV Deaths map
In Second Life :

The Healthinfo Island Blog : Here is the month before…

The HIV/AIDS information resources

HIV/AIDS program

A lot of information about this event of global importance on HealthInfo Island:

SLURL: Healthinfo Island (79, 111, 23)

  • Special displays and newsfeeds on HIV/AIDS
  • AIDS Walk with information about HIV/AIDS Support Groups in SL
  • Podcasts on AIDS by the CDC in the Podcast Globe
  • Quality information resources, including search tools
  • All information is available all day and will stay for at least a week.

Take the Lead

Workshop : “Looking for Health: Finding Quality HIV/AIDS Information
by Carolina Keats, 09.00 AM SL Time

  • See what others are doing in SL on HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health
  • Guided tour around the Island
  • Live coverage of Teen Grid Event

International events

 

Organised by the HealthInfo Island Groups:

  • Consumer Health Library,
  • SL Medical Library,
  • Heron Sanctuary & Accessibility Center, and
  • the University of Plymouth Sexual Health SIM

Source




Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale

25 11 2007

http://www.frm.org/
posted by Daneel Ariantho on area 51 using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

FRM

More images with the Stonfield Inworld’s Flickr set


Publicity of the Foundation for Medical Research

 

In the context of a communications campaign aimed at supporting young researchers.

Info: http://www.agirpourlarecherche.org

 




AIDES

15 11 2007

Yesterday, it’ was like this :

soon ...

Now, it’s the first rez day for this place.

AIDES

AIDES is the french association against HIV and AIDS.
AIDES is a mix of 1)AIDS = SIDA in french and 2)Aide in french = support.
The opening event of this place will be december 1rst 2007.

SLURL

Inside




Connected Health sessions

20 10 2007

Monday, October 22, 2007 7:00 - 8:00 SLT

More see: Full shedule

The session “Second Life: Healthcare Enters the Virtual World, will explore the potential of virtual worlds in the delivery of medicine.

Connected health inside

It will be with :

• Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, . Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners HealthCare
• John Lester (Pathfinder Linden), Boston Operations Director, Linden Lab
• Daniel Hoch, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
• Roger Edwards, ScD, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group
• Karen Gans, PhD, patient advocate

Connected health outside

To attend the conference sessions, teleport to Connected Health Island.