Show 148 Wrap-up: StoryTellERdoc

Thanks so much to Dr. Jim from StoryTellERdoc for being a guest on Doctor Anonymous Show 148 last night. The StoryTellERdoc blog won the Best Literary MedBlog Award last week from the 2009 Medgadget Medblog Awards. We had a great conversation about how he chose emergency medicine as a career. We also talked about how he is part of a small "writing group" and how they encouraged him to start his blog.

In addition, we talked about what it was like to be nominated - and to subsequently win - a Medblog Award. Thanks to Bongi (calling in live from South Africa) and to SeaSpray for calling into the show. We truly had a live international audience in that Jabulani was listening in the middle of the night where she was at in England and our friend Captain Atopic from Australia asked a question via the show chat room to our guest.

As always, you can listen to the show in the player above. Or, if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here. Don't forget to check out the video post below. There are additional videos from last night's show on the Facebook Fan page.

If you're a medblogger, I invite you to send me a post for next week's Grand Rounds which will be hosted here. Don't forget - the deadline is coming up on Sunday. In addition, Doctor Anonymous Show 149 will be Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 8:30 pm Eastern Time. I will be discussing going to my first HIMSS conference, encouraging your last minute submissions to Grand Rounds 6.23, and also talking about the weekly Sunday night twitter chat many know is HCSM. Hope to see you for the show!

Dr. A Show 148 Tonight: StoryTellERdoc

Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 9pm ET

I invite you to join me tonight for Doctor Anonymous Show 148 where our guest will be StoryTellERdoc. This is the winner of the 2009 Medgadget Medblog Award in the Best Literary Blog Category. Check out the full preview post here.

If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say hello. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime!

For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:
*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.

*To get to my show site, click here. As show time gets closer, keep hitting "refresh" on your browser until you see the "Play/Chat" button. Then, of course, press the "Play/Chat" button.

Show 148 Preview: StoryTellERdoc

This week, Doctor Anonymous Show 148 has an exclusive interview (really). In his first interview following the announcement of the Medgadget awards last week, we have the winner of the 2009 Medgadget Medical Weblog Award Sponsored by Epocrates - In the Best Literary Category - StoryTellERdoc will be joining us. I always enjoy reading people's first blog, and here is a portion of the very first post called "I Am".......

Hmmm, what am I? I don't think I ever had trouble describing myself before, but as I sit here in front of this blank screen, I realize that I don't quite know how to start an honest description of myself. I will try my best, though, so you have an understanding of my perspective in the stories I will share.

First and foremost, I am not perfect. Who is, really? My attempts to have the perfect life have all been in vain and, instead of fighting that fight, I have come to realize with age that my imperfections may be much more interesting.

Secondly, I am observant. I seem to grasp the smaller life moments that may be missed or may seem mundane to someone without a searching eye. It's these simple, boring moments that hold so much more excitement. These moments of rawness and realness make me thankful to be walking the path that I am on.

One of my other faves is the post called "Why Medicine" in which he answers the question of why he chose this career.

So, I hope you'll be able to join us live on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 9pm Eastern Time for Doctor Anonymous Show 148. For those who may be new to the show, there is a chat room during the show. You can also call in to say hello. There is even a webcam so that you can see me do the show live before your very eyes. Don't forget to become a Facebook Fan of the show. Hope to see you for this week's show!

Dr. A Going To HIMSS 2010

I am so excited to be going to my first HIMSS conference next week in Atlanta. From what I understand, this IS the largest health related IT conference around and one of the world's premier conferences on medical information and technology management. Since I have a passion both for medicine and for technology, I figured that this conference would be perfect for me. I really have no expectations as far as what I'm really looking for - other than to learn a bunch of new stuff and meet a lot of great people.

I have been asked by Dr. Val to help out in the Better Health coverage of the event. I'm happy to help out. Here's the announcement on Better Health, if you haven't seen it yet.

Your social media guide to HIMSS:
1. Watch live interviews of exhibitors, conducted by physicians on UStream. Tune in to Dr. Val’s UStream coverage (beginning at 9:30am each morning at HIMSS, March 1, 2, and 3rd). Click here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-from-himss-what-s-hot-in-health-it

2. Participate in real time via Twitter. Follow @drval and tweet your questions to her during the interviews. She may ask the interviewees YOUR questions LIVE. To follow Dr. Val, go to: http://www.twitter.com/drval or follow the Twitter hashtag #HIMSS10 during the event to see tweets from UStream attendees and others.

3. Meet the bloggers at HIMSS. There will be a special panel discussion with Dr. Val and other popular health IT bloggers scheduled in the HIMSS Social Media Center. Check here for times: http://www.himssconference.org/education/socialmedia.aspx

4. Watch Dr. Val Reporting from HIMSS on ABC News (DC only): Tune in to News Channel 8 at 10:50am, Wednesday March 3rd to get Dr. Val’s take on the hottest technology presented at HIMSS. Dr. Val will join ABC News’ Dave Lucas via Skype.

5. Follow the Better Health blog team. Better Health contributors - nurses, doctors, and health writers - will offer feedback via their blogs on HIMSS events, speakers, and exhibitors. You’ll see their blog posts on their individual blogs and also at Better Health. Flip cam clips of HIMSS events (captured by one of the Better Health MDs at HIMSS) will be featured as well.

6. Blog Talk Radio: HIMSS Wrap Up With Dr. Val and Dr. Anonymous. Tune in to the Dr. Anonymous show at 8pm ET, Wednesday, March 3rd to hear final impressions about the show. Call in to discuss the event with hosts, or join the chat room. Find the show here: www.blogtalkradio.com/doctoranonymous

If I get a chance, I'd like to try to do some interviews of my own during HIMSS. So, if you see me coming at you with a camera, please don't be afraid (hehe). I'm just hoping to share a little bit of my HIMSS experience with my friends. In the video below from last fall's BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas, you'll see how much fun I have talking with people.

Grand Rounds 6.23 Here Next Week

I'd like to thank Nick Genes (the "grand poobah" and founder of Grand Rounds) for another opportunity for hosting Grand Rounds. My first opportunity was for GR 3.09 all the way back on November 21, 2006 (was it that long ago).

My second opportunity was for GR 4.08 on November 13, 2007. And that was a cool experience I "premiered" grand rounds live on my internet radio show when I was on the road in Arizona. You can check it out the show in the player below.

Grand Rounds 6.23 will occur here on March 2, 2010. I'll be on the road again as I post this Grand Rounds. I'll be in Atlanta at the HIMSS 2010 conference and I will be helping out Dr. Val and Better Health in coverage of that event.

As far as GR 6.23, I encourage you to review the submission guidelines here. Just FYI, there is no theme. However, I do enjoy reading good medical stories. And, as I said when I first hosted GR, not all submissions will get in, and if your post is left out, I apologize in advance. Also, in order for me to keep things organized, I'd appreciate if you could make your submissions using the following format...

Post Name:
Post URL:
One Line Description:

The deadline will be 11:59pm eastern standard time on Sunday, February 28th, 2010. I will be selecting what I think are the best five of the week and will place them at the top of the post.

For the rest of the GR 6.23 post, I will be posting them in the chronological order of when they appear in my e-mail box (presuming I think they are appropriate for GR). I hope this encourages you to send me your link early. Send GR posts to doctoranonymousblog at gmail dot com. Please place "GR 6.23" in the subject line.

If I have a decent internet connection in Atlanta, I encourage you to join me for my live internet radio show (conveniently called "The Doctor Anonymous Show" hehe) on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 8:30pm Eastern Time as I will be trying to drum up last postings for my Grand Rounds and share some thoughts before my first HIMSS conference. Hope to see you for the show and and get writing!

Show 147 Wrap-up: Firefighter Netcast

Thanks again to Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell for being guests on Doctor Anonymous Show 147. We had a great conversation about how they chose their career as a firefighter/EMS responder, their respective websites, and firefighter/EMS social media community in general. It's so interesting that they have never met in person, yet, they collaborate on the podcast called FireFighter Netcast.

Close to the end of the show, our good friend Dom called into the show to join the conversation. He is a volunteer firefighter in Tennessee and told our guests that he has forwarded some of the information from their show onto the people that he works with. How connections are made in the social media space continue to amaze and inspire me.

As always, you can listen to the show in the player above. Or if you like, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here. I also encourage you to become a Facebook Fan of the show. Like what you here, just click here and that will take you to my iTunes page where you have access to previous shows. Finally, check out the first few moments of the show in the video below. Have a great week everybody!

Dr. A Show Tonight!

Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 9pm ET

I invite you to join me tonight for Doctor Anonymous 147 when our guests will be Rhett Fleitz and John Mitchell who are hosts of the Firefighter Netcast internet radio show. (check out the full preview post here)

Rhett Fleitz is the author of the blog FireCritc and John Mitchell is author of the blog FireDaily. We'll talk about their show, their blogs, and the firefighter/EMS internet community. We may even talk about the recent premiere of Chronicles of EMS.

If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. In addition, you can call into the show to say hello. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime!

For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners:
*Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier.

*To get to my show site, click here. As show time gets closer, keep hitting "refresh" on your browser until you see the "Play/Chat" button. Then, of course, press the "Play/Chat" button.

Dr. A Show 147 Preview: Firefighter Netcast

This week, Doctor Anonymous Show 147 welcomes two great people from the firefighter and social media community who are hosts of the podcast called Firefighter Netcast. Rhett Fleitz, who is author of the blog Fire Critic, has been around the Fire/EMS Service for around 15 years. John Mitchell, who is author of the blog Fire Daily, is a lieutenant in suburban Chicago and just started his blog only five months ago.

Their most recent show talked about "Old School Vs New School and Using Social Media." You can listen to the show on the player below. (If you listen closely, right at around 60 minutes, the hosts mention their future appearance on the Dr. A Show.)

So, I hope you'll be able to join us live on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 9pm Eastern Time for Doctor Anonymous Show 147. For those who may be new to the show, there is a chat room during the show. You can also call in to say hello. There is even a webcam so that you can see me do the show live before your very eyes. Don't forget to become a Facebook Fan of the show. Also, check out the video promo below. Hope to see you for this week's show!

Show 146 Wrap-up

Thanks to those of you who were able to check out Doctor Anonymous Show 146 either live or on the archived podcast. I talked about my recent recognition as Blogger.com Blog Of Note. I also talked about some general thoughts about the olympics and some specific thoughts about the Vancouver opening ceremonies. Finally, as you will see in the video below, I shared some stories related to Valentine's Day.

As always, you can listen to the full audio podcast in the player above. If not, you can download the show and listen anytime by clicking here. Hope you had (or are having a good extended holiday weekend). Happy President's Day and thanks for your continued support of my blog and of my show!

Olympics 2010

I don't know what it is about the olympics, but it definitely fires up feelings of inspiration and joy. The people are different, but the feelings, in general, are the same. These people from around the world, work at least four years for a moment like this. All their hopes an dreams could be realized or crushed by a millisecond or a tenth of a point.

And, of course, tragedy has also struck the Vancouver games even before the opening ceremonies. In my opinion, the press, like it usually does, spends way too much time on the negative - even days later. I know it's a legitimate news story, but the manner that this story was portrayed - I had a problem with.

Anyway, there are so many stories that are brought to the games - from around the world. Just when you thought that you heard every olympic story that could be told through the years, another inspiring, or heart-breaking, or motivating tale is told.

If for anything else, these two weeks of the olympic games will be a nice escape from the reality of the world that we live in - whether it be the economy, or the weather, or whatever personal challenges that we are all facing.

I hope that you get to watch some of the games over the next two weeks. Don't worry if you start to feel yourself get a little carried away with emotion, or if you find yourself shedding a tear of joy or sorrow. Even for a little bit, we can all try to feel what it's like to live an olympic dream....