I had not heard of Sermo.com, most likely because I am not a physician, but it is amazing to me this idea was not utilized 10 years ago. We are all familiar with conference calls and things like that, but the ability to post your medical questions and concerns on a safe, reliable, and reputable site for other physicians to share can absolutely change medicine. Doctors would not even have to be in the same continent, let alone affiliated in some way to be able to communicate and commiserate with other physicians.
In the article they discuss the eye cancer patient who was diagnosed with the help of his physician and others over the social network, Sermo.com. Imagine how many other patients, especially cancer patients, can be helped from these sites. It is the sharing of information, and collaboration, that are crucial in the medical field, so I think this site maybe one of the most important on the internet.
I do have to say, I would like for physicians to have to register in some way that proves they are a medical doctor and shows some credentials.
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I agree. The "professional" world is all-too-often stuck behind in the technological world. They are afraid of technology, especially technology that can be used for entertainment purposes.
It's like they are afraid of the technology. Look at online courses. Look at educational youtube videos. These took waaaaay too long to pop up. Professional careers, espeically schools, should have jumped on these oppurtunities a lot sooner.
They know the offspring of the baby-boomers tend to grow up around technology, and to some of us computers are second nature.
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