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Student British Medical Journal gets the virtual worlds picture

The December Student BMJ has an excellent overview of the growing use of Second Life for medical simulation.
The collaborative and immersive meetings aspects are also covered and although the article is pitched at non-virtual world users, it provides a balanced summary of goings-on to date.
A big thanks to Mal Burns for the heads-up.

A follow-up on World AIDS Day in Second Life

On the Linden Lab blog, Pathfinder Linden has written on the successful World AIDS Day initiative in Second Life, run by the Karuna organisation. He’s coined the phrase ‘Ecosystems of Support’ and it’s very fitting for initatives like this.
Over the past six months, there’s been a significant momentum build in regards to health and virtual [...]

Faster Cures

Machinima guru Draxtor Depres has created an excellent piece on the entry of a new health non–profit into Second Life.
In Draxtor’s words:
Faster Cures is a self-described action tank, focused on changing the culture of medical research. They recently entered Second Life, planning to use its potential to the fullest. Draxtor Despres found out what [...]

Health - spread the word!

Delivering health messages to the general public is difficult at the best of times. It’s tough to capture the attention of people when talking about health – unless it’s their area of expertise, most people don’t want to be bothered thinking about their health any more than is strictly necessary. Those who are [...]

Stepping into Health Conference

I ran across the following promo this week:
“Stepping into Health” becomes Third in Popular “Stepping into Virtual Worlds” Series
Using virtual worlds to promote health and healthcare is the topic of the next installment of the popular “Stepping into Virtual Worlds” conference series, to be offered October 7th, 2008 in Second Life. Hundreds of [...]

Healthcare giants: have clue, will build

When it comes to the use of virtual environments, the healthcare industry is no less prone to fall into marketing pits of doom than any other industry. Static data, presented in a slap-dash fashion like posters on a wall. Huge, unused buildings that serve no particular purpose, and the occasional video. This seems to [...]

Razorback Hospital - Arkansas’ ground-breaker

The University of Arkansas have their hospital well underway in Second Life.

Dubbed ‘Razorback Hospital’, it’s purpose isn’t clinical in nature, more a prototype of how technologies like motion sensors and RFID can assist the functioning of a hospital. It’s all about health logistics.
The goals of the project are:
1. Explore the future of Healthcare Information Technology [...]

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