Cardiology in the Blogsphere

A blog is a website with regular entries commonly organized in a reverse chronological order. Blogs can provide content and express opinion on healthcare that you can never find in a medical paper.



Webicina only shows you blogs from the best quality. We highlight if the blog:

• ...is accredited by HONcode (Health on the Net Foundation) which is a non-profit international organization promoting and guiding the deployment of useful and reliable online medical and health information, and its appropriate and efficient use.




• ...meets the rules of The Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics (HBCE) which aims to give the readers of a medical blogger a clear idea of the standards by which the blog is maintained and to give bloggers a clear set of guidelines they can show employers, patients, or other concerned parties as to the nature of the blogging.




• And all the blogs comply with the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ) rules. This US law defines in 18 identifiers what a medical blogger should never mention when writing about a patient's case.

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12 Lead ECG Blog

• Author: Francesco Pentimalli, Jason Winter and Tom B
• Description: This blog is a attempt to bring the subject of ECG to the hearts of all you clinicians and students, with a aliment of fun in working out the clinical relevance, abnormalities. See if you are up for the challenge of the cause of the arrhythmia, its clinical significance, differential diagnosis and the practical aspects of patient management.
• Quality: Written by a healthcare professional.

Cardiobrief

• Author: Larry Husten, the editor of TheHeart.Org from its inception in 1999 until December 2008. Before that he was a freelance medical journalist who wrote for The Lancet, The New York Times, Discover, and a large number of other medical and computer publications.
• Description: CardioBrief is a one-stop source for links to new and important information of interest to cardiologists and other cardiovascular healthcare professionals.
• Quality: CardioBrief is entirely noncommercial, with no financial ties or relationships with industry. Author and contact information are provided.

Cardiology Blog on Alegent Health

• Author: Eric Van De Graaff, M.D.
• Description: Alegent Health Blogs are intended to provide the reader with general health information.
• Quality: Written by a healthcare professional.

Cardiophile MD

• Author: Johnson Francis, MD, FCSI, FACC
• Description: Cardiophile MD is a blog dedicated to medical professionals and medical students interested in learning cardiology. It aims to serve as a portal for medical professionals and students of modern medicine to understand all about cardiovascular system and its disorders.
• Quality: Clear author and contact information are provided. Privacy policy and license are described.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD.

• Author: Dr. S. Venkatesan MD. DM (Cardiology) Assistant Professor of Medicine.
• Description: This blog is started with the sole aim of creating a forum for knowledge sharing in cardiology .Some of the opinions and expressions are based on personal perspective and has no intention to defame any individuals , institutions , or any treatment modalities.
• Quality: Purely a scientific forum without any commercial interest

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

• Author: Dr. Stephen Smith is a faculty emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota.
• Description: It has been managed for 3 years and is written by a cardiologist.

Heart Disease Blog

• Author: Richard N. Fogoros, M.D.
• Description: About.com Guide to Heart Disease
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Prehospital 12-Lead ECG

• Author: Christopher Hebert and Tom B
• Description: Advanced airway procedures, cardiac rhythm analisys, 12 lead ECG interpretation, advanced cardiac life support, pharmacology, and special resuscitation situations.
• Quality: Member of The Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics (HBCE)

The ECG Blog

• Author: An ER nurse with a profound interest for electrocardiography.
• Description: The purpose of this blog is to present and interpret interesting ECGs, and to discuss ECGs with the audience. An ECG should, if possible, always be interpreted in the context of the actual anamnesis, vital parameters, gender and age. Whenever these data are available, they will be provided. However, to ensure patient anonymity, such data may have to be slightly altered or left out.
• Quality: Clear disclaimer is provided.