Rheumatology in the Medical Blogosphere

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.

Please let us know if you come across quality rheumatology blogs.

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British Journal of Sports Medicine

• Author: Karim Khan
• Description: A peer review journal for health professionals and researchers in sport and exercise medicine.
• Quality: Part of the British Medical Journal group.

Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Author: Jo-Ann Colburn
• Description: "I wanted to start this site for people like me who not only were looking for support in dealing with the daily ups and downs of the disease but also as a resource for those of us who are looking for information on what can help us live healthier, happier lives with Rheumatoid Arthritis."
• Quality: Clear disclaimer and categories.

NHS Choices arthritis blog

• Author: Arthritis patients
• Description: This blog is written by people living with or working with arthritis.
• Quality: NHS Choices is committed to the highest editorial and ethical standards in the provision of all its content and related services. Details here

Rheumatology Journal Club

• Author: Bruno Oliveira
• Description: A new blog that aims to become an on-line journal club for rheumatologists.
• Quality: Project of Bruno Oliveira, one of the most active rheumatologists on-line.

Rheumination

• Author: A physician from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Description: ”Twenty years of clinical rheumatology and I still have more questions than answers. Working in M.A.S.H.-like conditions here, we see huge numbers of patients but rarely, I admit, do we get the time to sit around and talk about the big picture, nor the details. My mission here is to snare the occasional rheumatologist that may stumble onto this blog, and beg of him or her a comment, an observation, or perhaps, even an answer or two.” See more information here.
• Quality: A regularly updated blog with plenty of useful information for rheumatology professionals and patients.

USC Rheumatology Fellowship

• Author: Bruno Oliveira, MD
• Description: Monthly Paper Selection, journals and articles from rheumatology-related resources.
• Quality: A blog with plenty of rheumatology resources, links, patient hand-outs and educational material.