It is a pleasure to host the Medicine 2.0 carnival for the second time. The first time I wrote about the possibilities of Medicine 2.0 in 2015. This time I will use some of the articles to tell something about dutch practice.

Canadian EMR discusses the biggest benefit of E-prescribing: the reduction of medication errors. Let them know what your experience is with E-prescribing. In the Netherland we are waiting for a national electronic medication system. The first deadline was set for 2004, but we are still waiting.

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Medicine 2.0 is home again. Read all the interesting articles about Medicine 2.0. You can get an overview of the past and future hosts. Berci also included one of my posts.

Jan Martens at Medblog.nl updated the Big list of English medical blogs and created new categories.

Medicine 2.0 is up at Monash Medical Student. It is again a nice collection of articles about medicine 2.0, take a look!

Early morning april 7th 2015 I wake up because my son cries. I go to his room and he looks ill. He is coughing and has a fever. Do I need to alert a physician? Or can I wait a little longer? I touch the screen in the room to enter the symptoms my son shows into an online application. Luckily my son’s condition is not serious and I just need to give him some medication. But what medication is right? Do I need standard proven medication or should I try new medication that is still in trial? I can easily understand the information since most public accessible health information is written according to clear guidelines.

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De laatste artikelen over Medicine 2.0 zijn nu te lezen op Highlighthealth.info. Wat is Medicine 2.0 precies?

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