Comments on: The Medical Blogosphere and the State of Healthcare Blogging http://www.highlighthealth.com/healthcare/the-medical-blogosphere-and-the-state-of-healthcare-blogging/ Discover the Science of Health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chrysalis Angel http://www.highlighthealth.com/healthcare/the-medical-blogosphere-and-the-state-of-healthcare-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Chrysalis Angel Thu, 31 May 2007 10:06:35 +0000 http://www.highlighthealth.com/healthcare/the-medical-blogosphere-and-the-state-of-healthcare-blogging/#comment-168 I wasn't familiar with the HONcode, I've bookmarked that site from you and will have to check that out further. I still am fairly new to all this, not even a year on yet. I know of no other blogging communities using a code of any kind. I was always careful who I chose to put on my blog roll. I would only put people on it that were respectful to their visitors and seemed to be the kind of people that had heart. Nice to come upon your site Walter. Best to you. I wasn’t familiar with the HONcode, I’ve bookmarked that site from you and will have to check that out further. I still am fairly new to all this, not even a year on yet.

I know of no other blogging communities using a code of any kind. I was always careful who I chose to put on my blog roll. I would only put people on it that were respectful to their visitors and seemed to be the kind of people that had heart. Nice to come upon your site Walter. Best to you.

]]> By: Walter http://www.highlighthealth.com/healthcare/the-medical-blogosphere-and-the-state-of-healthcare-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Walter Thu, 31 May 2007 03:37:32 +0000 http://www.highlighthealth.com/healthcare/the-medical-blogosphere-and-the-state-of-healthcare-blogging/#comment-166 I agree Angel. Shinga and Clark bring up some pertinent issues in their comments over on <a href="http://theclayexperience.blogspot.com/2007/05/medical-bloggers-code-of-ethics.html">Unintelligent Design</a>, namely lack of enforcement. I've read the same criticisms with the HONcode. However, HON maintains that they "run a policing system with proven effectiveness" (see <a href="http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/jeers/jmir_hon_reply.html">Point #3</a>). I think it was Val that mentioned somewhere that we should only link to and blogroll other blogs that follow the code. Given that type of community involvement, I think we all will be "enforcing" the code. It may not be perfect, but it's better than nothing. Are any other blogger communities actively using a community derived code of ethics? I agree Angel.

Shinga and Clark bring up some pertinent issues in their comments over on Unintelligent Design, namely lack of enforcement. I’ve read the same criticisms with the HONcode. However, HON maintains that they “run a policing system with proven effectiveness” (see Point #3).

I think it was Val that mentioned somewhere that we should only link to and blogroll other blogs that follow the code. Given that type of community involvement, I think we all will be “enforcing” the code. It may not be perfect, but it’s better than nothing. Are any other blogger communities actively using a community derived code of ethics?

]]> By: Chrysalis Angel http://www.highlighthealth.com/healthcare/the-medical-blogosphere-and-the-state-of-healthcare-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Chrysalis Angel Thu, 31 May 2007 00:10:43 +0000 http://www.highlighthealth.com/healthcare/the-medical-blogosphere-and-the-state-of-healthcare-blogging/#comment-165 I think anyone that can get through any kind of medical training and is familiar with HIPPA is smart enough to alter certain things where there is no violation what-so-ever, but is still is a true and accurate account somewhere in their experience.....;) I think anyone that can get through any kind of medical training and is familiar with HIPPA is smart enough to alter certain things where there is no violation what-so-ever, but is still is a true and accurate account somewhere in their experience…..;)

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