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BTR Next Steps
2010-12-19 18:03:00
Saturday Nite on BlogTalkRadio took a different turn last night. Both on last night's Doctor Anonymous Show and Annie and Burl Show, the topic was mainly the changes that are going to take place on BlogTalkRadio as of February 1, 2011. I invite you to read my previous initial reaction to this right here. A lot of people are going to be leaving BTR come February. As I have said previously, I have not decided the fate of The Doctor Anonymous Show on BlogTalkRadio as of yet. But, it is clear that BTR are going to lose a lot of great hosts. There were a handful of other platforms that where mentioned during last night's discussion including talkshoe, ustream, livestream, paltalk and others. In my inital research, I found the above graph comparing BTR and talkshoe. Of course, one graph is not going to sway my decision one way or another. But, in case people find other stuff as you're researching things, please post it up on your blog and/or let me know. This will be an interesting ...

Dr. A Show 197 Tonight
2010-12-16 11:01:00
Thursday, December 16th, 2010 at 9pmET I invite you to join me for Doctor Anonymous Show 197 which I am designating the "Holiday" show. My guest will be my good friend @DrTolbert from twitter. He has been on the show in the past, and he'll be stopping by to share some thoughts about the holiday season, Christmas, New Year's, and all that stuff. We'll probably also be talking about geeky stuff as well. If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime! For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners: *Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio site prior to the show. I think it will make the process easier. *To get to my show site, click here. As show time gets closer, keep hitting "refresh" on your b...
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Dr. A Show Changes?
2010-12-16 01:24:00
This morning, I, along with the rest of the BlogTalkRadio hosts (I presume) received the above message in our e-mail boxes this morning. The statement says that as of February 1, 2011, the free BTR accounts will significantly change. Free accounts will no longer be able to schedule in a prime time slot and can only have three audio files in your account (along with other changes). The writing has been on the wall for a while, but it looks like BTR is really taking the step to push everyone to paid accounts. What will this mean for The Doctor Anonymous Show ? I'm really considering just ending the show at the end of January after 200+ shows and 3+ years and looking at other projects. I mean it's been a good run. And, to be honest, the numbers have been trailing off in the past few months anyway. Most of the audience enjoyed the novelty of this type of show at first, but I think have now moved on. And, maybe I should, too. But, I won't make any quick decisions without considering ...

Dr. A Show 196 Tonight
2010-12-09 17:29:00
Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 9pmET I invite you to join me for Doctor Anonymous Show 196 tonight. Can you believe that we're marching toward magic show number 200? My guest will be long time friend of the show Friggen Ben who is the creator of The Mind of Friggen Ben blog. And, we have talked with him on past shows about his journey toward his weight loss surgery. I believe it was about a month ago when he had his surgery. He talked a lot about it on his blog. We'll be talking about how he's feeling and what's been going on lately with him. I'm also happy to announce that Ben will be joining me for the Dr. A New Year's Eve show later this month. We had a great time last year with Dr. A Show 137. I invite you to check out the blog post on that including a video of the last 2 minutes of 2009. If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. Can't catch us live? That'...
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Dr. A on Eco Radio Network
2010-12-09 12:01:00
I was invited to be a guest on the Eco Radio Network program which is out of the Albany, NY area. The topic I was asked to talk about is ailments associated with technology. You may remember I was interviewed a few months ago about this topic and I direct you to my blog post called AmEdNews: Technology Ailments for more information. My segment will start at around 11:15am Eastern Time and you can listen to my short segment either on the Eco Radio Network website or the Talk1300AM live stream. This should be an interesting interview. When I talked with the producer, they were looking for someone to talk about this. They did a google search, and my name popped up. They tell me that a podcast will eventually be released of the show. It's interesting because podcasts from this particular radio station are not available on iTunes. I had to hunt around for a little bit to find the radio podcast page to download stuff. I'll try to record the segment as well to post up on the blog. Hope...

Dr. A on Radio Rounds Program
2010-12-07 11:01:00
Thanks again to the crew over at the Radio Rounds podcast/program for interviewing me on their show a while back. Episode 416, which was broadcast on November 28, 2010, was released as a podcast last week and you can download it over on their iTunes page. If you don't already know, Radio Rounds is a program that is exclusively written and produced by medical students at Wright State University in Ohio. I encourage you to check out their website for a list of more great interviews. Thanks again to Radio Rounds!
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Searching For The Imperfect Solution
2010-12-06 11:01:00
This past weekend in the state capitol, my professional organization asked me to participate in an interesting meeting talking about health care payment reform and how to improve the health care delivery system. This was sponsored by the state of Ohio and their Health Care Coverage and Quality Council. It was the first meeting that I've been to where there were physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, and patients - all trying to put our heads together - present our points of view - and try to come to consensus. Did we come to consensus on solutions, not really - only that we will continue the conversation. There is no perfect solution that will make everyone happy, but we will strive to try to get to that best imperfect solution. When is comes to health care delivery and health care payment, there was a lot of discussion on physicians and hospitals - meaning health care providers. The motivating factor in these cases uses terms like payment, lack of payment, incentives, bonuse...
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Leisure Reading
2010-12-05 16:32:00
Don't know if anyone has noticed, but I haven't been doing a lot of social media stuff lately. Why? Not really sure. Contrary to what people think, no, I haven't quit or anything like that. Anyway, one of the things that I have gotten back to is some leisure reading. Well, not actually reading, but listening to audio books. When I first started my job (has it been almost 10 years already?), I had a long commute and popped in a CD to listen to a book. Over the past weekend, I also went to an interesting meeting (I'll post about that soon), and I listened to another book during the drive. Reading /listening to books really make traveling just go quicker. Don't get me wrong, I am the furthest thing from a book reviewer. But here are a few books I've read over the past couple of weeks. An Object Of Beauty by Steve Martin: I'm usually not a fiction reader type guy. But I really enjoyed Martin's book called Shopgirl. This present book takes you through the world of art from the e...
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Germs And Kids
2010-11-29 11:44:00
Everyone knows that when it comes to germs and kids, it sometimes can be difficult to limit the spread of infection - especially in the day care setting. In the video above, I talked with local TV news last week about this topic and also the topic of trying to prevent infection in college students during finals week. If you find the above video helpful, I invite you to check out my other videos over at MikeSevilla.TV. Enjoy!
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Health Care Innovators at #fmecnet
2010-10-29 20:36:00
I went to a bunch of sessions today grouped together under the umbrella of the "Health Care Innovations Network" at the Family Medicine Education Consortium NE region meeting. I'm trying to get people to tweet during the meeting (hashtag #fmecnet). That concept is pretty new here, but to follow what we have so far, you can check it out here. The moderators for the sessions were Paul Grundy, MD, Roland Goetrz, MD, and Edward Zurad, MD. These three are also going to be doing the keynote speeches during this meeting. I really wasn't sure about what I would get out of these sessions. But, I was pleasantly surprised by what I learned. Everyone knows the many weaknesses of the current US model of health care including more payment for procedures as opposed to prevention. But, there is very little heard about those programs who are using different models or care. The models that we heard about included "Health Access Rhode Island," and Scituate Health Alliance. We also heard of physici...
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Getting to #fmecnet meeting 2010
2010-10-28 23:28:00
Since I'm passionate about creating content, I recorded some video, edited it when I arrived at the hotel, and uploaded it for all of you to enjoy (hehe). It was a really nice drive to Hershey, PA getting ready for the 2010 Family Medicine Education Consortium NE Region meeting. As you'll see in the video above, the fall leaves gave a great backdrop to today's drive. I'm really looking forward to this year's meeting, my panel presentation this weekend, networking with Family Docs, and letting them know about social media. The twitter hashtag for the meeting is #fmecnet. And, even if I am the only one tweeting at the meeting, my goal is to teach these family docs the benefits of social media and how much fun it is! Hopefully my friends out there on twitter will help me show the power of twitter in that even though you're not here on site, you interact with me and know what's going on at this year's FMEC meeting. Keep track of the blog and of my twitter feed for updates...

Dr. A Show 191 Wrap-up
2010-10-26 04:06:00
Thanks to Kat for being my co-host for Doctor Anonymous Show 191. This was a typical Saturday night show where we share a little bit about our past week, talk about some news stories, and relax with our friends in the chat room. In the video clip above, you'll see the opening moments of the show. As always, you can listen to the entire audio podcast in the sidebar of this site. Or, if you like, you can download Show 191 from the show's iTunes page, and listen any time. I also invite you to check out the show's facebook page and hit the huge "Like" button at the top. Finally, you can also check out other video segments from past shows over on my you tube page. Thanks as always for your continued support of my blog and of the show!

Dr. A Show 190 Wrap-up
2010-10-22 19:01:00
Thanks to all those who were able to listen to Doctor Anonymous Show 190 live last night. I talked about this week's Digital Pharma East meeting in Philadelphia. During the show, I talked about the 2 panels that I was lucky enough to be a part of. I also talked about some people that I met at the meeting. In the video clip above, I make some predictions of where I see the industry going. There is no way that pharma or even docs like me are going to push physicians into digital or into social media (at least right away). Who will push docs in this direction? Check out the video above to find out what I think. You can listen to the entire audio podcast in the player in the sidebar. Or, if you like, you can go to the show's iTunes page, download Show 190, and listen at your leisure. I also encourage you to check out the show's facebook page and hit the big "Like" button at the top. Finally, if you enjoyed the video above, I encourage you to check my youtube page. Have a great wee...

Video Essay: Digital Pharma East 2010
2010-10-22 13:21:00
I took a lot of video while at the Digital Pharma East 2010 conference this week in Philadelphia. I put this video wrap-up video really fast so that I could share this with all of you. (Apologize for all the non-ideal lighting. Hey, I'm not a videographer lol) The music is "Goodbye Philadelphia" by Peter Cincotti. I also invite you to read Post #1 and Post #2 from the meeting along with Doctor Anonymous Show 190. Thanks for a great meeting!
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Dr. A Show Tonight
2010-10-21 11:01:00
Thursday, October 21th, 2010 at 9pmET (0100 UTC) I invite you to join me for Doctor Anonymous Show 190. Over the past few days, I have been in Philadelphia for the Digital Pharma East meeting. There is no scheduled guest tonight, but I will share some thoughts about my experience at this week's meeting. I refer you to a couple of posts I wrote before leaving Philly yesterday (See Post #1 and Post #2). In the video above, I was interviewed by the Pixels & Pills website that follows "New Directions In Digital Pharma." Thanks so much to them for interviewing me. If you are new to the show, I encourage you to catch us live. There is a great chat room that also goes on. You can even see my shining face on the webcam. Can't catch us live? That's ok. You can listen anytime after the show as it is saved as a podcast so you can listen anytime! For first time Blog Talk Radio listeners: *Although it is not required to listen to the show, I encourage you to register on the BlogTalkRadio si...
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Panel: Digital Pharma East 2010
2010-10-20 20:09:00
I'm going to be leaving Philadelphia later today completing my time at Digital Pharma East 2010. I'd like to thank the organizers for asking me to be on a panel talking about the interface of pharma with physicians. The topic of this panel was similar to the discussion at Digital Pharma West this past summer. It was a very good discussion with interaction from the audience. The bottom line is - as of right now - even though docs are using mobile and smartphones a lot, physicians are not on social media. The question kept keeping up as far as, "How can docs access pharma in the internet space?" The answer is that you just can't, because docs are not on social. One point that was brought up was putting technology into the physician workflow. For example, putting things like pharma links into something like the EMR. In addition, wouldn't it be nice for me to see in the side bar whether the med I'm considering is on formulary or not on formulary. How about putting a link in my EM...
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Update: Digital Pharma East 2010
2010-10-20 17:24:00
I'm having a great time here in Philadelphia at Digital Pharma East 2010. I'd like to thank the conference organizers for asking me to take part in the conference. I'll talk about the panel that I was on during a separate post. Usually during a meeting like this, I get to meet a lot of great people. And, I know that I'm going to probably offend someone if I don't mention everyone in this post. For that, I apologize. However, for me, the highlight during the conference was meeting Berci Mesko, MD who is the founder of Webicina and ScienceRoll.com. He spent 24 hours traveling from Hungary to take part in the conference. I remember interviewing Berci in the early days of The Doctor Anonymous Show. And, he woke up at about 2 or 3am to talk to me live from Hungary. We had a great conversation about social media. He told me that my blog and my internet radio show is a part of the curriculum for his Internet In Medicine University Course. We discussed me recording a video for his st...
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Digital Pharma East 2010
2010-10-19 03:38:00
I'm going to Philadelphia for two days this week to be a part of what is called "The Most Innovative Event In Pharma History." It is called Digital Pharma East put on by Exl Pharma. Back at the end on June, I was asked to attend DigPharm West in San Francisco. I definitely learned a lot by going to that meeting. I encourage you to check out my blog post of when I was there. I'm going to be part of two panel discussions during this conference. The first one will be on Tuesday at 2:15pm. The title in the program is "Mobile Messaging To Health Care Providers." In this panel, will discuss "ways that mobile devices impact clinical workflow" and "how life sciences can use the mobile channels to provide value to the provider." The second session will be on Wednesday at 9:30am. The title is "The Changing Landscape Of Pharma/Physician Relationships." I'm on this panel with none other than @Doctor_V. If you would like to see the full schedule, check out the link here. One person I'm r...

Radio Rounds: Behind The Scenes
2010-10-18 18:18:00
Yesterday, I was able to hang out at the studios of the Radio Rounds show/podcast on the campus of Wright State University in Dayton, OH. They broadcast Episode 410 live at noon eastern time and their guest was a recorded interview with Howard Dean. In the video above, you'll see the what happens behind the scenes during a live podcast. It was so interesting seeing how the four co-hosts coordinated to make this show happen. As they talk about in the clip, this is the first time that these four have been in the same studio for a number of months. But, you'll be able to see the rapport that this tight knit group has. I also invite you to check out the Radio Rounds crew from Doctor Anonymous Show 183 from a few months ago. You can download Show 183 how from the Dr. A iTunes page. I also invite you to check out the facebook page for my show. And, if you enjoy the video above, check out others from my YouTube page. Enjoy!
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Twitter Mentor
2010-10-18 07:41:00
I've had a lot of titles in my life. But, "Twitter Mentor " has never been one of them - until now. Over the weekend, I was asked to lead a discussion about social media with my friends at the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians (OAFP). I've been involved with the organization all the way back to when I was a medical student. The organization, lead by OAFP President Dr. Sarah Sams (pictured to the right above), has made it a priority this year to get involved and learn more about social media. This is where I come in. Not only was I asked to help come up with a strategy, Madame President asked me what twitter was all about and how to get signed up. In the picture above, Dr. Sams is tweeting for the first time. This was also interesting, because in last night's HCSM twitter chat, question number three was this: You?re charged with setting a colleague/MD/exec up on social media. Who should they start following, listening to, and engaging with? Why? What comes first? In the HCSM ch...

Show 189 Wrap-up
2010-10-17 16:53:00
Thanks to my co-host Kat for joining me for Doctor Anonymous Show 189. Topics on the show included my travel from Seattle, some current news events, and me whining about the Ohio State loss last night. In the video above, we discuss a news story from the week talking about prescription drug abuse. As always, you can listen to the entire audio podcast in the sidebar. Or, if you like, you can go to the show's iTunes page, download Show 189, and listen at your leisure. I also invite you to check out the show's facebook page and press the huge "Like" button at the top. Finally, check out my youtube page. Thanks for your continued support of the show!

Why Social Media Needs Physician Participation
2010-10-14 12:42:00
One of the most common questions I get is this: "Why should physicians get involved in social media?" This past week, Swedish Medical Center in Seattle had a social media conference of which I was fortunate to be a part of (#Swedish100). I invite you to read more about the panel that I was a part of at this link here. However, there was a lot of buzz this week generated by the presentation by Wendy Sue Swanson, MD who is otherwise known on twitter as @SeattleMamaDoc. She makes the best case of why docs should be involved in the social space during her inspiring program. Check out the video above. This should be required viewing by all docs and all those who doubt that physicians can make an impact in social media.
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Social Health at BlogWorldExpo 2010
2010-10-14 05:49:00
Just wanted to give a big shout out to my friends out in Las Vegas for BlogWorld Expo 2010. Last year, I was proud to be a part of the first Medblogger Track (now called the Social Health ) track at #BWE09. I encourage you to check out a bunch of posts about #BWE09 from October 2009. This year's schedule is another impressive lineup. You can check out the entire #BWE10 schedule by clicking here. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend this year's meeting. But, I will definitely be monitoring the twitter stream to see what is happening out there. I also wanted to announce that I am going to be canceling tomorrow night's scheduled Doctor Anonymous Show. Starting with the travel fiasco yesterday in trying to leave Seattle, being on call tonight, and going out of town again this weekend, I gotta find some time to catch up on the office work. I apologize for the inconvenience. I encourage you to check out the video below to see the highlights of last year's meeting. Enjoy!

Perspective Watching Miners Rescue
2010-10-13 05:31:00
Life definitely keeps you grounded. Today has been a time of emotional ups and downs. Things started off on quite a high and I was finishing up the Swedish Medical Center Health Care Symposium. It's fun doing the entire live tweeting thing. Not only does it keep me on my toes as far as paying attention to the lecture and tweeting that out. I was about 30 minutes before boarding my flight at SeaTac, when it was announced that my flight would be delayed for 2 hours due to mechanical problems. I knew that I was going to miss my connecting flight. So, I knew that I had to rebook my flight - hoping to get back to my home airport tonight. I was told that it was impossible to get home tonight, and that the earliest that I could get home was tomorrow. Needless to say, I was really upset by this. No only am I in the office tomorrow, I'm also on call tonorrow night. Being mad and embarrassed, I had to call my office to let them know that I had to cancel most of my morning patients and to ...
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Social Health Panel at #Swedish100
2010-10-12 16:41:00
I was very happy to he a part of the Pre-conference session of the 2010 Swedish Medical Center Health Care Symposium. Definitely felt a little intimidated being on a panel with a group of medical social media superstars (that probably shows in the video above - sheesh) Our moderator, Nick Dawson, did a fabulous job at keeping us on track. As you'll see in the video above from our panel, he did a great thing in which he asked the audience if they had any questions. I think those opening thoughts really guided the panel in our discussion. Nick also asked about the composition of the audience. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of physicians in the audience. The other panelists included Kent Bottles, Jen Dyer, and Bryan Vartabedian. Some themes that came out of the discussion were the issues that physicians are concerned about - Payment reform for electronic communications, Patient privacy concerns, and Liability issues. Another interesting theme that came out was showing a lo...
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2010 Swedish Health Care Symposium
2010-10-11 14:52:00
Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington will be hosting their 2010 Health Care Symposium next week on October 11-12. They have an impressive speakers list including the CEO of General Electric. Dr. Rod Hochman, the CEO of Swedish, is even on twitter - and - sent me a tweet back when I said hello. (Very cool!) I will be taking part in one of the Pre-Conference sessions. The speakers for this Pre-Con session include Kent Bottles, Nick Dawson, Dave de Bronkart, Jennifer Dyer, Wendy Swanson, and Bryan Vartabedian. (In the video above, I discuss the conference with Dana Lewis from Doctor Anonymous Show 187) If you're not able to attend the event in person, that's ok. Swedish is making it available on a live video stream. If you want to watch the Live Video Stream, just go to http://bit.ly/sw100live - Also, as you're watching the live stream, use twitter to take part in the conversation by using the hastag #Swedish100 - They will also be using the social media tool called Cover...
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Social Health Is Cool Right Now
2010-10-11 14:44:00
Back in the dark ages only a few years ago when the intersection of medicine and the internet was in its infancy, there was not really a phrase or a word coined to describe medical people who liked the internet. Then, for lack of a better term, "Medbloggers" was used. This was kind of solidified by the weekly blog carnival called "Grand Rounds." In addition, only a year ago, there was the first "Medblogger" track at the huge tech conference called BlogWorld Expo 2009, of which I was lucky enough to be asked to be a speaker for. Then, earlier this year, in the spring, I saw people using the phrase, "Social Health ." This was especially prominent with the event named "SouthBy Social Health" - patterned after the very popular geek conference called "South By Southwest." Now, in 2011, the South By Southwest meeting is going to have a "Social Health" track of programming. In addition, in Las Vegas this week will be the "Social Health" track at the 2011 BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas. So, i...
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Paper.Li: I Don't Get It
2010-10-10 23:48:00
Ok kids, I need some help here. It seems like over the past month or so, I've been seeing something peculiar in my twitter stream. The links I'm seeing are for "newspaper" like appearances of twitter stream hashtags. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not calling out any particular hashtag "newspaper," but, in general, I just don't get. If I wanted to follow all the people these "newspapers" are following, I would do that. I don't need another twitter aggregator within my twitter stream. I do understand that platforms like this popped up since the introduction of the iPad and ipad apps like flipboard (BTW, I love filpboard when I use it on the iPad). However, when I see this on my twitter stream, I'm starting to get a little annoyed by this. I know what you're saying, "Why not just unfollow them?" Well, the only thing that kind of irks me iw the paper.li link. Maybe there's a way to search for this and have this deleted from my twitter stream... Now, I'm not going to complete...
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Why Twitter Is Cool
2010-10-10 23:22:00
We're going to be talking a lot tomorrow about Twitter and other social media platforms at the Pre-Conference meeting of the Swedish Medical Center Health Care Symposium. But, I just wanted to share something that is really cool about twitter. Twitter gives me the opportunity to be in contact with people I would never have access to. For example, the CEO of Swedish Medical Center just started a twitter account. Just to kind of be funny, I sent him a twitter message. In the video above, you'll see him type a message back to me. When I saw this, I was really amazed. That's really cool!
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Vlog: October 9, 2010
2010-10-10 19:39:00
In the video above, you'll see a video blog post, portions of which were recorded yesterday and this morning talking about my first day here in Seattle. If you enjoyed this, I encourage you to check out other videos over on my YouTube channel. Thanks so much!