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Vincent Racaniello, a pioneer in RNA virology and world class researcher on the pathogenesis of polio, believes that social media can be used to enhance scientific research and improve science education. Vincent recently blogged about this on his virology blog and graciously allowed me to repost it to BioJobBlog. It is an interesting perspective from an innovative and creative scientist.

There are three different web activities, besides blogging and podcasting that enhance science in new ways. The first is the ability to post comments on blogs and podcasts. In so doing, people can interact in ways that were not previously possible. Scientists who have never met, or students hoping to learn, all can connect and create an instructive and creative dialog. Don’t understand something in a post? Just ask. Have something different to contribute? Post it. Science can only benefit from interactions not limited by geography or time. Read the blog to find out what the second and third enhancements to science are. It is an interesting blog addressing the interface of the social media and science.

Facebook and linkedIn have a competitor – SciLink. SciLink is one of the first social networks for scientists. The social media for scientists is growing with no fewer than 20 social networks for scientists – each promoting a unique approach to networking for scientists. Read this blog to get the latest scoop on what is going on in cyberspace networking!

The feds are eager to implement a new set of coding guidelines, called the ICD-10, but have been left to kick around in the dust the ICD-9 for the last decade. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, which is now pushing for the new system to be in place within three years, estimate that adopting the new coding system will cost the medical system $1.64 billion over the course of 15 years..