Mobile Application Overhaul

CartagenaSurgery — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:38:07 +0000

Despite the initial success of our first mobile applications, the applications have developed a series of bugs and other issues. Since we are currently developing additional applications for use in our research project – we are also revising STS general thoracic application and adding an iPhone compatible version.

As always – the icons for our programs remain the same:

official icon for cirugia de torax

official logo of Cirugia de Torax

As soon as the new applications are up and running – we will update our links. As always, these applications remain free for users.

Using social media & technology to promote specialty practice

CartagenaSurgery — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:35:53 +0000

“Using social media & technology to promote specialty practice” is the title of the abstract submitted (and accepted) for presentation at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) national conference in June 2012. As part of this presentation, we will be talking about and presenting information about the Cirugia de Torax website and associated social media. We will be presenting information about the evolution from the first post last spring, to the development of our first (and basic) Android app to more sophisticated applications such as the STS General database application.

We will also be presenting statistics – website visits, numbers of subscribers, numbers of applications downloaded, emails received as well as where our readers come from. So I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has made this project a success; to all of the surgeons and thoracic surgery specialists (nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, nurses, etc.) that invited me into their operating rooms, made time in their schedules for interviews, phone calls, and answered my many emails.

Thank you to all of my readers – especially the medical / nursing students and patients out there that requested or suggested topics or articles. (I never knew how fascinated we all are with RATS (robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery) until I started receiving all of those emails. So thank you for the gracious and generous feedback.

Lastly, if you are in Orlando, Florida area this June – I’d like to invite you to stop by and introduce yourself. (I’ll be posting more details as the date nears.)

K. Eckland

Update: 23 June 2012

27th AANP conference

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Mobile Application Overhaul

Using social media & technology to promote specialty practice