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By: Twitter surgery timeline: 8 months of OR tweets | mobihealthnews

Twitter surgery timeline: 8 months of OR tweets | mobihealthnews — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:18:15 +0000

[...] October 29, 2008: Robert Hendrick, co-founder of change:healthcare live tweeted surgery that was performed on him to remove his varicose veins. Hendrick was tweeting live from the operating room in what many believe to be the first use of Twitter during live surgery. More [...]

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Spider Vein Basics | Basic Beauty Stuff Blog — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:44:30 +0000

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By: Henry Ford Hospital Surgeons Twitter Surgery As Outreach & Teaching « Emerging Technologies Librarian

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:38:09 +0000

[...] twittered a surgery. (More about Twitter.) The first time a surgery was twittered it was done by the patient who was under local anesthesia for the procedure on his legs. (More about the original twittered [...]

By: New Medicaid Patients by Health Commons

New Medicaid Patients by Health Commons — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:35:22 +0000

[...] Blawg Review # 186: Blawgers Are All-A-TwitterRes Ipsa Blog brings you this week’s edition of Blawg Review — Blawg Review #186. This edition begins with a summary of the raging Twitter Wars and includes a link to a post I did last week discussing some of the legal implications of live tweeting in health care. [...]

By: The Implications for Live Tweeting Surgery by Health Commons

The Implications for Live Tweeting Surgery by Health Commons — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:34:09 +0000

[...] He also tweeted the first installment of his surgery to remove his varicose veins — Live from the Operating Room. Robert and his counterpart, Christopher Parks, are all about transparency in health care, [...]

By: Are We Moving Towards a European-Style Health Care System? by Health Commons

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:31:15 +0000

By: ONCHIT Issues Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Health Information by Health Commons

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By: Varicose Vein Removal Options | Article Hop

Varicose Vein Removal Options | Article Hop — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:20:11 +0000

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By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:45:41 +0000

Bryan, thanks for asking. Things went very smoothly. Prep time for each was around 30 minutes. The quickest of the procedures was around an hour. The longest about 2 hours. Clean up about 15 minutes. For the laser, I got up immediately from the table. For the phlebectomy had to stay down for 1-2 hours post-surgery and stare up at my blackberry.