EmegiBlog.com | EP Monthly | 3.05
When Allen Roberts sat down to create an online medical journal three years ago, he didn’t think of himself as a “blogger.” He was just an Emergency Physician in Texas sharing his thoughts with whoever happened upon his website. Sometimes he wrote about trivial things, like a funny gift from his nursing staff. But he also posted his thoughts about real ED issues, like tort reform and ambulance diversion, and pretty soon he had created an online dialogue. Roberts’ website became a place for EPs to swap stories, complaints and medical advice in a casual and exceedingly convenient environment. Thus Gruntdoc.com was born, and much to Roberts’ surprise, became a gold standard among medical web journals. But don’t take our word for it; Gruntdoc.com was recently voted Best Medical Weblog of 2004. …
For instance, Chris Rangel, a hospitalist in Texas with the weblog “rangelmd.com”, recently posted an entry discussing the extent of doctors’ responsibility in the recent Vioxx disaster. …
Others mentioned in the article:
- RangelMD
- symtym
- richard[WINTERS]md
- Medpundit (albeit a typo “webpundit.com”)
Congratulations to Gruntdoc on his hosting of ER “Talk” Blog (announcement, blog):
This is an open discussion about anthing. Share your funniest situations in the ER, ask your fellow ERPs a question. Jump in and start a debate! Now Dr. Roberts will be moderating the EPmonthly.com BLOG!