Heartfelt and thoughtful story from @npub1sh22...ct5g about doctor-patient care, highlighting an important question:
How can healthcare professionals better serve their patients?
While private care offers physicians more time for one-on-one patient interaction (as shown in Brian's case), how might patient-centered approaches be implemented within centralized healthcare systems where organizational metrics and incentives often take precedence? 🤔This is an especially important question for centrally funded health care systems.
Does change start with physician-led change to more private or home care models?
These questions arises from the tension between institutional goals and personalized care. Many practitioners feel constrained by administrative burdens in traditional settings, while patients increasingly seek more meaningful healthcare relationships as noted in Brian’s story.
Could alternative payment systems and communication networks like bitcoin and nostr facilitate a more direct patient-provider economic relationship, potentially creating an environment that supports truly personalized healthcare?
Check out the
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Or Nostr article below.
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MedSchlr
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Changing how medical and health sciences knowledge is communicated
At #learningbitcoin in Vancouver during the Decentralized Health panel we talked about the need for new medical and health sciences knowledge commons. This is what MedSchlr is working on. Also, it was mentioned that:
1) some healthcare professionals are already incorporating bitcoin payments into their practice;
2) industry leaders like Sound Health are pioneering bitcoin Health Savings Accounts to empower individuals and their families!
Interested to learn more about the practical application of bitcoin in healthcare? Check out the team at Sound Health, they’re putting on an awesome event at the end of the month!
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🧠 Ever noticed how we create labels for complex phenomena like "seizures" or "money," then treat these labels as if they're the actual thing? That's reification—mistaking our descriptions for reality.
When we say someone "has epilepsy," we're using a concept we created to describe a pattern of brain activity. But the brain doesn't know it's having "epilepsy"—it's just doing what brains do.
This mental shortcut limits our understanding in medicine, health sciences, economics, and beyond. How might breaking free from rigid definitions lead to breakthroughs in treatment and prevention approaches?
📚 As we're building MedSchlr, we're particularly interested in content that challenges conventional thinking and supporting individual and community learning. Questioning established frameworks like this can open new pathways to understanding complex medical conditions and health related problems.
What other concepts do you think we've reified that might be holding back progress?
🔎 To learn more, check out: @npub1sh22...ct5g's video, ‘Reification: The Invisible Spectra Our Words Ignore’:
#docchain #bitcoin #asknostr
🎙️MedSchlr June 2025 Project Update: Student Recruitment & Educational Progress
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Our Geyser lightning address is up & running!
🎉 The MedSchlr Geyser page is now live! Grateful for the donations that made this possible.
Looking forward to our upcoming meeting with undergraduate students and devs from @npub1s3ht...75wz this Thursday to plan summer activities and continue development of our nostr client built using #Alexandria.
For those interested in following our journey:
- 🔗 Connect with MedSchlr on #nostr.
- 💝 Support our summer development work and help strengthen future grant applications by contributing via our donation page:
@nosfabrica
Bitcoin Crowdfunding for New Ideas and Humanitarian Causes | Geyser
Geyser helps people launch new Bitcoin project ideas and fund humanitarian causes worldwide, accelerating adoption through transparent crowdfunding.
We have 7 days to raise $210 to go live on Geyser!
This will fund students, developers, and healthcare professionals working with us to change medical knowledge incentives and enable transparency. The future of medical knowledge is decentralized, accessible, and community-driven.
We're partnering with @npub1s3ht...75wz to make this vision reality.
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Geyser helps people launch new Bitcoin project ideas and fund humanitarian causes worldwide, accelerating adoption through transparent crowdfunding.
Hi @npub13v9z...3rka, we've been trying to go through the Geyser setup process but have been encountering a problem with email verification
cc @Emma
We are excited to present MedSchlr, a medical and health literature knowledge base for the #Nosfabrica challenge! Built on top of #Alexandria by @npub1s3ht...75wz, our platform aims to create a collaborative environment, where healthcare professionals and individuals can learn and share medical knowledge together.