The Digital Pathology Blog (”a weblog for the digital pathology community and laboratory professionals”) hosts today’s edition of the Medicine 2.0 blog carnival, which derives its name from the “Web 2.0″ reference to current trends in Internet design and technologies. Not surprisingly, the carnival focuses on Internet-based technologies applied in the health care industry. On The Wards makes a brief appearance with our February report on the collaboration between Google Health and the Cleveland Clinic.

The venerable MedBlogs Grand Rounds circulates every Tuesday, which coincidentally falls on April Fools Day this year. Today’s edition (4.28) is primarily hosted by GruntDoc. As an added twist to commemorate this foolhardy occasion, GruntDoc conspired with a few other medical bloggers to scatter the featured articles among multiple sites. The purposeful chaos is reminiscent of a carnival-like atmosphere where the multitude of loud, flashy booths are scattered throughout the carnival grounds (how appropriate for a blog carnival).

Our article for this week’s Grand Rounds discusses low colonoscopy screening rates and can be found at Musings of a Distractible Mind. The distractible Dr. Rob hosts part 6 of “Mutant Grand Rounds”, where he includes pictures of oversized or overcolored mutants. He jokingly posits “the dangers these mutants pose are beyond description”. He follows …

The same can be said for insufficient screening for colon cancer. This is raised in the blog On the Wards. Who is to blame for such poor screening in our society? Katie Couric? Alan Thicke? Nick Genes? No, it is the physician who need to be identifying those at risk and encouraging colonoscopy.

This is quite an amusing yet discombobulating Grand Rounds, quite appropriate for April Fools Day. If you have no idea what I just presented above, don’t worry. I’m still left dazed and confused myself.