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The writing is on the wall. Patients can and will shop around when they have to use more of their own money to pay for healthcare, and there are better channels of communication and information available to make those decisions.
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Today’s patients are empowered and connected – living as much in the digital world as the “real” world. It isn’t easy to engage healthcare customers in soci…
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Services like HealthTap have proliferated over the last year as a way to let anyone with questions about their health connect with real, licensed physicians online and avoid the pain of waiting in line at the doctor’s office.
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Just 61 GP practices in England are offering patients full online access to their patient records.
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Yesterday Guy Kawasaki was blasted for sending out his normal stream of auto tweets.
What should you do about scheduled tweets in the midst of an unfolding tragedy?
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By Fanny Gillet and edited by Colleen Young On Wednesday May 10th, @kgrindrod moderated our discussion on the relationship between journalism and social media.
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Like you, my heart and head are heavy in the wake of yesterday’s bombings in Boston. Especially since I feel so helpless.
I had a completely different post planned today, but wanted to respond a.s.a.p. to the questions, worries and just totally-wrong communications I’ve seen going out since the bombings yesterday afternoon.
Most of this outreach was harmless, but simply a mismatch with what’s on our minds right now. Because most of us are feeling horror, sadness, fear, uncertainly and a sense of helplessness and vulnerability.
Excellent advice from Nancy E. Schwartz on communicating in the wake of the Boston bombings.
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Real-time social phenomenon, Twitter, can be a powerful tool to help prevent heart disease and improve health practices, according to a group of researchers affiliated with the University of Sydney.
Their study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, surveying 15 international health-focused Twitter accounts, nine professional organisations and six medical journals, were selected for analysis of their Twitter growth, reach, and content.
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Dr. Ed Tucker of Janssen Research & Development LLC discusses how pharmaceutical firms need to approach social media.
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Proteus Digital Health has developed a pill that can text an alert when it enters a patient’s stomach. The technology, widely tested and already available for over-the-counter sale in a pilot program in the UK is just one of several new developments in caregiving technology designed to prevent hospital readmissions and relieve family caregivers of the persistent worry: “Is Dad taking his meds?”
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