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Analysis of what patients say across the web on Medify.com
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Do digital tools help with diabetes? New report casts doubt
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A number of health tech companies are using online and mobile platforms to help fight and prevent diabetes. But a review of several trials says that computer-based interventions have mixed outcomes.
Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:
The report, published in the Cochrane Library, an independent evaluator of medical research, was based on a review of 16 trials involving nearly 3,600 people with type 2 diabetes. In each of the trials, the patients used computers or mobile phones as part of a diabetes intervention program that lasted between one and 12 months.
The interventions in the trials included online peer support and education, digitally delivered tailored advice, goal setting features and mobile-based glucose data transmissions.
The study found that the digitally supported programs led to small positive effects on blood sugar levels, with the mobile-based interventions leading to slightly more improvement, but that those effects started decreasing after six months. It also found that there didn’t appear to be significant improvements on depression, blood pressure, weight or quality of life.
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Physicians can extend reach to patients via social media
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It’s not bad enough that most physicians are being squeezed in trying to control healthcare costs now there are those who are saying that doctors have to use and embrace social media ?
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Healthcare Social Media Review: Which Tools Work Best For Your Patients?
The latest edition of the excellent Healthcare Social Media Review.
ENGAGEMENT: More than a Proposal
Five Reasons Why Physicians Need to Use Social Media
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Physician participation in social media is a health care imperative according to Dr. Kevin Pho, a practicing internist and the founder of KevinMD.com, a leading online health portal; however, many physicians remain skeptical about the value of social media.
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Guest Post: Supporting practitioners to make sense of social media in mental health practice
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Victoria Betton deputy director of strategy and partnerships at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust discusses her new e-book Social Media in Mental Health Practice
Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:
Victoria Betton says the idea for Social Media in Mental Health Practice came from "a desire to capture many of the fantastic ways in which social media are already being used, to amplify, and to give practitioners ideas and tips about how they might incorporate this knowledge into their day-to-day practice. It isn’t a ‘how to’ book and it isn’t about professional identity. Its purpose is to help mental health practitioners who are new to social media, consider the possibilities and the challenges, by finding out from those who are already innovating – both people using mental health services and people working within them."
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Doctors and “Friends”
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Russell Faust, MD, PhD is an award-winning physician-scientist, author, and entrepreneur; he is co-founder, CEO, and Chief Medical Officer for Anicca Media, LLC – a digital media agency helping physician practices and hospitals to connect with their online patient communities, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies to connect with physicians. He is advisor for several tech- and biotech-startups; he is also guest Faculty at Oakland University School of Business, Executive MBA in Healthcare Program, where he lectures on branding and social media in healthcare. Dr. Faust is a Pediatric ENT surgical specialist with a passion for using social media to optimize patient care, and he is an author on how physicians can enter the digital world to build their practices and improve healthcare.
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Online Reputation Management for Physicians: Putting Your Best Cyber-Foot Forward
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In my world, online reputation is critical. Cyberspace is where my patients and customers are, where they go first and where I need to be.
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Cardiologist Dr Kevin Campbell discusses key concepts of managing a digital or online reputation in his blog.
Guide To The Use of Social Media In Oncology Practice
Journal of Oncology Practice
Abstract
Oncologists may use social media as a platform for patient education and authoritative health messaging, for professional development and knowledge sharing, and for direct patient interaction, although this may be fraught with important legal and privacy concerns. In this article, a working group of the ASCO Integrated Media and Technology Committee explores how oncologists might responsibly use social media in their professional lives.
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