Theranos is in trouble. It needs a meme. Introducing #theranosing
It's a healthcare social media trend reshaping medicine - though we have no peer reviewed literature to share with you to prove this is true.
On MedHeads this week: How social media plays a role in the future of healthcare
Keeping conversations alive is essential for progress in healthcare, and social media can play a prominent role.
Healthcare social media researchers could learn a lot from startups, pharma
The study results suggest it may be possible to link social media content to health outcomes.
#NoBraDay: When healthcare social media goes terribly wrong
The hashtag #NoBraDay has been trending on social media. But it probably hasn't produced the kind of result organizers had hoped for.
How can LinkedIn participate in the healthcare conversation?
I'm not sure LinkedIn wants to be part of the conversation. Any conversation, really.
New LinkedIn Groups changes force its healthcare social media strategists to change up
Some of the most active LinkedIn Groups in healthcare will move a lot of that conversation off the site.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
CMIOs: embrace artificial intelligence but don’t let machines rule the world
The first-ever CMIO tweet chat Thursday was intelligent and engaging, and the participants were enthusiastic.
Google’s new life science project: Body parts
A tiny arm? A second head? No, friend, meet the Flange.
How can we improve quality and consistency of medical advice to patients?
Mothers commonly report receiving either no advice or recommendation inconsistent advice from each of the four sources we studied [doctors, birth hospital nurses, family, and media] regarding immunization, breastfeeding, sleep position, sleep location and pacifier use.
Remember, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has done absolutely nothing (so far)
Too much hype will make it hard to take the real credit later on.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
MD Connect lists physicians on Twitter; Here are some more in health IT
If you are into health IT and digital health, you should follow these physicians on Twitter.
The ROI of Social Media in Healthcare
There has never been a more misleading term in business than social media. Healthcare executives have been trained to ask for the ROI of everything, but for some reason they put more focus on this when it comes to social than other traditional forms of media and advertising. Hospitals and health systems aren’t selling mugs […]
Tweeters sound off on population health, patient ID
Does there need to be a universal patient identifier in the U.S.? Are efforts to promote population health and precision medicine aligned? Those are two of the questions taken up by participants in #HCLDR, a weekly tweet chat on healthcare leadership.
Yelp adds data on healthcare quality, ER wait times
Yelp listings for more than 25,000 hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis clinics got a whole lot more useful, as the ratings site added data on such things as emergency room waiting times, readmission rates, fines paid for safety violations and even how well physicians communicate with patients.
Study: Tweet chats motivate patients with breast cancer
Score another one for advocates of team-based care and for the power of social media.