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Fighting the afternoon blahs? Check out these healthcare infographics on Pinterest

Fighting the afternoon blahs? Check out these healthcare infographics on Pinterest

April 26, 2013 2:10 pm by | 0 Comments

Finding it hard to focus on work or counting the minutes until 5? Take a work-related Pinterest break. Paul Sonnier, the founder of the Digital Health group on LinkedIn, has ... Read more

25 ideas on using education, messaging & incentives to drive behavior change in health

25 ideas on using education, messaging & incentives to drive behavior change in health

April 19, 2013 3:11 pm by | 1 Comments

Motivating people to change their health behaviors is a tricky feat, but people sure are trying. In fact, the number of fitness tracking applications and workplace wellness companies that exist ... Read more


Ten simple social media rules for doctors

Ten simple social media rules for doctors

April 18, 2013 12:52 am by | 0 Comments

How should doctors behave online? This is a funny question, isn't it? A group of doctors came up with a 14-page, 6,000 word instruction manual. These 10 rules work just ... Read more

Online community connects Marathon runners with shelter and support after explosions

Online community connects Marathon runners with shelter and support after explosions

April 16, 2013 12:00 am by | 1 Comments

A Twitter hashtag, two Google docs, and several other "how to help" sources sprang up soon after the two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon. ... Read more

Doctor describes medical tent scene right after explosions at Boston Marathon

Doctor describes medical tent scene right after explosions at Boston Marathon

April 15, 2013 10:59 pm by | 0 Comments

Dr. Sushrut Jangi, a Boston Globe correspondent, was in the medical tent at the end of Boston Marathon course. He described what it was like to go from treating runners ... Read more

Doctors and nurses have figured out LinkedIn, now we need more researchers

Doctors and nurses have figured out LinkedIn, now we need more researchers

April 12, 2013 1:58 pm by | 0 Comments

 Simon Zhang, data analyst and former neurosurgeon, reports that there are now one million doctors and nurses in the US using the social networking site.What are they doing? Looking for ... Read more

No frivolity here: 15 stem cell experts and 10 news sources to follow on Twitter

No frivolity here: 15 stem cell experts and 10 news sources to follow on Twitter

April 5, 2013 4:51 pm by | 0 Comments

Apparently, there are still some Twitter holdouts in the science world. Ben Paylor writes on the Signals Blog:A recent piece in Regenerative Medicine by Lee Buckler argues that social media ... Read more


HIT firm ranks hospitals based on patient engagement tools, social presence and patient satisfaction

HIT firm ranks hospitals based on patient engagement tools, social presence and patient satisfaction

April 4, 2013 12:11 pm by | 1 Comments

The annual hospital rankings dished out by U.S. News and World Report may not be pulling the same weight they once did, as criticism over the last few years of ... Read more

Is limited social media guidance from FDA resulting in more violations for pharma?

Is limited social media guidance from FDA resulting in more violations for pharma?

April 3, 2013 3:36 pm by | 1 Comments

While the lack of FDA guidance on social media has kept some medical companies away from online channels where patients are gathering. But that fear may not be as real ... Read more

Healthcare startup’s social network for members with chronic conditions focuses on underlying problems

Healthcare startup’s social network for members with chronic conditions focuses on underlying problems

April 2, 2013 6:22 pm by | 0 Comments

A healthcare startup led by a co-founder and former chief operating officer of WebMD works with insurers and employers to provide a social support network for members with chronic conditions. ... Read more

Questions raised in White House BRAIN initiative Twitter Q&A focus on patient benefits, sequestration

Questions raised in White House BRAIN initiative Twitter Q&A focus on patient benefits, sequestration

April 2, 2013 3:53 pm by | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama’s announcement detailing the $100 million project to map the human brain has caused ripples of excitement through the biotech, big data and epatient communities. But that excitement ... Read more

Vine adds feature to make this social media tool even more useful

Vine adds feature to make this social media tool even more useful

March 30, 2013 12:37 pm by | 0 Comments

Expect to see short, repeating videos all over the place now ’ the Twitter-owned firm announced today that you can now embed any Vine video on the web. It’s a ... Read more

Embrace the hashtag you #hcsm geeks (nearly everyone’s doing it)

Embrace the hashtag you #hcsm geeks (nearly everyone’s doing it)

March 27, 2013 7:11 pm by | 0 Comments

Almost three quarters of social media users now employ hashtags, a new study by digital ad agency RadiumOne suggests, and close to half click on hashtags to explore new related ... Read more

Wow of the Week: Clinical trial matchmaker wants to disrupt clinical trial recruitment with access to data

Wow of the Week: Clinical trial matchmaker wants to disrupt clinical trial recruitment with access to data

March 23, 2013 7:30 am by | 2 Comments

One group wants to change the way clinical trials recruit candidates by giving patients access to their data in the hopes it will build trust spurring them to share more ... Read more

For daily dish from investors, look no further than these 10 VCs on Twitter

For daily dish from investors, look no further than these 10 VCs on Twitter

March 15, 2013 5:05 pm by | 6 Comments

These days, you don’t have to score a meeting with an investor to find out his interests, his advice and what he thinks about the latest trend in the industry. ... Read more