5 Ways Google Is Protecting Kids’ Mental Health on YouTube
During a session at CES 2024, a Google exec shared several changes the company has made through YouTube to protect children and teens.
Information as a social determinant: 3 ways Google is addressing health inequity
Google announced three updates at the Google Health Equity Summit, including a new video series partnership, improved search features and an expanded program with Fitbit.
YouTube teams up with providers, healthcare groups to combat health misinformation
The video-sharing giant is partnering with providers and groups, like Mayo Clinic and the American Public Health Association, to create evidence-based health content. YouTube has also added CVS Health's former chief community health officer to lead those efforts.
AMA urges tech giants to combat misinformation about vaccines
In a letter addressed to the CEOs of Facebook, Pinterest, Amazon, Google, Youtube and Twitter, AMA executive vice president CEO James Madara wrote about the medical community's concern about the spread of misinformation on vaccines.
Healthcare CEO uses YouTube to unveil job cuts
In a unique move, Charleston Area Medical Center Health System CEO David Ramsey announced the slashing of 300 jobs via a YouTube video posted last week.
HHS OIG posts video on eClinicalWorks settlement
In a stern warning to eClinicalWorks and the healthcare community at large, HHS OIG published a YouTube video highlighting the need for honesty in the EHR certification process.
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.
5 non-health tech stories you should care about this week
Scott Broock has jumped from virtual reality startup Jaunt to Google, where he will be global VR "evangelist" for YouTube. Plus, could Outlook be the future of mobile e-mail?
This is #Mamming: the breast cancer awareness campaign sweeping Instagram
As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, This Is Mamming encourages women to “embrace the awkwardness of mammograms and inspire more women to mam where it counts: at the doctor’s office.” By bringing humor to the situation, #mamming hopes to make women make that awkward moment in the doctor’s office a regular thing. So what is mamming? […]
No pink in sight: This video is what real breast cancer awareness looks like
In 2012, Emily Helck was diagnosed with breast cancer. Watch the viral video above to see the progression of her cancer treatment. These photos are true breast cancer awareness, and they aren’t wrapped up in pink ribbon. “Cancer is embarrassing,” she told ABC News. “As a friend or co-worker or acquaintance, it’s hard to know […]
VIDEO: House Republicans release Obamacare website chat, ask others to share website woes
As the clumsy Obamacare rollout continues under the shadow of the major website fumble, House Republicans launched a YouTube video mocking the “help” on the website. Anyone who’s used the chat function on a website knows they’re not usually helpful (or real people), but this sort of response brings a Jon Stewart facepalm to mind. […]
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.
Fiction writer John Green’s back with another healthcare Youtube video. This time, he tries signing up for Obamacare
Fiction writer John Green does an experiment: He plans to apply for insurance through the exchanges and then through a private insurer. Watch the video above. Green tries to sign up for Obamacare and is met with the many errors and glitches, asked to type in his name repeatedly and, well, as he puts it: “I’m […]
Want to solve your men’s health issue? Grow a mustache, join the Movember movement
Doctor Mike Evans’ Youtube Channel is one of my favorites. Watching “23 1/2 hours” changed my perspective on how I should be treating my body. Now, he and Movember CEO Adam Garone (TED Talk here) have created a video to promote men’s health, facial hair and Movember. This November, it asks men to find ways […]
The novelty of live tweeting surgeries was wearing off — until this c-section
[WARNING: This post contains graphic images and videos] Yes, that is a child just pulled from the womb of its mother. And yes, it’s from Twitter. It’s just one of the graphic images tweeted by Memorial Hermann Health System (@houstonhospital) on Wednesday when the hospital broadcast a C-section birth through social media. Obstetrician Dr. Anne […]
4 social media-savvy nonprofits using the Web creatively to make a difference in healthcare
We’ve looked extensively at how hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, entrepreneurs, doctors, patients and medical schools are using social media. But there’s another group whose inherently social nature lends itself well to social media success: health-related charitable organizations. From the Red Cross to the American Heart Association, most nonprofit organizations today have a strong online presence, but […]
See doctors dance, surgeons rap in our top 5 Pink Glove Dance videos
More than 200 hospitals are putting their digital media skills — and their dancing skills — to the test in the name of breast cancer awareness. The Pink Glove Dance 2012 video competition has drawn more than 200 entries from hospitals, schools, dance groups, nursing homes and physician practices vying for a $10,000 donation to […]