Socialblood seeks to boost the number of voluntary donations through a social networking platform where the users use their social reach and influence to help meet the demand for blood, according to its Indiegogo web page.
Preliminary results of a study at Boston's Partners HealthCare among teenagers with asthma found significant improvement in engagement and in symptom control when patients received reminders and encouragement from clinicians and peers via Facebook.
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.
The push to make California the third state to do away with personal exemptions from childhood vaccinations has been partly defined by a war of words between opposing sides of the debate on Facebook, A Jezebel article highlighted the debate.
If a smoker who decides to quit declares it to everyone they are friends with through social media, is there a greater chance that they will succeed?
Emulating the 23andMe model of spit-send-sequence, a new app called Genes for Good is soliciting Facebook users to send their genetic and phenotypic data to researchers at the University of Michigan. Like 23andMe, users get to learn about their ancestry. Unlike 23andMe, it’s free. The idea is to help expand genomics research at UMich: Users are solicited via Facebook to fill out questionnaires about their […]
Co-founder of PayPal and initial investor in Facebook, Peter Thiel knows where to put his money and has an eye for what will be successful – that much is clear. But now, his eye has drifted over to the biotech world, and once again, the money is rolling in. According to MIT Technology Review, Thiel […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
It’s a little eerie to think about your Facebook profile remaining active once you have died, as if you still exist in some digital form. It usually doesn’t remain untouched, though. Friends and family have been able to turn a profile into memorial page by notifying Facebook. But as of today, Facebook is providing the […]
If you take a look at the 40 mergers and acquisitions in digital health this year, many were by or for startups, according to a StartUp Health report published this month. It shows that these companies are maturing and seek tools and products that will expand their customer base and effectiveness. I’ve selected a few […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $25 million to the efforts in combating Ebola outbreak last month, and he’s now asking that you do the same. Well, maybe not as much. Starting today, the social network will publish a donate button across the top of its users’ News Feeds giving the option to donate to the […]
Have you ever noticed that it looks like all of the newborn baby photos you see posted on Facebook or other social media outlets are wrapped in the same exact blanket? Well, you’re not losing your mind. It is, in fact, the same blanket. My new sister #baby #newborn #girl #looksnothinglikeme A photo posted […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
People freely share a lot of personal information on Facebook, sometimes too much like those chronic Facebook posters we know so well. The burgeoning communities dedicated to people with common and rare conditions feels like a missed opportunity, but Facebook is on the case and is planning a move into health, according to Reuters. Three […]
Social media and healthcare are an odd couple, at least for Facebook. It turns out that only about 9.5 percent of Facebook pages about chronic diseases are used for actual support, while about 32 percent of such pages are marketing ploys, according to a study in the Journal of Medicine Internet Research. The study also […]
The idea of open-sourcing science is picking up steam in both academia and the private sector, with social media emerging as one of the key tools to link one researcher with the next. A fascinating Nature article, and set of accompanying interactive infographics, breaks down how academics are using social media these days. ResearchGate was singled […]
Telemedicine pioneer Dr. Jay Sanders is pretty jazzed about Facebook's move to acquire virtual reality company, Oculus, for $2 billion. Why? It could lead to telemedicine becoming more widely adopted. The conference call about the deal prompted this key quote from Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg:
Remember Chad Henderson – the hero for journalists who were hungry for health insurance exchange success stories when the site first launched in October? Now that many of the kinks have been worked out with the site, success stories – and horror stories – are much easier to come by. One social media campaign, ACA […]