Two surveys released on Thursday showed many physicians don’t feel like they have adequate access to testing and medical supplies. A survey of more than 2,600 U.S. physicians showed the vast majority — 73 percent — said they were not able to test patients quickly and easily.
SERMO, a physician social network, has unveiled its "Drug Ratings" tool, which allows doctors to research, rate and share their experiences with the accessibility of specific drugs.
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In another recent member poll, physicians found problems in patient diagnoses gleaned from the Internet.
This is the physician social network's first foray into non-English-speaking countries.
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Editor’s note: The author is a member of the Sermo advisory board. The doctor’s lounge used to be a great meeting place for doctors. A place where only doctors could go to discuss medical cases and share the stresses of everyday practice. These days, there is just no time to go there. We see more […]
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Scattered from Cleveland and Seattle to Virginia and Massachusetts are companies still trying to prove out a winning model to gather physicians in a Facebook -- or is it a LinkedIn, or is it a Ning? -- type of environment reserved solely for the medical community. The perceived reward is worth the pursuit, though. The leaders of these medical social networks say that their sites, if done right, are the new place pharmaceutical companies can come (and spend their marketing dollars) to connect with doctors now that ethics policies and gift bans are keeping drug representatives away.