It seems that I’m the only individual in the free world without a Twitter disclaimer that ‘my tweets are my own.’ You’ve seen them, I’m sure. Vague disclaimers invariably copied from someone else intended to create a fuzzy feeling of security. Here’s why I believe token disclaimers don’t make sense: You represent your organization. While you may not deliver ... Continue Reading about Why Your Twitter Disclaimer Doesn’t Make Sense
The Problem with Human Communication
Here Sherpaa founder Jay Parkinson riffs on why video may be an overrated health communication tool. Traditional asynchronous text dialog, he argues, is perhaps our best option. His discussion sparked dialog since it flies in the face of what seems to be an inevitable trajectory toward telehealth. The problem with human communication is that it’s nuanced. ... Continue Reading about The Problem with Human Communication
The Man Machine Dichotomy
Check out Where does the Doctor Stop and the Computer Begin? by Jim Salwitz over on KevinMD. I adore Dr. Jim Salwitz. He represents one of the infosphere’s most insightful minds in oncology. But I have a problem with the title. It assumes a man machine dichotomy. An allocation of effort that's on us or on them with a boundary separating where they stop and we ... Continue Reading about The Man Machine Dichotomy
The New York Times’ Digital Health Humiliation
If you read nothing else this week it would be Nick Bilton’s inexplicable piece in The New York Times. His loose attempt to draw parallels between the effects of health apps and cigarettes amounted to nothing short of professional suicide. And the fact that his source was Joseph Mercola should serve as an embarrassment to anyone even remotely associated with The New ... Continue Reading about The New York Times’ Digital Health Humiliation
What if Health Communication Was Like Buzzfeed?
Not long ago I was reviewing a piece of patient education material that was due for revision. It was long, dry, and read like my seventh grade health ed textbook. It didn't work. Then I thought to myself, what if this were written like some of the successful websites that I visit every day? What if our education material had the flair of Buzzfeed, Mashable and ... Continue Reading about What if Health Communication Was Like Buzzfeed?
Take the Medicine X | Symplur Signals Research Challenge
Stanford Medicine X in partnership with the analytics masterminds at Symplur have launched a brilliant competition designed to spark scholarly research activity in healthcare social media. The Stanford Medicine X | Symplur Signals Research Challenge asks all healthcare stakeholders to submit proposals to improve our understanding of how public dialog is changing ... Continue Reading about Take the Medicine X | Symplur Signals Research Challenge