If you have the chance check out Doximity, the latest player on the physician social stage. Doximity appeared two weeks ago with a soft, ever-so-quiet launch that garnered over a 1,000 physicians during its first live week. Doximity offers clinicians a secure communications network with a complete directory of pharmacies, hospitals, and MDs. At Doximity’s core is ... Continue Reading about Doximity – The Doctor’s LinkedIn
Social Health, Silos and Blog World Expo
My beef with social health is that most who take part spend most of their time speaking only with one another. Last year at Blog World Expo during dinner with a group of health bloggers I sheepishly confessed that I had sneaked out of the health track to hear Steve Rubel speak. None of them had ever heard of Steve Rubel. And after hearing who he was they couldn’t ... Continue Reading about Social Health, Silos and Blog World Expo
How I Do Twitter
Someone recently asked me how I choose my followers on Twitter. When I offer an opinion on how I use Twitter, keep in mind that I don't represent a hospital, business or Fortune 500 brand. What you do as a marketing professional on Twitter may be very different from what I do as a free-range physician. I follow: 1) People who bring me information I can use. ... Continue Reading about How I Do Twitter
Are Tweetchats Good for Doctors?
Yesterday some of us participated in the flagship physician Tweetchat (MDChat). Or better, I tried to participate between finishing up some calls and choking down a bean burrito. When the idea was initially proposed to me I committed only to supporting its initiation with the occasional role of host. I’m simply overcommitted but wanted to support Phil Baumann and ... Continue Reading about Are Tweetchats Good for Doctors?
Can Breaking Oncology News Spread Socially?
I received a press release today from a friend in the Bay Area. Investigators at UCSF have published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that less chemotherapy can be effective at treating some childhood cancers. The paper was the result of an eight year clinical study in children with neuroblastoma. In this particular population, researchers ... Continue Reading about Can Breaking Oncology News Spread Socially?
Book Notes – I Live in the Future and Here’s How it Works
This week I read Nick Bilton’s new book, I Live in the Future and Here’s How it Works – Why Your World, Work and Brain are Being Creatively Disrupted. Bilton is the lead technology writer for the New York Times Blog, Bits. If you’ve ever read Bits you know that Bilton has real insight into the evolving role of technology in the way we live. In plain language I ... Continue Reading about Book Notes – I Live in the Future and Here’s How it Works