Recently I suggested that the public disclosure of your detailed personal health information may not be smart. Jen McCabe was dubious and alleged a Fear Factor approach. You might check out both posts. The perspectives are interesting and raise the question of just how open we should be. In her Posterous comments Jen cites some great examples of how the social web ... Continue Reading about Your Personal Health Footprint
The Reality of Open Source Health Advice
Last week someone posted on Twitter that they had swallowed a plastic toothpick. What to do? So they turned to the hive for help. “What should I do?” I thought as I read my Twitter feed. I was paralyzed in a way. I wanted to share my experience with hundreds of patients had swallowed pins, toothpicks and other pointy things. I specialize in just this sort of ... Continue Reading about The Reality of Open Source Health Advice
Less is More
We all struggle with information overload. As consumers we struggle with tuning our feed. As writers and producers we struggle with delivering our message. And there is no sign that things are lettin’ up. Remarkably, however, it seems the future is about less. Steve Rubel in April shuttered Micropersuasion in favor of a short-form Posterous lifestream. Leo Babauta ... Continue Reading about Less is More
Facebook Won’t Fix the Doctor-Patient Relationship
I was flipping through some of Lee Aase’s slides recently and he made a point that I can’t seem to get out of my head. Social media, says Lee, will not make up for a bad product offering. Lee was referring of course to hospital service. But the same wisdom can be applied to what doctors offer. So how’s our offering? Do doctors give patients the time and attention ... Continue Reading about Facebook Won’t Fix the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Doctor-Patient Dialog on Social Media: A Bad Idea?
Recently I wrote about how to handle things when patients try to engage doctors in the social media space. If you missed it you can read it here. If you want to save yourself 5 minutes consider the bottom line: Doctors and patients shouldn’t be discussing patient-specific issues in the social space. I heard from Ted Eytan regarding my post: The question is ... Continue Reading about Doctor-Patient Dialog on Social Media: A Bad Idea?
Are Twitter Lists Exclusionary?
Two of social media’s key thought leaders see Twitter lists differently. Chris Brogan yesterday wrote that he felt Twitter lists were exclusionary and put people at risk for feeling left out. Robert Scoble shot back with the idea that lists are, by their very nature, exclusionary but necessary. Despite his liberal use of capital letters, I have to side with Scoble ... Continue Reading about Are Twitter Lists Exclusionary?