“I know you don’t like it when patients use the Internet” I hear this every day from parents who sheepishly admit that they’ve been trying to learn something about their child’s condition. It’s unfortunate really because patients have been conditioned to believe that they shouldn’t be educating themselves. And when they do they are berated as not acting in their ... Continue Reading about Doctor Delicious
We Create the Noise Around Us
Last night during the Social Media & Health Care Twitter Conversation the issue of swine flu surfaced. So I took to my soap box to point the finger at the hysteria created this week on Twitter. While I’m juiced about the potential for social media to influence the delivery of health information, I was disappointed with the noise created surrounding the ... Continue Reading about We Create the Noise Around Us
Aporkalypse Not
Last year some 36,000 people died in the United States as a result of influenza. This year a new strain kills a few and the world is turned upside down. But swine flu hasn’t made it into history the way the media had predicted. So far it appears that the only epidemic was one of hysteria created by the media – both online and off. This week CNN’s hyped coverage did ... Continue Reading about Aporkalypse Not
Pay-for-Post Doctors
So with the mommy bloggers taking heat for their pay-for-post activity, I got to thinking: What’s going to happen when there are 20,000 physicians in the social media space? Anticipating that certain physician influentials will command big networks, we can expect to see pay-for-post activity evolve as a fertile marketing vehicle. Pharmaceuticals will, of course, fall ... Continue Reading about Pay-for-Post Doctors
Hellohealth – Not Ready for Prime Time
This week at Healthcare 2.0 I watched Dr. Jay Parkinson and software developer Myca unveil version 2 of the Hellohealth platform, the new social media based medical program for doctor-patient interaction. Hellohealth is a comprehensive, web-based patient care platform that allows patients and doctors to communicate through familiar tools like email or IM. Patients can ... Continue Reading about Hellohealth – Not Ready for Prime Time
Health 2.0 – Is There a Doctor in the House?
I spent the day today at HealthCamp Boston with some 150 medical thinkers. It was my first experience at a HealthCamp. If you’ve never been, it’s best described as an organic, roll-your-sleeves-up, stand-at-the-whiteboard, open source, ad lib meeting centered around health 2.0. Come with your issues and create an argument. Lots of discussion, talent and passion. But ... Continue Reading about Health 2.0 – Is There a Doctor in the House?