Earlier this summer, we took a look at a few different ways that hospitals have been using social media – or even what new networks could mean for future patient outreach. There are some hospitals and health centers that are ahead the pack, and the best example may be the Mayo Clinic.
The Mayo Clinic raised the bar in the past month, not only further committing resources to digital and social media efforts, but also by creating a first-of-the-field…
One of the best reasons to be actively following Twitter and connecting with other smart people around professional and social networks is that you often will come across lots of great links to the newest studies or fascinating blog posts.
Thanks to a great Edelman Digital team (most hat-tip worthy: a great Community Manager who loves to share), I find myself with stacks of of articles about new developments in online health and communication. So many of them are fascinating, but they may not be enough for…
There’s a very specific bond that happens among native New Englanders around our baseball team. We love our team, and from April to October, no matter where we’ve been displaced, we sometimes act like we live and die by the Boston Red Sox. Well, things haven’t exactly started off great this spring for my team; however, I still spend about three hours nearly every evening tracking games on my mobile phone, tweeting about the…
In the shadow of Austin’s annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film and Interactive Festival, a less prominent – but no less passionate – group of health social media experts and enthusiasts met in March for the Social Health 2010 Conference. They gathered to discuss how health organizations engaging in social media are addressing not only regulatory issues, but also logistical concerns such as the time and costs involved in maintaining social media programs.
Participants from around the country represented a…
There have been many different subtopics of online health communication discussed in the last few Health Digital Check-Ups. It’s somewhat daunting to digest it all, so before going even farther down the road with more about the specifics, we thought it may be a great time to refresh and just lay out the entire landscape.
Instead of walking through alone, though, we are going to enlist some help from one of the most iconic bands of American pop culture:
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