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NewsPinterest, YouTube can help your hospital's marketing efforts
A picture is worth a thousand words--especially when it comes to social media. Hospital marketers typically have relied on words to create content and build brands. However, times have changed, and Read more...
Doximity's iRounds platform like 'Twitter for docs'
Doximity, the physician social network launched last year by Epocrates co-founder Jeff Tangney, unveiled its iRounds platform this week, which allows doctors and medical students to chat in a Read more...
Inc. magazine schools Mayo, Cleveland Clinic in website design
The Cleveland Clinic goes straight to the front of the class for its website--but Mayo Clinic gets it knuckles rapped. In a "website smackdown," Inc. magazine examines the online presence of two Read more...
Docs urged to use caution when building social media profiles
Despite a rise in the number of healthcare professionals migrating online to build a following on blogs and on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, dangers persist, as outlined in a Read more...
University program examines efficacy of health messages via social media, mobile channels
Social media and healthcare once again are converging, this time at Davie, Fla.-based Nova Southeastern University. The school's College of Pharmacy recently launched its Center for Consumer Health Read more...
How to manage healthcare social media risk
Healthcare organizations are starting to catch up to the rest of the world in adopting social media, especially in the past two to three years. Still, many in the risk-averse healthcare industry Read more...
Observers advise hospitals on use of social media
Pundits are full of suggestions for how hospitals should use social media. Hard on the heels of a long post by healthcare attorney David Harlow on his HealthBlawg, two other articles offered Read more...
Social media efforts put hospitals in the spotlight
Mayo Clinic tops a blogger's list of 20 healthcare organizations with "inspiring" social media strategies. That choice is not surprising: The Rochester, Minn.-based hospital has its own social media Read more...
Health attorney advises providers to set clear policies on social media
In Part II of a blog post on how providers should approach social media, attorney and healthcare expert David Harlow covers professional responsibility, malpractice liability, "daily deal" websites Read more...
Assessing privacy, bandwidth concerns key for providers entering social media
Privacy rules under HIPAA, malpractice liability and professional responsibility codes are among the many reasons providers choose not to enter the social media realm, according to blogger David Read more...
| Press ReleasesAHF Online Community Surpasses 500,000Nonprofit AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) leverages its growing online community—including 456,517 Facebook Followers—to achieve advocacy successes in the U.S. & global HIV/AIDS fight Read more >> American Nurses Association Uses Charity Dynamics' Boundless Voices® to Expand Reach and Build Stronger Network of AdvocatesNew Online Advocacy Solution for Nonprofits Yields Strong Results, Enables ANA Supporters to Drive Greater Awareness through FacebookAUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Nurses Read more >> Top 11 Trends for 2012 in Healthcare Data, According to Industry ExpertsA Look Ahead Points to Increased Risks; Regulatory Expectations; Reputational FalloutPORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospitals and healthcare organizations will need more than a couple Read more >> TheraBiogen Social Media CampaignNEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TheraBiogen, Inc. (OTC BB: TRAB), a manufacturer and distributor of homeopathic nasal sprays for aiding in the relief of allergies, cold and flu symptoms and Read more >> VA Launches Facebook Pages for All 152 Medical CentersStrategy Enables Returning Vets to Engage with VA at the Local Level WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that all of its 152 medical centers are now Read more >> |
