Here are some stats on why people go online. The answer is “because its there” – its life – right?Well Education, connecting and research are all at the top. People are self-treaters and the web is number one. Best we all put up accurate and interactive information. Full story…. According to Ruder Finn, 100% of […]
Novo has gone for the branded Tweeter page to enter the social media race. I give them credit to enter uncharted waters of the FDA, where rules are made up as they go.Interesting story and great communication tool for diabetes. I think tweeter will work well within this disease area due to the vast number […]
Check this story out about a surgeon and their team tweeting from the operating table to the family waiting to hear status on their loved one. Tweets can keep you informed anywhere 🙂 Tweeting From the Operating Room By Tara Parker-Pope “While the hospital’s chief of plastic surgery, Dr. Viirender Singhal, operated, the public information […]
This is a great story on the use of SMS to spread health awareness. The United Nations is launching “Texting4Health” in Uganda this week to reach 10,000 people. “The UN is launching, on Wednesday the 1st of July 2009, a ten-day initiative intended to reach out to 10,000 people in Uganda through mobile phones to […]
The internet has the ability to be such a vital tool for doctors and patients. With healthcare in the state its in and the lack of availability patients have to doctors, this is a perfect medium to help. If online monitoring systems can be set up for patients with coronary heart disease, the patients will […]
Patients have many websites to choose from to get good information online. More importantly there are many sites that patients can go to where they can identify with someone else that has the same disease. Below is a snippet of a great article from CNN relating to this. Full article… Patients find support, help via […]