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(Part 2) Can Health Care really put social networking to use?

Posted by Shawn Riley in Tuesday, February 3rd 2009

Topics: Video Tags: networking, social

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Part 2 of our discussion on social networking in health care.

Can Health Care really put social networking to use? (Part 1)

Posted by Shawn Riley in Tuesday, February 3rd 2009

Topics: Video Tags: digg, future, medical home, networking, social, twitter

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Our small panel discusses whether Health Care can really use social networking to its fullest. Health Care is not known for being an early adopter and is often very shy of new technologies. Given that confidentiality is highly expected and rules like HIPPA cause confusion as to what is allowed, it is no surprise that [...]

Phil Baumann has some interesting ideas about Twitter

Posted by Shawn Riley in Friday, January 16th 2009

Topics: Open Topics Tags: networking, social, twitter

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Social Networking has been an interesting topic for Health Care CIO/CTO types for the last two years. How do we use it? What do we do with it? How do we connect with patients without compromising privacy and security?
Phil Baumann has an interesting article on ways to leverage the Twitter application on his site: http://philbaumann.com/2009/01/16/140-health-care-uses-for-twitter/
HealthTechnica.com [...]

Can Social Networking help health care?

Posted by Shawn Riley in Saturday, December 13th 2008

Topics: Editorials Tags: networking, social, twitter

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One of the most impressive upsurges in the culture of the world in the last 10 years has been the emergence of the Internet bound Social Network. Everything from Facebook to Twitter has changed the way humankind interacts. The question is, can the very unique creature we know as “health care” actually put social networking [...]