By Gilles Frydman | March 25, 2010
Lygeia Riccardi’s post today on The Health Care Blog begins: I recently applied for life insurance. The broker, whom I’ve never met, asked about my health history. “So you’ve just had a baby,” he began. I asked him how he knew. “You’re on Twitter.” Read... By Gilles Frydman | March 23, 2010
I am thrilled to bring another guest post, this time from Luke Rosenberger, a medical librarian who has forcefully embraced social media & participatory medicine, as you’ll see. Libraries & librarians have always held a special place in helping other... By Gilles Frydman | March 18, 2010
Another guest post from Lisa Gualtieri, PhD, ScM, following her much-commented earlier post. Lisa is Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Health Communication Program at Tufts University School of Medicine. Lisa teaches Online Consumer Health and Web Strategies for... By Gilles Frydman | March 15, 2010
Guest post from Lisa Gualtieri, PhD, ScM, Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Health Communication Program at Tufts University School of Medicine. Lisa teaches Online Consumer Health and Web Strategies for Health Communication. A social media user herself, Lisa... By Gilles Frydman | February 13, 2010
From our friends at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneer Portfolio, the best #WhyPM short video I have seen. My kudos to... By Gilles Frydman | February 6, 2010
Once the world’s information was put into context, we looked beyond the keyboard, and collectively shifted to people. We focused on social context by asking questions like: Who are you? How are we connected? What is on your mind? What matters to you? Making the... By Gilles Frydman | December 12, 2009
I started writing this post while watching a livestream of the LeWeb09 conference in Paris and finished it while watching a livestream of TEDxSV. Open Streams are of many kinds and shapes. They are completely changing how we consume information, news &... 
By Gilles Frydman | November 30, 2009
This guest post, presenting the view point of Howard Luks ( @hjluks on Twitter). Howard is an orthopedic surgeon. He serves as the Chief of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy and Knee Replacement at Westchester Medical Center, in Westchester County, NY. Asked about... By Gilles Frydman | November 27, 2009
How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined America’s Ability To Make Sound Healthcare Decisions with apologies to Zbigniew Brzezinski In his original article about the war on terror Brzezinski argues that the use of the term War on Terror was intended to generate a... By Gilles Frydman | November 18, 2009
I like to invite all students, teachers, researchers, and entrepreneurs within the ‘earshot’ of this announcement to ‘listen’ carefully. If you have an idea (conceptual or a working model) of a way to help educate, treat, and/or diagnosis diabetes in rural areas with...
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