by Eve Harris | May 1, 2013 |
SPM member Jody Schoger’s post “Cancer: Part Two” at her blog Women with Cancer landed with a big thud on April 26. Schoger was recently diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She’s a co-founder of #bcsm (breast cancer social media), one of the highest...
by Ileana Balcu | Mar 20, 2013 |
Please join us for a tweetchat this evening – Wednesday March 20 at 8 PM ET/ 5PM PT. We’ll talk about: What’s new with Gimme my DAM Data #gmdd ? – Wall Street Journal picked the story at SXSW conference...
by Ileana Balcu | Jan 25, 2013 |
The HIMSS blog features e-Patient Dave, the 5 Es of e-Patients and how social media can help. http://blog.himss.org/2013/01/25/part-1-value-of-social-media-in-healthcare-is-already-outlined-just-not-realized/ For whatever reason – whether it’s budget, time, buy-in or...
by Susannah Fox | Nov 4, 2012 |
Hurricane Sandy “slapped the snark out of Twitter” for media reporter David Carr. In his column today, Carr discusses a newfound sense of community, which will sound familiar to anyone who uses social media to navigate an acute or chronic health condition:...
by Ileana Balcu | Jul 17, 2012 |
If you are in Boston this Friday, you can attend the Social Media Breakfast. The SPM member Alicia Staley will present the progress of the #bcsm (breast cancer social media) community. Other speakers will be there as well and it only costs $8.00. For more details and...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Jun 27, 2012 |
This post originally appeared at http://socialmedia.mayoclinic.org/2012/06/20/2012-patient-caregiver-scholarship-contest-for-social-media-summit/. The Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media is offering an opportunity for patient advocates to attend its Social Media...
by Ileana Balcu | Jun 22, 2012 |
Thanks to David Harlow for the heads-up to a contest for scholarships for patients to attend Mayo Clinic’s Social Media Summit: Excerpt: The Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media is offering an opportunity for patient advocates to attend its Social Media Summit...
by Ileana Balcu | May 24, 2012 |
Member John Sharp from Cleveland Clinic has a great review of Social Media in Health Care in the last two years. The Society for Participatory Medicine is also mentioned....
by Kathleen O'Malley | Apr 24, 2012 |
SPM member and Bay Area writer Eve Harris looks at information technology’s role in promoting participatory medicine on KQED’s State of Health blog. Harris discusses tools familiar to most e-patients, but what’s really noteworthy here is the evidence...
by e-Patient Dave | Apr 19, 2012 |
From SPM communication team leader Ileana Balcu: Lisa Fields @PracticalWisdom hosted an wonderful chat last night on the topic of patient presence at conferences. Lisa was a great host and we had a record number of paticipants. Please skim through the transcript on...
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