Social Media
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Should More Doctors Be on TikTok? This One Says Yes
Gastroenterologist Dr. Austin Chiang has about a decade of experience as a physician influencer on social media. During a conference in Chicago, he encouraged more providers to share their expertise on social media. By having a presence on these platforms, healthcare professionals demonstrate their commitment to meeting patients where they are, he said.
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Recent Abbott Snafu Shines Spotlight on Social Media’s Role in Public Health Crisis Response
Social media should play a bigger part in public health crisis planning, according to a recent analysis. The analysis explored the crucial role that Twitter and other social media platforms played when the app for Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre system crashed earlier this month in the U.K.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Here’s how PeerCapsule is building a collaboration platform to jumpstart medical research
PeerCapsule, a Phoenix-based company developing a collaboration platform for professional healthcare associations, recently received funding from AWS’ accelerator for early-stage startups led by founders from underrepresented groups. The startup will use the money to scale its platform and help build tools to enable faster clinical research.
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Medical education through Twitter? Pharma’s digital strategy for healthcare
“Most Q&As are happening on Twitter. If you’re not doing social listening you’re losing fresh insights into things like disease states.” That was just one of the observations in a new report on how pharma and other life science companies are working with healthcare providers and adapting to improve the patient experience.
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Medical education through Twitter? Pharma’s digital strategy for healthcare providers
“Most Q&As are happening on Twitter. If you’re not doing social listening you’re losing fresh insights into things like disease states.” That was just one of the observations in a new report on how pharma and other life science companies are working with healthcare providers and adapting to improve the patient experience.
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Study: Bots amplified pandemic misinformation on social media
Bots may have played a significant role in circulating misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study found that Facebook posts in groups most affected by bots were more than twice as likely to misstate the results of a study about masks or share conspiracies.
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Weekly Cartoon: Social media during social distancing
Our weekly cartoon shows people discovering the true value of social media during Covid-19.
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AMA urges tech giants to combat misinformation about vaccines
In a letter addressed to the CEOs of Facebook, Pinterest, Amazon, Google, Youtube and Twitter, AMA executive vice president CEO James Madara wrote about the medical community’s concern about the spread of misinformation on vaccines.
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How can social media impact behavioral health of teens, young adults for better and for worse?
Who is more subject to the peer pressure to be perceived as happy, cool and thriving and who isn’t? The variables that answer this question would probably tell us a lot about how to properly target mental health treatment for this population.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Facebook stresses interest in blood donations with new feature
At its F8 conference, the social media giant announced a new capability that enables users in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan to find nearby opportunities to donate blood.
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Health insurers on social media: How five payers stack up
How do the big five health insurers — Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare — utilize social media? And which ones do the general public view in the most positive light?
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New WEGO Health Experts platform goes beyond company’s pharma base
The new WEGO Health Experts is meant to extend the Boston-based company’s reach beyond pharma and life sciences.
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Lilly social media guru Jerry Matczak, who actually listened to patients, dies
Gerald “Jerry” Matczak of Eli Lilly & Co. was a rare breed in the pharmaceutical world, someone who not only embraced social media, but also listened to activist patients.
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HHS scientists get in on ‘rogue’ social media
@AltHHS describes itself as “Unofficial and unaffiliated resistance account by concerned scientists for humanity.”
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Andy Slavitt is leaving CMS, but his tweets defending Obamacare aren’t going anywhere
As the Affordable Care Act is coming under attack by the new Republican-controlled Congress and incoming Trump administration, Slavitt, acting administrator of CMS, isn’t being shy online.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
