Symplur in the Media

#BCSM: ‘Invaluable Tool’ for the Breast Cancer Community

Medscape – November 2, 2020

The data came from Symplur, a Twitter database and analytics program that focuses on healthcare. The analysis included 75,685 unique users and 830,925 tweets with the #BCSM hashtag, of which … Continued

Study: Real patient woes are behind inflammatory anti-doctor hashtag

MobiHealthNews – October 28, 2020

Researchers used social media analytics company Symplur to review all of the tweets with the hashtag within a set timeframe. The study analyzed a random sample of tweets accounting for … Continued

How Doctors Can Find their Voice on Social Media

Medical Bag – October 25, 2020

That’s because she is meeting them on their platform of choice. And that, Leslie says, “is the best way to advance public health. They [the teens] crave knowledge. And I … Continued

How a Twitter hashtag provides support for people with breast cancer

American Association for the Advancement of Science – October 25, 2020

A UCLA-led review of nine years of social media posts with the hashtag #BCSM suggests that Twitter can be a useful resource not only for patients, but also for physicians … Continued

NIH chooses Symplur Signals for social media analysis

SAM.gov – October 21, 2020

National Institutes for Health again chose Symplur Signals as the solution for their initiatives in social media analysis, influencer mapping, live events and combating medical misinformation. Symplur Signals promotes deep … Continued

Coronavirus Social: COVID-19 Hashtags, Social Distancing, Tweet Chat

Medscape – March 20, 2020

There are at least 100 million tweets a day pouring into Twitter referencing some aspect of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Tom Lee, cofounder of Symplur, a healthcare social media-monitoring company. The … Continued

Status Update: Inland Tech Firms Part of $2.9 Million in State Grants

The Press Enterprise – October 7, 2019

Six Inland Empire companies with technology-based operations have each been awarded $9,750, part of $2.9 million in state grants for innovation, the San Bernardino County Economic Development Department announced last … Continued

Benefits of Social Listening

medDigital – September 26, 2019

Remarkably, Symplur is a healthcare-focused social listening tool that gathers data from Twitter to find out what people are talking about in any given therapy area, what are the key … Continued

Association for Healthcare Social Media Launches

Clinical Oncology News – September 11, 2019

A rising number of physicians are joining the ranks of public conversation on platforms including Twitter, Dr. Vartabedian said. “Three or four years ago, I thought we had hit a … Continued

Six Innovative Technologies Awarded Grants By Inland SoCal Link iHub

InlandEmpire.US – September 11, 2019

The Inland SoCal Link iHub has been awarded grant funding from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO‐Biz) to enhance cybersecurity in businesses in the Inland Empire. Six … Continued

Hashtag Medicine: Twitter Weighs In on Dem’s Border Call to Action

Medscape – June 28, 2019

Beyond Ryan’s remarks, the subject of healthcare was front and center during both nights of the Democratic debates. The hashtags #Medicare4All and #MedicareForAll were tweeted out more than 15,000 times … Continued

How to Use Twitter to Find a Treasure Trove of Real Patient Voices

Center for Health Journalism – April 8, 2019

Thousands of patients spend time on Twitter talking about their cancer, or diabetes, or psoriasis, or almost any diagnosis you can imagine. As a reporter, you can find patients to … Continued

Twenty Years After Columbine

The New Yorker – April 4, 2019

Symplur, a social-media-analytics firm focussed on health care, conducted the analysis of #ThisisOurLane tweets. — The New Yorker

Apple Heart Study Ate Up Day 1 of ACC

Medscape – March 26, 2019

A snapshot of CardioTwitter shows that the Apple Heart Study dominated on Saturday, and while there was some discussion of the TAVR trials after the embargo break, the topic didn’t … Continued

The Future of Managing Outbreaks Using Digital Technologies

Health Care Social Media and Communications South Africa – June 26, 2018

Hashtag data is also important to monitor during an outbreak which is demonstrated in the image below that shows the public conversations on Twitter using the #Listeriosis hashtag. One particular … Continued

Social Media in Critical Care: What’s All the Fuss About?

On Medicine – June 6, 2018

Search the hashtags (#) This is similar to searching for a generic term in a search engine and forms an excellent filter. As mentioned above, there are many identifiable hashtags … Continued

What’s Your Doctor Reading? How Social Media is Disrupting Medical Education

National Post – March 30, 2018

Like thousands of other doctors around the world, Argintaru, 30, uses Free Open Access Meducation (FOAM) to teach residents and to keep his own medical knowledge up to date. “I … Continued

Physicians Unite on Twitter, Divide on Practice

MD Magazine – March 22, 2018

Physicians can navigate the maze of communities and conversations on Twitter using Symplur’s Healthcare Hashtag Project, a free service that lists which conferences or diseases, for instance, are being tweeted … Continued

Does Your Clinical Trial Marketing Answer Patient Questions?

Clinical Leader – March 20, 2018

By listening to patients, trial sites can communicate more effectively with them, and thus improve enrollment efforts. One example comes from LMC|Manna Research, a Canadian network of clinical research sites. … Continued

#hcsmR from Symplur & Stanford Medicine X

healthshare tv – September 15, 2017

Have you checked out the Library of #hcsmR journal articles? This Healthcare Social Media Research a collaboration between Symplur and Stanford Medicine X. You can register to be notified whenever new content is uploaded. The … Continued

Tweet Revenge: Twitter Erupts As Diabetes Forum Tries To Lock Down Photo Sharing

Kaiser Health News – June 14, 2017

The #2017ADA hashtag — on 10 million people’s feeds, and growing — has been dominated by negative feedback, according to Symplur, a health care social media analytics platform. — Kaiser … Continued

Clinical Insights from Social Media Data: Amplifying Patient Voice with Symplur

Healthcare IT Today – May 31, 2017

I had a conversation with Audun Utengen about actionable insights into healthcare from his company, Symplur. At Datapalooza he participated in a panel and mentioned the rich amount of patient … Continued

#ILookLikeASurgeon Gets New Boost From New Yorker Cover

Medscape – April 20, 2017

Dr Pitt issued the #NYerORCoverChallenge a few days after her initial tweet, asking women to make their own version of the cover photo. In just a few weeks, #ILookLikeASurgeon was … Continued

Everyone Included Research Challenge

Get Social Health – March 7, 2017

Today we have another guest involved with the Stanford Medicine X and Symplur Signals “Everyone Included Research Challenge,” – the co-founder of Symplur itself, Audun Utengen. As we discussed in … Continued

HIMSS17 Social Media Ambassador Vanessa Carter on the medical humanities

Healthcare IT News – January 25, 2017

Q: Who’s your favorite healthcare hero? Why? A: Thomas M. Lee – co-founder of Symplur. He was a mentor among a few others like Patricia Anderson, Denise Silber, Lisa Fields … Continued

Powerful Advocate for Breast Cancer Survivors Dies

USA Today – May 19, 2016

Over five years, (Jody) Schoger and her collaborators organized 229 Twitter chats, recruiting some of the top names in medicine to answer participants’ questions. Schoger knew that 60% of women … Continued

Is Twitter an Essential Tool for Infectious Diseases Healthcare Professionals?

Pharmacy OneSource Blog – January 21, 2016

During the Ebola outbreak in 2014, the world was connecting on social media to discuss and learn about this disease in real time on Twitter. The World Health Organization and … Continued

Symplur & the Healthcare Hashtag Project

ClarityQuest – August 2, 2015

Marketing Tool of the Week Symplur brings together social media analytics and healthcare data points to help users understand trending healthcare topics and sentiments on social media. Sophisticated analytics and … Continued

The Top 10 Healthcare Tweets For 2014

Forbes – December 28, 2014

There are a few companies that work in the realm of big data analytics and social media, but only one that I know that has an exclusive healthcare focus ‒ … Continued

The Healthcare Hashtag Project: #Ebola

HealthWorksCollective – October 23, 2014

There is a concern that healthcare has been slow to embrace social media and appreciate its potential to educate and inform. Twitter numbers about healthcare conversations tell a different story: … Continued

Is Increased Media Attention on Ebola Translating Into More Donations?

DW.com – October 15, 2014

Data for this graph was sourced from Symplur. — DW.com

Nigerian Ebola Hoax Results in Two Deaths

ABC News – September 30, 2014

Symplur, a company that tracks health information trends on Twitter, said that Nigerians first began sending tweets using the words “Ebola,” “salt water” and “drinking” starting on Aug. 4 with … Continued

Symplur Unveils Social Healthcare Intelligence Platform, Symplur Signals

HIT Consultant – July 14, 2014

Co-founder, Thomas Lee states that, “Over the past 5 years, we have seen that the value of healthcare social media is no longer in question, now the focus is on … Continued

Symplur Unveils Social Healthcare Intelligence Platform, Symplur Signals

HIT Consultant – July 14, 2014

Co-founder, Thomas Lee states that, “Over the past 5 years, we have seen that the value of healthcare social media is no longer in question, now the focus is on … Continued

Twitter Community #BCSM Expands Online To Broaden Patient Engagement

Forbes – March 31, 2013

Symplur – a social media consultancy with a focus on healthcare developed The Hashtag Project as a directory listing of healthcare social media communities and tweetchat activity. Co-Founded with two … Continued

A Guide to Understanding Healthcare Hashtags

PM Live – April 18, 2011

Part of our responsibility with this service would be to help decrease the barriers to entry. To help clinicians get comfortable with social media, and to easily find effective ways … Continued