Pharma Engagements with Patients and Doctors at ASCO
The stakeholder group in healthcare that has been the most reluctant to adopt and to engage on social media is arguably pharma. Cultural and regulatory concerns have long delayed their … Continued
Connecting the dots in healthcare social media
Introducing Hematology Tag Ontology
The Hematology Tag Ontology (HTO, Table 3) is presented here to help organize social media content of interest to hematologists and with some overlap with the CTO and OTO as well as newly devised content.
Urology Tag Ontology – 2017 Update
The social media platform Twitter has had an invigorating impact on communication between urological healthcare professionals by enabling rapid and global information exchange.1, 2 Prime examples of Twitter use in … Continued
New Tool: Healthcare Hashtag Finder
Have you ever needed a super simple and fast way to find the right health hashtag for an article you want to share? We just built the solution. And it’s … Continued
Submit a proposal for the 2017 Stanford Medicine X | Symplur Everyone Included™ Research Challenge
Symplur and Stanford Medicine X are welcoming proposals for our third annual research challenge until March 1 at 5 p.m. Can a virtual hashtag create a real community? Damian Roland, MD, … Continued
Medicine X | Symplur research winner shows value medical journal received when patients are engaged
The internet has revolutionized every corner of the publishing world. Every corner, that is, except for medical journals, says Dr. Ruth Carlos, deputy editor of the Journal of the American … Continued
New resource for research in healthcare social media – #hcsmR
For all you researchers out there, we’ve just launched a new project in collaboration with Stanford Medicine X to further research in healthcare social media. What we have created is a public … Continued
Tweeting the Meeting: Twitter Use at The American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting 2013-2016
There is a growing interest in documenting the use of Twitter at medical meetings. “Tweeting the meeting” has many benefits, including enhancing the educational experience of meeting attendees, disseminating content … Continued
A Day at the White House – Taking Patient Partnerships Further
A couple of months ago Symplur was invited to the White House for a workshop dedicated to engaging participants as partners in research. Since that awesome day we’ve been working with … Continued
Stanford Medicine X and Symplur announce an Everyone Included™ social media research challenge
Stanford Medicine X and Symplur are pleased to announce a joint initiative designed to spark scholarly research activity in healthcare social media. The Stanford Medicine X | Symplur Everyone Included™ … Continued
Social Media Pharma Company of the Year
Measuring influence – how we used the Healthcare Social Graph® Score to determine PM Society’s Digital Awards winner The PM Society’s 2016 Digital Awards took place last month in London, and we … Continued
Introducing the Cardiology Hashtag Ontology
The aim of the Cardiology Hashtag Ontology is to coalesce and codify common themes used in the cardiovascular social media community. With such a burgeoning social media presence in cardiovascular diseases, … Continued