Ideagoras 2012 … Healthcare in a New Social & Connected World
I’m too excited to wait, so I’ll just get right to the point. I’m both thrilled and honored to be speaking at the “Ideagoras 2012” conference in Madrid on the … Continued
Blog – connecting the dots in healthcare social media
Expert healthcare practitioners of the social web: Dr. Ronan Kavanagh
Dr. Ronan Kavanagh (@RonanTKavanagh) is one of the leading voices in the rheumatology conversation on the social web. Through his portfolio of social presences, Dr. Kavanagh maintains an admirable balance … Continued
HIMSS12 Sets World Record for Healthcare Conferences in Tweet Volume
Yesterday, February 21, 2012, happened to be a historic day in healthcare social media. The participants at the HIMSS12 conference (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Conference 2012) in Las Vegas … Continued
Healthcare Conference Twitter Hashtag Registration
Healthcare Conference Best Practices 1. Be early, be first! At the earliest opportunity make a decision on your hashtag and make it known. Participants are eager to start talking about … Continued
Blogging Ideas for Physicians: Your Commentary on Medical News
Blogging Ideas: Medical News Your commentary on medical news is a great source of blogging ideas and some of the most useful information you can share with patients. Your physician or … Continued
Disease Hashtags on Twitter … the Healthcare Hashtag Project: Phase 2
The number of healthcare conversations taking place on Twitter is truly staggering. And, as many of you are aware, we’ve made an attempt to organize these conversations via the Healthcare … Continued
Speaking personally: where to give voice to healthcare interests on the social web
We are all aware of the importance of discoverability on the Internet. We understand that blog posts which cannot be found, regardless of their quality, will not be read. We … Continued
Innovation Insight Through Healthcare Social Media
In this rapidly changing business environment, it has not been unusual to hear of healthcare executives smartly taking a step back from their big hairy audacious goals to revisit their … Continued
Take control of your healthcare digital footprint
Treating patients, keeping up with the latest research and running a business means squeezing the most out of minutes. Adding social media into the mix seems a contradiction – it … Continued
Healthcare Blogging 101: How A Blog Can Help You Engage And Be Found Online
Few things are as captivating as a good story A blog is a vehicle to share stories. Sharing a relevant story is the 21st century way of engaging desired consumers, patients … Continued
We’re going to connect the dots and simplify the process
This is the time, this is place — The Healthcare industry is finally realizing the potential advantages of a digital presence in the broader sense of their marketing or other … Continued
The Healthcare Hashtag Project Celebrates a Birthday
Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow. – Margaret Fuller It was 1:20 AM, one year ago today … October 26, 2010. Audun Utengen … Continued
Social Media Analytics for Healthcare
Data is great, and boy do we have lots of data from the millions of Twitter conversations we have in our healthcare social media analytics database. However, data isn’t very … Continued
Healthcare Conference Hashtags
Capture and share the essence of healthcare conferences on a global perspective. If a conference is worth tweeting, add the hashtag and tweet it. Share the knowledge.
Best Apps for your Healthcare Facebook Page
Want to take your medical practice Facebook Page to the next level? To stand out from all the other healthcare organizations, adding a simple Facebook App can increase the functionality … Continued
Best Practices for Healthcare Facebook Page
Follow these best practices to make your healthcare Facebook Page thrive. Easy steps to jump start your medical practice's Facebook Page.
Healthcare Twitter Transcripts
It’s been almost two months since we launched the Healthcare Hashtag Project and we have done a few incremental updates since then, but today we’re excited to announce some great … Continued
Healthcare Hashtags and the Tweet Chat
Twitter – and more so Twitter chats – are like those Magic Eye stereograms – it takes a certain way of looking to see what’s going on: you may or … Continued
Healthcare Hashtags – a Social Project
Hashtags were popularized during the San Diego fires in 2007 when @nateritter used the hashtag “#sandiegofire” to identify his updates related to the disaster. – Twitter Fan Wiki Twitter was … Continued
Game Dynamics & Geo Location – Will HIPAA Kill It?
As a result of bringing location-based social networking to the masses, Facebook Places will also bring us game dynamics. This will have huge implications for local businesses, including hospitals, medical practices and … Continued
A Nursing Home Administrator, a Healthcare Consultant…but I never knew I was a ‘Middle Boomer’!
Well, I sure didn’t until I read an article the other day which said that “middle boomers” are those individuals who were born between 1952 and 1958. I quickly realized … Continued
Twitter Basics for Healthcare Businesses
“Web 1.0 was where corporations thought the internet was another dandy platform for telling us what they wanted us to know. Web 2.0 was where we showed them that the … Continued
Medical Practice Marketing on Facebook
Why advertising to prospective patients on Facebook? Custom fit target audience by psychographic info that aligns perfectly with your medical practice.
How to add your Medical Practice to Facebook Places
Facebook Places and the Healthcare Industry On August 18th Facebook finally launched their long expected entry into the location-based social network scene. We can say pretty safely that this is … Continued
Why Facebook Places is going to be a big deal for the healthcare industry
What is Facebook Places? Let’s start with the basics. Facebook Places is basically a mobile app feature that allows you to share where you are located and see where your … Continued
Pulmonary Specialty: Who to Follow on Twitter
In our previous article, we presented our best practice for finding the right people to follow on twitter within a medical specialty. Those general Twitter tips will work for any … Continued
Who to follow on Twitter within your medical specialty
Best practice on how to create a Twitter profile for your medical practice. Here is how to find people to follow on Twitter for your medical specialty.