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New Media Meetup at HIMSS13

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Neil Versel

Next week at HIMSS13, John Lynn, el queso grande of the Healthcare Scene blog network, of which I am a member, is hosting his fourth annual New Media Meetup, and readers of this and all affiliated blogs are invited. It’s … Continue reading →

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Misfit Wearables gets some ‘Jeopardy!’ love

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Neil Versel

Misfit Shine, the first product from Sonny Vu’s Misfit Wearables, was part of a clue on a recent episode of “Jeopardy!” The reference is at just before the 9:00 mark of this video. Jeopardy! (Season 29.23-5) – Jason, Keith… by … Continue reading →

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Social and mobile continue to converge in healthcare

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’ve been somewhat off the grid for yet another family health crisis lately, but I thought I’d at least surface to update this blog with something quick and easy. Healthcare Web and software designer Geonetric has recently come out with … Continue reading →

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Urgent news from Health 2.0

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Neil Versel

SAN FRANCISCO — The Health 2.0 Conference stopped in its tracks late Monday with this stunning news: fictional EHR vendor Extormity has agreed to acquire every one of the hot, buzzworthy, break-the-mold, think-outside-the-box, too-cool-for-school (and smarter than you because they … Continue reading →

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Perficient Offers Rich Cascade of Content

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Anne Zieger

Looking at this headline, your first thought might be “What’s a Perficient?”  I know (it’s an IT consulting firm) because they’ve done such a great job sharing their expertise with the healthcare community. Otherwise, I might have just ignored them … Continue reading →

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Medical Practice’s Content Guides, Connects With Patients

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Anne Zieger

One Medical Group is a concierge primary care practice with offices in Washington, DC, NYC and San Francisco. They’re a very, very sharp group of professionals who seem to be getting every communications step right. Interestingly, they’re beating the competition … Continue reading →

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A Simple, Friendly Facebook Page Works Wonders

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Anne Zieger

I have no doubt that thousands of physicians and medical practices have built Facebook pages promoting what they do. But to date, I’ve only seen one where the page seems to keep consumers engaged and makes the physician seem kind … Continue reading →

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Facebook community for reporting patient harm

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Neil Versel

Kudos to investigative journalism organization ProPublica (yes, some journalists still have integrity today) — and a hat tip to HealthLeaders for bringing it to my attention — for setting up a Facebook community for people to report stories of patient … Continue reading →

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HIMSS12 sets record for tweets

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Neil Versel

The folks at HIMSS are claiming that the 2012 conference in Las Vegas a couple months ago set a world record for the most tweets at a health conference. (I’m checking to see who keeps such records.) By the numbers, … Continue reading →

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Video: ‘Meet the Bloggers’ panel from HIMSS12

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Neil Versel

As promised,  there is some video from the “Meet the Bloggers” panel I appeared on, and it comes to us from Dr. Chuck Webster of EHR Workflow Inc. and the EHR.BZ Report. (You may know him from his previous job as … Continue reading →

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