Tag Archives: social media

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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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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My Surprise Breakfast with Epic CEO Judy Faulkner

Posted on October 29, 2012 by John

One of the highlights of my experience at CHIME 2012 was a surprise breakfast that happened on the final day of CHIME. I actually was a touch late to breakfast after skipping out of a mostly empty room talking about … 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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HIMSS12 notes

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Neil Versel

I’ve just returned home from HIMSS12. As usual, it was a grueling week, made more grueling by the fact that I arrived a day earlier than usual. But I do have to say that this was the least stressful HIMSS … Continue reading →

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Why *Aren’t* Social Media Tools Used In EMRs?

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Katherine Rourke

Like it or not, social media has proven to be the most vital, efficient, inexpensive information-sharing medium in the history of the planet.  From revolutions in Europe to earthquakes in New England, social media has spread news to astonishingly large … Continue reading →

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#HITsm Exposing Hospitals Weaknesses

Posted on September 2, 2011 by John

I had a good time today at the #HITsm chat today. I only caught the tail end (seems like every Friday I show up late), but there was some interesting chatter. My favorite comment of the event was probably this … Continue reading →

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Tracking Public Health Trends on Twitter

Posted on July 5, 2011 by John

Mark Dredze and Michael J. Paul fed 2 billion public tweets posted between May 2009 and October 2010 into computers, then used software to filter out the 1.5 million messages that referred to health matters. Identities of the tweeters were … Continue reading →

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