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Health Care Social Media – How to Engage Online Without Getting into Trouble

I have been asked to write up some of the core takeaways from the health care social media presentations I have been giving recently, so I am sharing a version of this narrative on HealthBlawg, in two parts.…

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Added by David Harlow on January 9, 2012 at 9:32am — No Comments

Speaking before the Health Care Compliance Association - See article about my talk, link below

I spoke on health care social media and regulatory compliance at the Health Care Compliance Association's New England Regional Annual Conference last week. As you may expect, the room was full of the folks who, generally speaking, are the folks who block social media sites on health care organization networks. I sent a link to an online bio to one of the session organizers in…

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Added by David Harlow on September 15, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Connected Health Symposium 2010 Wrapup

I attended the Connected Health Symposium last week in Boston. I enjoyed many of the sessions (sometimes wished I could have attended two simultaneously, though the…

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Added by David Harlow on October 29, 2010 at 10:09am — 1 Comment

How bad is it to post a fake Facebook profile?

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One issue up for discussion in this evening's free-form health care social media tweetchat was the fake Facebook… Continue

Added by David Harlow on April 25, 2010 at 11:23pm — No Comments

John Glaser, Partners Health Care CIO, in a Podcast Interview with David Harlow on HealthBlawg

What does a large health system CIO worry about if his system is already fully up to speed in the day-to-day use of EHRs? Using them in ways that improve communication of information across a diverse group of clinicians, and that enable the integration of additional interesting and useful data as time goes on -- such as the integration of genetic testing data into the diagnostic and treatment logic built into the EHR.

John Glaser explains how Partners uses its EHR system to leverage… Continue

Added by David Harlow on March 9, 2010 at 11:17am — 1 Comment

No Social Media Strategy Without Viable Physician Practice Platform ... What MDs need to do now

What should health care providers be doing in anticipation of the likely passage of an historic health reform bill? There are at least three possibilities: (1) Lament the passing of the good old days and oppose it; (2) Insist that it isn't good enough because it is lacking some key provision (tort reform; SGR replacement; robust public option); or (3) Embrace it, because incrementalism works, and prepare for what's coming down the pike.

As you may guess, I would recommend taking the… Continue

Added by David Harlow on December 29, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

FDA and social media: The regulated community's current obsession overlooks off-label promotions by the advocacy community

FDA and social media: The regulated community's current obsession overlooks off-label promotions by the advocacy community

This morning I received a tweet exhorting me to learn about Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) for autoimmune diseases. (Naltrexone, by the way, is approved by the FDA only to treat alcoholism.) Within a few clicks, I found claims that LDN would be a good drug to take for dozens of conditions: everything from neuroblastoma to HIV to celiac disease, and learned of a… Continue

Added by David Harlow on November 2, 2009 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Connected Health Symposium 2009 Wrap-Up

I attended the Connected Health Symposium last week in Boston and got a healthy dose of the past, present and future in health care connectivity, connectedness and connections. As always, I enjoyed connecting in person with a whole host of folks I know online -- including those who know my twitter handle, @healthblawg, better than my name.

The conference was… Continue

Added by David Harlow on October 29, 2009 at 12:27pm — No Comments