Archive for July, 2011
Legal Concerns: What Steps can Pharma Take to Engage in Social Media?
Friday, July 29, 2011 15:59 No CommentsBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA with David Harlow, Esq.
This is the second part of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena.
Legal expert, David Harlow, Esq., Health Care Attorney and Consultant at The Harlow Group, LLC in Boston, address the issues.
What Steps can Pharma Take to [...]
What are the Legal Implications for Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals Engaging in Social Media?
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 9:31 1 CommentBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA with David Harlow, Esq.
This is the first of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena.
Legal expert, David Harlow, Esq., Health Care Attorney and Consultant at The Harlow Group, LLC in Boston, addresses the legal issues.
Q: Barbara: What are the legal [...]
Speaking Event on Social Media: Health Tech: Next Generation Conference San Francisco
Monday, July 25, 2011 20:14 No CommentsBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
I’m excited to part of the Social Media panel session at the upcoming Health Tech: Next Generation Conference in San Francisco, CA.
Health Tech: Next Generation will feature expert speakers from both the Health Care and IT industries. Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder, Alltop.com, and author is the Keynote Speaker.
The track sessions [...]
A Brilliant Reason to Dive Deep into the Social Media Health Space
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 18:04 5 CommentsBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Recently, I had the pleasure of being surrounded by brilliant health care thought leaders. First, I delivered a social media presentation at the Eyeforpharma conference. Secondly, I sat in the audience at the Social Communications and Health Care 2011 conference to listen to others present on social media, and participate [...]
Telehealth, the Nucleus of Patient Care
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 21:10 2 CommentsBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
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“Telehealth, the Nucleus of Patient Care” is published in Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
[Update: July 6, 2011 - Complete article may be found at the end of this post. Reprinted with permission.]
Here is a selection from the article:
Why is telehealth slow to be adopted in the health care [...]



Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA, is an award-winning journalist, media broadcaster, speaker, medical blogger, consultant, media trainer, and health expert. She is creator, executive producer and host of Health in 30® Radio Show. Barbara is a registered nurse active on the front lines of health care: She is a head nurse at a level 2 trauma center and covers multiple medical and surgical units, critical care, oncology, cardiology and step-down units, the psychiatric in-patient unit and the Women’s and Children’s units, pediatric ER and Barbara has many years experience covering the main emergency room. Her clinical experience ranges from oncology to general medicine and surgery.
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