By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA A recent post I wrote on telehealth is published on KevinMD, “Chronic disease management through mobile health.” Full Story> Full Story>
Read More...What are the Legal Implications for Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals Engaging in Social Media?
By 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 implications for doctors, nurses and hospitals engaging in social media? A: David: Health care providers are concerned…
Read More...A Brilliant Reason to Dive Deep into the Social Media Health Space
By 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 in a round-table discussion on social media. It’s clear from the personal discussion that followed with folks from the…
Read More...Telehealth, the Nucleus of Patient Care
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA — “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 arena? “Adoption to telehealth has been slow because healthcare professionals are still not accustomed to…
Read More...Speaking Events for Barbara Ficarra
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA — 31st Annual Oncology Nurses Symposium San Diego, California Presentation Title: The Use of Social Media in Health Care Website Brochure Health+Tech Next Generation Conference San Francisco, California Presentation Title: TBA Website Speakers e-Patient Connections Conference Philadelphia, PA Presentation Title: Social Networking: A Critical Link to Engage Patients and Health Care Professionals: Through the popular Pecha Kucha format, 20 slides in exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds long; I…
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