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By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
There are some health care professionals who refuse to engage in social media and there are others who have mastered it.  And yet there are some who just don’t understand it.

There’s a photo of a clinician on Facebook holding a cigarette.
It may not seem like much, but when it’s a [...]

Upcoming speaking events for Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Patient Experience: Empathy and Innovation Summit
May 19-22, 2012
Title: Social Media in Health Care
Speakers
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Arkansas HIMSS
Little Rock, Arkansas
H.I.T. it to the Green with Leadership
June, 1, 2012
Title: Using IT to Engage the Patient
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Guest speakers Cleveland Clinic
Rob Bazemore, Jr.
President
Janssen Biotech
Patricia Benner, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor Emerita
University of California [...]

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 [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Featured in USATODAY.com | Grand Rounds – Health Tips

American Heart Month may be officially over, but don’t let the lack of media attention fool you into thinking heart disease isn’t a critical issue.
We still need to be mindful of the fact that heart disease is the number one killer [...]