By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

Healthcare IT News recently published the winners of #HIT100.  The #HIT100 is a crowd-sourced list of the most influential individuals or organizations who contribute to the advancement of health care technology through social media.
Nominated by their peers, winners are Twitter users active in the health IT (#HealthIT) and social media [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA with David Harlow, Esq.
This is the third part of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena.
In part one, legal expert David Harlow, Esq., Health Care Attorney and Consultant at The Harlow Group, LLC in Boston, answered questions regarding “The Legal [...]

By 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 [...]

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 [...]

By 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 [...]