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Read More...Social Media and Health IT – List of HIT100 Winners
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 (#HITsm) space. Michael Planchart, enterprise healthcare architect at Perficient, and blogger at The EHR Guy is the creator…
Read More...3 Rapid-Fire Health Care Social Media Networking Tips
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Lead, listen and learn how to engage in health care social media networking. 1. Leadership – Innovation is only possible with leaders willing to challenge the status quo. True leaders are the ones who passionately step out of the boundaries, willing to take action. In order for social media to flourish in any organization it needs motivated leaders at the helm who are ready for action. Leaders must have…
Read More...Nurses Share Insights into Social Media
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Illinois Nurses Association Highlights Social Media The Illinois Nurse, the official publication of the Illinois Nurses Association highlights social media for nurses and offers continuing education credits in the March 2012 edition, Volume 8, No. 1. Social media has changed the landscape in health care and it is a powerful and phenomenal platform to help educate consumers, raise awareness of health issues and connect with consumers and colleagues. Social…
Read More...Grand Rounds on Healthin30 Features Health IT – Mobile Technology, Telemedicine and More
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Thank you to everyone who submitted posts for Grand Rounds. I greatly appreciate it. Grand Rounds is a summary of the best health care writing online. It features stories, opinions and analysis from doctors, nurses, patients, researchers and administrators, as well as journalists. This edition features health care technology blogs from industry experts. I explored the web searching for blogs that I feel are worthwhile to read. If your…
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