Social Media: Top 5 Useful Health Tweets

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Twitter is a powerful form of social media, and it is a phenomenal resource for sharing information.  Twitter can help improve your health. A significant blog on Mashable, “HOW TO: Use Social Media for Better Health” by Ben Parr, he writes that “Healthy living can be a shared experience.” Social media is about connections and information, while healthy living is about consistency and knowledge. Combined, social media can bring…

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Health 2.0 in San Francisco to Offer the Latest in Innovative Health IT, Oct 7-8

Health 2.0 Fall Agenda Announced, Oct 7-8 Guest Post by Matthew Holt This week we’ve announced the line up (or the first chunk of it) for the 4th annual Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco Oct 7-8. The conference is the climax of  Health Innovation Week — a week long series of conferences, meetings, and events highlighting innovation in health care information technology. Health 2.0 will focus on Search & Content, Communities, the Data Utility…

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