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Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication

Waxing UnLyrical

But while a few doctors including Wendy Sue Swanson, MD , author of the Seattle Mama Doc blog and Natasha Burgert, MD , author of KC Kids Doc blog , are using digital communication to communicate better with their patients, according to a 2011 survey by AMN Healthcare only 8% of physicians said they use social media at work to connect with patients.

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Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication [Redux]

Waxing UnLyrical

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. If social media and blogs in the U.S Attending the session “A Dr, Patient & Insurer Walk into a Social Network“ at SxSW last year really opened my eyes to the social media obstacles healthcare professionals face.

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Obamacare And Social Media: 5 Must-Reads

Firebelly

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) health insurance exchanges have opened and social media is being used to both promote and debate the new law. GetCovered Obamacare Square: Health Care Tries to Go Viral. What Social Media Can Teach Us About The Affordable Care Act (Or Is It Obamacare?).

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Importance of Social Media Training in Healthcare Industry

Social Media Marketing

Group of 18 to 24 year old are 2 xs more likely to use social media for health-related discussions than the group of 45 to 54 years. 30% adults are ok sharing information about their health on social media sites with other patients, 47% with doctors, 47% with hospitals, 38% with a health insurance company and 32% with a drug company.

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How to Leverage the 80/20 Rule for Blogging Success

ProBlogger

If you apply the principle to blogging, you could improve your efficiency and maximize your efforts. The United States integrated the 80/20 rule in its Affordable Care Act that changed the way Americans as a whole accessed health care. Applying the 80/20 to Blogging. Real life example #2: WHSR Blog.

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Proving Value vs ROI in PR

Proactive Report

Here’s one example of how it is being done in the health care sector. The Progressive Insurance refusal to pay out a claim last year lost them more than 1000 customers. Traffic to blog, community, website, newsroom content. Averting crises and mitigating reputation issues. Track and measure outcomes. Bounce rate.

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Second, a crossover agreement may find different solutions than UNCLOS.

Writtent Blog

Read the full article on Wego Travel Blog. There are numerous complex structural, income tax, ownership, beneficiary and even family law considerations, when setting up a life insurance policy to fund the buyout. Unbiased, professional advice is particularly important when sourcing a life insurance policy for a buy/sell agreement.