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Updated: It’s Your Toilet Calling! What Germs Are On Your Mobile Device?

SocMed Sean

The clear loser was the cell phone with the tested mobiles having high levels of faecal Coliforms and Enterobacteriaceae. And it’s not just your mobile phone…it’s any technology that you touch with your hands. Mobile phones, keyboards, TV remote controls, light switches. Guess which one lost?

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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 Here are three social media obstacles health care providers face and the underlying opportunities each present. News Health article. This originally ran on Nov.

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4 Reasons to Use Chatbots in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Industry

Digimind

Coming in various forms such as mobile applications, website-based applications, Facebook Messenger, and telecommunication, chatbots are redefining the way pharmaceutical and healthcare companies interact and engage with their clients. As consumers and patients become more empowered, the desire for instantaneous information also increases.

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

Direct Marketing Observations

4) #Blogchat is a chat on Sunday nights from 8-9pm CT that was started by @ MackCollier to discuss blogs and best practices. 6) #Hcsm The Health Care Communication & Social Media community hosts a weekly Twitter conversation about communication and marketing practices by Health Care organizations, including use of social media.

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Creating Great-Performing Social Media Content - Tips for Share-Friendly Posts

The Social Media Hat

Are mobile-friendly. Think about the difference between these these headlines: 32% of People Need Better Health Care - Are You One of Them? Vs. We Asked 1000 People About Health Care - You Won't Believe What They Said. 32% of People Need Better Health Care - Are You One of Them? Don't know?

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A Battle of Two Blogs: Obama v. Romney

ProBlogger

But today, we will look into the blogs of both candidates, to expose weaknesses, applaud strengths, and see what we can learn and apply on our own blogs. The power of the blog. ” But how are the blog posts being used to feed into the social media information pool? .” Obama’s blog. and more.