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HIPAA and Social Media: 5 Tips to Stay Compliant

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They clarify what types of information are protected: Health information: “Relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual.”

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Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication

Waxing UnLyrical

Here are three social media obstacles health care providers face and the underlying opportunities each present. Obstacle: Understandably, many health care professionals may avoid using social media for fear of violating regulations like HIPPA.

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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. Here are three social media obstacles health care providers face and the underlying opportunities each present. This originally ran on Nov. Your child has come down with a rasping cough.

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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1) Hashtagsocialmedia -#socialmedia Of course I’m partial to the one I co-founded with Jason Breed Advancing the Business of Social Media every Tues noon EST. New topics & new industry thought leaders and A-listers host the tweetchats. chat for conversations about PR related issues and SM implications, started by Beth Harte.

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Presidential Elections, Pandemics, Natural Disasters: When to Pause Your Social Media Channels

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Minor issues can turn into major crises quickly, especially on social media. A minor issue that’s already fizzling out might warrant a brief pause for a few hours or the rest of the day. Will our brand look out of touch if we don’t acknowledge the issue? Other brands in your industry or area may be just as unsure as you are.

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Change or Die | Fast Company

Buzz Marketing for Technology

CURRENT ISSUE. ISSUE ARCHIVES. They started with the crisis in health care, an industry that consumes an astonishing $1.8 Changing the behavior of people isnt just the biggest challenge in health care. From Issue 94 | May 2005. Find People. Find Groups. Find Blogs. Fast Company. Innovation.

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Study: Facebook Fan Pages are Great Marketing Tool for Businesses

Bill Hartzer

The research is featured in the March 2010 issue of the Harvard Business Review. in marketing from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in operations research from the Ohio State University, and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Bombay. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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