Tag Archive | "health"

Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite the Public

Monday, March 23, 2009

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“Social media on the Internet are empowering, engaging, and educating consumers and providers in health care.  This movement, known as Health 2.0, can be defined as: the use of social software and its ability to promote collaboration between patients, their caregivers, medical professionals, and other stakeholders in health.” – Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, M.A., M.H.S.A, THINK-Health Three different things [...]

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Putting Social Media Before Your Health?

Saturday, October 25, 2008

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As I mentioned in my last post, one of the key success factors to deploying social media in an organization is that someone is “a champion.” Personally, I’m living this every single day at Booz Allen – people from across my company are constantly asking for a presentation on social media at their all-hands meetings, [...]

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