All Blog Posts Tagged 'social' (40)

Final Dispatch from Silicon Valley ... Ed Penhoet, Founder, Chiron/Matthew Bishop, The Economist - Larta 15th Annual Life Science Forum

Colleagues,

The Larta Life Science Venture Forum ended with a spirited conversation and Q&A session between the attendees, Ed Penhoet and Matthew Bishop about trends in life science investing, the healthcare crisis, and the prospects and limits of "venture philanthropy".

Ed Penhoet is member of the board of trustees of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and was Foundation President from 2004 - 2007. Prior to the Foundation, Ed served as dean of the School of Public… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 26, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

IBM Taps Social Network to Link Business Partners

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As noted in SmartBrief on Social Media & IT Jungle ... IBM is rolling out a social-networking site aimed at accelerating tech collaborations and facilitating sales among its members. PartnerWorld Communities will link the chip maker's 100,000 business partners based on shared technological expertise, geographic area and market reach.

Rich Hume, the general manager for IBM Global Business Partners, sees the new network as a giant leap for partner… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 17, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

From MedTech-IQ member...Bertalan Meskó ...Offers "Webicina's" Cancer 2.0!

Colleagues,

MedTech-IQ Member, Bertalan (Berci) Mesko, leading international expert in Web 2.0 healthcare delivery, offers as a part of his Webicina line of online products, "Cancer 2.0".

Cancer is a class of diseases resulting from uncontrolled growth of any groups of our cells. It is the 4th cause of death globally as more than 8 million people die from cancer year by year.

The Medical Web 2.0… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 2, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

From MedTech-IQ member...Bertalan Meskó ...Offers "Webicina" Rheumatology 2.0!

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MedTech-IQ Member, Bertalan (Berci) Mesko, leading international expert of Web 2.0 healthcare delivery, offers as a part of his Webicina line of online products, "Rheumatology 2.0". Rheumatology is a rapidly evolving medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis and other diseases of the joints, muscles and bones.

The Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Package… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 1, 2009 at 9:24pm — No Comments

Washington Post: Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook

Colleagues, As reported in today's Washington Post, ... Washington Post: Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook

Russian Firm Invests $200 Million in Facebook

By Mike Musgrove

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Facebook has gotten $200 million from a Russian investment group… Continue

Added by Eric K. Noji, M.D. on May 27, 2009 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Ning: The future of online social networking?

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CNN.Com is carrying an excellent interview/article on Gina Bianchini, CEO of Ning ... the social network platform "MedTech-IQ" is delivered to you on. She does a good job of explaining the allure & emergence of "niche" networking, as represented by our online community.

Ning has over 4.7 million unique visitors and just surpassed 1 million social networks hosted.

Read on at:… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 25, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Health Care and the Social Media Landscape

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As reported in the Pugent Sound Business Journal, in a recent study by the MWW Group .... almost 80 % of people who use the internet to “connect with others” trust peer-created information found on blogs, podcasts and social networks...further, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported nearly 113 million Americans were using the internet to gather health-related information ... Today, health care-centric social media encompass tools for people to exchange… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 18, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 White House takes to Facebook, Twitter

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As reported in ComputerWorld ... President Barack Obama and his administration are keeping up his image as a tech-savvy president by establishing a presence on a variety of social networking sites.

The White House, over the course of late last week and this weekend, joined Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, putting out information about the president's plans to block business tax havens and improve rural health care, along with information about the H1N1 virus, or… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 5, 2009 at 1:33pm — No Comments

Twitter Goes From Geek to Chic

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As predicted in MedTechIQ last January, 9 Web sites IT pros should master in 2009, Twitter has taken off in a big way, and has been much in the news as of late. In January of last year, Twitter revolved around the tech world -- the most-followed user on Jan. 18, 2008 was Twitteriffic, with 6,930 followers.

Today, the most-followed user, Ashton Kutcher, just… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 19, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Study: Social networks overtake e-mail

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As reported in the Washington Business Journal...Propelled by the growth of Facebook Inc. and LinkedIn Corp., social networks are now more popular than emailing on the internet, according to a Nielsen study. In fact, Facebook had a 168 percent increase in users, the study said, while Mountain View, Calif.-based LinkedIn had a 137 percent increase. The biggest growth spurt for Facebook has been in the category of users from 35 to 49 years of age.

Read on at:… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 10, 2009 at 4:34pm — 1 Comment

Twitter, YouTube, Other Social Media Tools Becoming Popular in Medical World

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As reported in iHealthBeat...Social networking tools -- such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter -- are moving into the medical world. In an iHealthBeat Special Report by Kelly Wilkinson, health care and social media experts discuss the trend.

The Special Report includes comments from:

* Lee Aese, manager of syndication and social media at the Mayo Clinic;

* Russ Cucina, associate medical director for information technology at University of… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 7, 2009 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Matchmaking 2.0

Although many social networks have abandoned disease-specific groupings to solicit clinical trial candidates, the concept (patient-to-trial matchmaking service) is being resurrected with some new twists. Read about it in this article from eCliniqua.

Added by Clymer/JR on March 2, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

MedTechIQ Member, Berci Mesko...Launches "Webicina" - A Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Package

Colleagues,

MedTechIQ member, Bertalan Mesko, author of Science Roll (#31 Global English Language Medical Blog), http://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/BertalanMesko, has launched an exciting new endeavor, "Webicina"!

"Webicina" is a Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Package. The tools and services of web 2.0 can facilitate the work for medical professionals and help patients as well. If you would like an even more efficient medical practice; more productive research, pharma team; or… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 25, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

New Member Update...22 February 2009

Colleagues,

MedTechIQ continues to attract new members. Remember, click the "Members" Tab and then use the "Search Member" box with the key words of your choice to find new contacts (http://medtechiq.ning.com/profiles/members/).

In these times of change & challenge it is always good to be connected!

Here now, the latest MedTechIQ members...

Academia:

Laurel King: I am interested in knowledge creation, collaboration, innovation, social… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 22, 2009 at 7:31pm — No Comments

New Member Update

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

We hope MedTechIQ members in the United States had a great Thanksgiving.

The MedTechIQ community now numbers over 280 experts, executives, policy makers & enthusiasts of medical technology.

Some new members include:

Industry:

Kate Eltzroth: Consultant, Medical Technology Development/ Investments & Congressional Policy

Raj: Health Information… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 1, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Vish Abhyankar & CrowdSourcing - There from the Beginning!

Fascinating story from Vish Abhyankar, (MedTechIQ member). Recently, CIMIT (Center for Integrating Medicine & Innovative Technology) had a panel discussion in Boston on the use of "Social Networking" to facilitate medical innovation & e-consultation. The panel included InnoCentive, The Big Idea Group & Dr Julian Goldman (MedTechIQ member). I quickly learned that Vish has been there from the beginning. Read… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 3, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Mike Russell's (@planetrussell) Twitter.com Feed

Added by Michael J. Russell on October 8, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Study: Companies Say Social Media Has Transformative Results

41% of 500 companies surveyed by the IT consultancy Avanade, say social media has the potential to transform their customer relationships, improve their reputations and increase sales.

According to the report, companies around the globe said that:

o Social media technologies have the potential to transform the way companies build and manage relationships… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 21, 2008 at 3:40pm — No Comments

NewYork Times - The Social Network as a Career Safety Net

SARAH JANE TRIBBLE, writes in today's New York Times that in a world of economic instability and corporate upheaval, savvy professionals understand the benefits of brushing up their online social networking image and keeping it polished.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 14, 2008 at 6:49am — No Comments

Defense & Intel Communities Wrestle with Promise & Challenge of Web 2.0

Dr Jeff Roller, MD, submitted excellent article "Defense in a Wiki World" from the most recent issue of Government Computer News. The article is about how the Defense and Intelligence communities are pursuing the information sharing power of Web 2.0, without breaching the security they require. Quite a dilemma, and a challenge many enterprises will face in the upcoming years. Read on, and let us know what… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 6, 2008 at 6:05pm — No Comments