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Acccording to Wikipedia, a manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. The Doctors 2.0 & You manifesto is not political.  It is a collaborative work in progress. Our goal is to identify the ways in which the inclusion of collaborative digital tools and social media platforms can improve care and translate this into the words of a manifesto. ...

With Social Media, is the more the merrier? Maybe, maybe not. In any case, here's where you can find more information related to digital health from "us", beyond this blog in English. Doctors 2.0 & You blog ScoopIt Doctors 2.0 & You, ePatients, Medical Error. Twitter     @health20paris  (Denise Silber)     @doctors20 (Doctors 2.0 & You)     @basilstrategies (Basil Strategies) Hashtag #doctors20 YouTube...

Some facts about Twitter that you may not know and a conclusion you were not expecting. (Charts from MediaBistro). –Twitter is the 4th largest social network worldwide, according to MediaBistro..although it's hard to believe that Twitter follows so closely on the heels of YouTube. –Twitter has been stagnating for the past year, in the US, its home country, ie growth...

I'm based in Europe, and so it was the afternoon today, when the news of the FDA warning letter to 23andMe surfaced. The FDA have asked the company to stop selling the 23andMe Saliva Collection Kit and Personal Genome Service (PGS), which is basically the only product of the company. One year ago, I had the great fortune to be...

The new course at Stanford Online, Mobile Health without Borders includes my video entitled “Postcards from Paris” presenting mobile health examples from outside the United States.   ...

Thank you Larry Chu and team for the lovely video. The interview is about healthcare social media, the empowered patient, the physician, Europe, the US…  ...

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This is an old infographic, by internet standards, dating from May 2012 and based on a study done in the Netherlands regarding hospital use of social media in Europe. A similar study is  done in the US, noting state by state, which hospitals are active on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, FourSquare,…. The original author stopped doing the study when the use...

 Jorge Juan Fernandez Garcia, from the Liquid Hospital in Barcelona, has been very active at Doctors 2.0 & You as a speaker and advisor.  He was  interviewed by Muriel Londres, last spring  during the conference to talk about his hospital, eHealth, healthcare social media, patients and professionals. Thank you Jorge and Muriel.  ...