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It's all over the web these days: blogposts, studies, tweets, about how doctors are behaving in social media. Are doctors being professional, ethical, non-promotional? Today's Huffington Post article on the subject does a good wrap-up citing TwitterDoctors.Net, site that includes 1300 physicians and their stats, a Jama study, and Kevin Pho, a physician blogger.What will we be hearing in the...

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First event of its kind to be held in Paris, France June 22-23, 2011; agenda will address results to-date, impact and business aspects of social media and tools in healthcare delivery. PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Doctors 2.0™ & You, a first-time conference examining how doctors use social media and Web 2.0 tools to connect with patients, colleagues, pharma, payers and hospitals, will be...

  The recent Dutch-origin consumer drug rating website http://www.mijnmedicijn.nl appears in Germany and France as Meamedika.de and Meamedica.fr It was created by a Dutch pharmacist Wendela Wessels.  Publishing a new rating site in healthcare in France, for example, is not easy to succeed. Private rating sites  are not forbidden by French law, but so far, there are no comparative healthcare professional...

Silber's Blog has previously presented some of the Mayo Clinic's successes on YouTube. Now, the Mayo Clinic has taken another step forward in its commitment to Social Media by setting up a Social Media Center, in recognition of the positive impact of social media on healthcare. After its commitment to YouTube (137 videos), Twitter ( 61k followers),Facebook (22k fans), and...