A social media health website predicted the 2012 flu season six weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did, according to the technology news website All Things Digital,
Medical Residents Get Their Own Social Network
QuantiaMD, an online physician community and collaboration platform with 160,000 members, is creating a Resident Exchange Social Network for young doctors. The network gives these physicians a place to share knowledge, ask questions and discuss issues related to medicine and medical practices.
How to Get Patients to Actually Show Up – New Call Center Technology
A recent study from Johns Hopkins on medical appointments found that 58 percent of people who have doctor appointments don’t show up for them? This is especially common in young and low-income patients. The most common reason? “I forgot.”