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As Patients' Records Go Ditigal, Theft And Hacking Problems Grow

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As more doctors and hospitals go digital with medical records, the size and frequency of data breaches are alarming privacy advocates and public health officials.

Keeping records secure is a challenge that doctors, public health officials and federal regulators are just beginning to grasp. And, as two recent incidents at Howard University Hospital show, inadequate data security can affect huge numbers of people.

Social Media Helps Diabetes Patients (And Drugmakers) Connect : NPR

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Cameron Harris, who has had Type 1 diabetes since he was 8 years old, explains the ins and outs of using glucagon for blood sugar lows. Harris hosts a video podcast series called "In Range" on YouTube.Cameron Harris, who has had Type 1 diabetes since he was 8 years old, explains the ins and outs of using glucagon for blood sugar lows. Harris hosts a video podcast series called "In Range" on YouTube.When Kerri Sparling was 7 years old, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Her family didn't know anyone with the disease, so they sent her to diabetes camp — "where every single camper had Type 1 diabetes," she says."That was my first sense of not

Can Healthcare’s Immune System Fight Off the Social Media Virus?

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In our continuing efforts to bring you many different voices in the Internet and social media marketing world we decided to ask one of the leading experts in the field of social media and healthcare, Greg Matthews of WCG, a few questions about this interesting and complicated corner of social media.

The healthcare field is in a constant struggle regarding patient privacy, HIPPA regulations and more because it is dealing with some of the most personal issues possible. If information about helath issues are made public

Physician Social Media: Has Advice About It Become a Crock? Yes – A Dear ...

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I am an advocate for the (intelligent and creative) use of social media in Medicine and the rest of Healthcare.Although I am a nurse and many of you only listen to other physicians (that’s cool, I get that), we nurses tend to be the most social in the industry and we are the ones who have your back – which is why it’s fitting that you receive this letter from a nurse.I mention these things because I want you to know that I am in no way a Luddite in the area of “Social Media Healthcare”.I am happy that more and more of you are starting to understand that social and other digital software can have important roles to play in connecting with others

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