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High Times for Patient Advocates

By AmyT on October 4, 2010

Back in 2004/2005 when I started this blog, who would have thought that patient bloggers and advocates would soon be flying around the country as honored speakers at forward-thinking health events?  Look how far we’ve come, and I’m very excited to be part of it!
A few relevant dispatches from the ePatient world today:
D-OC members Manny and Kerri have just returned from speaking at the ePatient Connections (ePC) conference in Philadelphia, which brings together “experts…

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Social Media, Diabetes… and the Industry?

By AmyT on July 30, 2010

Today, first in a three-part series of guest posts addressing a duo near and dear to my heart: Technology & Diabetes.
Silja Chouquet is CEO of the Switzerland-based social media consultancy Whydot and author of the leading blog WhydotPharma, which is all about “creating patient-focus through social media.” She believes that social media has the power to “profoundly change the way healthcare is delivered.”  When I asked Silja to comment on what’s happening in particular…

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The FDA and Social Media

By AmyT on December 10, 2009

Many of you know that the FDA held public hearings on the pharma industry’s use of Social Media mid-last-month.  There was much excitement going into this because to date, the FDA has pretty much dodged the subject, and left drugmakers in fear of retribution (see BusinessWeek‘s summary here).
Essentially, since there are no clear rules laid out for how pharma can and can’t advertise their wares online, and talk about them on blogs, social networks,…

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