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          <title><![CDATA[Medical Librarianship in Social Media]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=224</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Medical librarians can be the best friends of medical professionals and can help an enormously lot in the everyday life of a physician. On Webicina, a curated list of social media resources dedicated to medical librarians is now available in order to help their work.

Blogs, podcasts, Facebook groups, mobile apps and many more. Check it out!

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          <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:22:20 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Doctors 2.0 and You: New Social Media Newsfeed]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=223</link>
          <description><![CDATA[We are proud to announce that a new, customizable, social media newsfeed aggregator was launched with a new design on the page of Doctors 2.0 and You which is going to be the healthcare conference of the year! Check out the social media content of all the speakers and their organizations!

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          <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:51:48 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Digital literacy in the medical curriculum worldwide! ]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=222</link>
          <description><![CDATA[I've been saying this for a long time. As the internet is becoming more and more important in medicine, we must include digital literacy in medical education as young doctors must learn about internet-related issues. I made the first step by launching a free, Prezi.com based online course with 16 relevant topics covered in social media and medicine. But I need your help!

Please spread the word about it and get the information about the course to your local medical school or association.

Ma [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:07:40 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Curating Prezi.com presentations as well!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=221</link>
          <description><![CDATA[There are hundreds of reasons why we have been using Prezi.com for our presentations in the last couple of years so it was a clear next step to include curated medical Prezi.com slideshows in our social media collections. From now, you will find relevant Prezis in each collection. Enjoy!

.prezi-player { width: 450px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; }Academy: 10 ways to say it with prezi on Prezi]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:30:16 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Rate and Share Medical Curated Social Media Resources!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=220</link>
          <description><![CDATA[There are some exciting new features on Webicina.com!

1) From now, you can rate each curated resource, leave comments and share individually.



2) You will see a floating share box as well on each collection.



3) PeRSSonalized Medicine has a new design and some other changes to keep you up-to-date as easily and comfortably as possible.



4) You can now log in by using your Facebook, Twitter or Google+ accounts.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:21:10 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Nephrology in Social Media]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=219</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina.com published a curated list of social media resources including blogs, Facebook groups, Twitter users or Youtube channels focusing on nephrology.

Many thanks to Dr. Joshua Schwimmer for the amazing help he provided in selecting only quality resources!

Check out the most relevant social media resources in nephrology!

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          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:59:35 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Digital Literacy in Medical Education: Please Spread the Word!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=218</link>
          <description><![CDATA[For long years, I've been giving presentations about reforming medical education due to crucial changes in medical communication and the internet. I've been quoted several times: "Digital literacy must be in the medical curriculum globally!"

The Social MEDia Course, an online, Prezi.com-based portal with post tests and gamification was launched 3 weeks ago as a first step in this movement.

Please help disseminate this free course to as many students globally as possible. Please share it wi [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:44:19 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Top 9 Osteoporosis Twitter channels of 2012!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=217</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina features the best Osteoporosis Twitter channels of 2012! It's not easy to find reliable and active Twitter users representing either organizations and groups; or people affected by this condition.

The list is curated which means medical professionals and e-patients helped choose the most relevant channels. You will also find selected Youtube channels, blogs, mobile apps, Prezis and many more.

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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:36:38 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Urology in Social Media: The Very Best of Resources]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=216</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The curated list of Facebook groups, Twitter channels, blogs, podcasts, Prezis, mobile applications or even search engines dedicated to Urology was just published on Webicina! Enjoy the over 100 selected social media resources focusing on this important specialty.

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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:13:06 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[The Social MEDia Course: For the Press]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=215</link>
          <description><![CDATA[As more and more students are using the course and we receive more and more press inquiries, a page for the press was just created with a press release, video, prezi, screenshot and logo. Please feel free to use it and spread the word about the course!

The aim is to get this course available for as many students in the world as possible.

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          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:28:40 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[When medical students are talking about social media]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=214</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Real problems and a potential solution. 



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          <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:33:27 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[The Social MEDia Course: Revolution in Medical Education Soon!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=213</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Social media is changing how medicine is practised and healthcare is delivered. Patients, doctors, communication or even time management, everything is changing, except one thing: medical education.

That is why I launched a course at the University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center in 2008 in order to help medical and public health students learn more about social media. Now, after several semesters, the course developed a lot and I still teach students about the basics of social [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:35:52 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Top 5 Multiple Sclerosis Social Media Resources]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=212</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina's new Multiple Sclerosis and Social Media collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites, Youtube and Twitter accounts focusing on multiple sclerosis.



Here is my top 5 social media selection focusing on multiple sclerosis:

	Brass and Ivory: Life with MS &amp; RA (blog)
	MS Voices: A Multiple Sclerosis Community (Facebook group)
	MSCast.net Podcasts
	MS Info Wiki
	Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (Youtub [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:35:54 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[A Rheumatologist's View on Social Media and Webicina: Interview]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=211</link>
          <description><![CDATA[I start a new series of interviews with medical professionals and e-patients about how they use social media presented through practical examples and suggestions. I think it's time to talk about the details and exact habits in social media instead of wondering whether it can be useful in medicine or not. I tell you it can be, if used with strategy, in a nutshell.

The Irish Rheumatologist and social media user, Dr. Ronan Kavanagh (blog &amp; Twitter) accepted my invitation and we talked about  [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:49:59 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Medical Social Media Curation Explained]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=210</link>
          <description><![CDATA[I had to ride that meme wave and create a version for Webicina as well. Enjoy and feel free to share!

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          <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:55:39 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Hepatitis Social Media Resources]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=209</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina's new Hepatitis and Social Media collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites, Youtube and Twitter accounts focusing on hepatitis.



Here is my top 10 social media selection for hepatitis:

	HBV and HCV Advocate’s Hepatitis Blog (blog)
	Hepatitis B Foundation - Podcast Directory (podcast)
	Inspire - Hepatitis-C Community (community site)
	HCV Support (community site)
	Global Hepatitis Initiative (Facebook)
	Hepati [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:41:55 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Top 100 Sports Medicine Social Media Channels]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=208</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina's new Sports Medicine and Social Media collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites, Youtube and Twitter accounts focusing on this specialty.



Here is my top 10 social media selection for Sports Medicine:

	Dr. Howard J. Luks`s Blog (blog)
	About.com Sports Medicine (blog)
	Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance (podcast)
	British Journal of Sports Medicine (blog)
	National Academy of Sports  [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:36:21 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Webicina Story Contest: Chronic patients mimic much of an only child's behavior]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=207</link>
          <description><![CDATA[In this series, we present the submitted entries from our recent Social Media Story Contest. The first entry belongs to Sarah E. Kucharski, an intimal fibromuscular dysplasia patient and co-founder of the social media-based, peer-to-peer support group, FMD Chat. 

The chronic patient who is an only child is a creature who is both fiercely independent and profoundly lonely. I am that creature, and my loneliness is further compounded by the fact that I have a rare version of a rare disease. Ther [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:32:23 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Top 100 Psoriasis Social Media Channels]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=206</link>
          <description><![CDATA[When I give a talk about how e-patients use the web, usually I use psoriasis as an example (e.g. if you do a search for "psoriasis" on Twitter, you will find a lot of people talking about their own condition). Webicina's new Psoriasis and Social Media collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites, Youtube and Twitter accounts focusing on this important condition.



Here is my top 10 social media selection for Psoriasis:

	Inspir [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:59:15 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[We are hiring! Sales expert needed on board!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=205</link>
          <description><![CDATA[It seems we have to expand the Webicina team so now we are hiring! We are looking for an expert in sales in the pharmaceutical/healthcare area. 

Some required skills:

Great communication skills through online tools (e-mails, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc.)
Knowledge in the area of social media metrics
Experience in sales (focus on pharma/healthcare is an advantage)
Being open to web-related innovations

What we offer:

Flexible work time
Flexible location
Great reputation and exte [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:54:57 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Top 100 Geriatrics Social Media Channels]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=204</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Gerontology or geriatrics is a very important topic not only because of the growing number of elderly people but also because the special nature of the related conditions. Webicina's new Geriatrics and Social Media collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites and Twitter users focusing on this area.



Here is my top 10 social media selection for Geriatrics:

	GeriPal (blog)
	POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education (clinic [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:13:23 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Webicina in 2011]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=203</link>
          <description><![CDATA[We had an amazing year and it's time to look back a bit by featuring some of the main events, developments and successes of Webicina.com in 2011. We published many new curated social media selections focusing on many medical topics; launched new national versions and introduced new features such as Facebook login or the clustering search engine .

Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media appoints Webicina founder
 (January, 2011)

Webicina.com was selected by the Kairos Society and was exhibited [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:02:37 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Open Access Social Media Guide for Pharma on Webicina.com!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=202</link>
          <description><![CDATA[After months of hard, collaborative work, Webicina.com just published the first version of the open access guide for pharma about using social media. While drug companies, healthcare professionals and e-patients wait for FDA guidelines on social media, with an expert crowd (with special thanks to Dr. Felix Jackson from MedDigital), we created our own guidelines to serve as a basis for more detailed, extended guides.

You can download the PDF (14 pages) here! And see it on Slideshare:

    Vi [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:44:33 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Webicina.com Social Media Story Contest: Meet The Winners!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=201</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina.com launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them were invited with grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others) to win. A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered.

Now all the fantastic stories presented through Prezi, slideshow, video, Twitter, Facebook and blogs are in and  [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:08:23 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[WHO Global Observatory for eHealth series Mentions Webicina.com!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=200</link>
          <description><![CDATA[This is one of the best things ever happened to Webicina. The World Health Organization just released its global e-health report and featured Webicina.com on page 59. This is an amazing result on a very long journey on the way towards online medical multi-lingual resource curation.
Safety and security on the Internet: challenges and advances in Member States is the fourth volume of the WHO Global Observatory for eHealth series. It explores controversial and complex issues facing society such as [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:21:26 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Social Media Story Contest in Health or Medicine: Now the Jury!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=199</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more.

Well, now all the stories are in (fantastic stories presenting th [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:43:34 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[1 Day Left to Win the iPad2 or Trip to Paris with Your Social Media Story!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=198</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more. It's simple:


	You write your story on any social media platform [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:30:47 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Only 1 Week Left to Win the iPad2 or Trip to Paris with Your Social Media Story!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=197</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more.

More and more stories are being submitted, even people are submit [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:35:14 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Share Your Social Media Story in Health or Medicine and WIN!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=196</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Webicina.com has recently launched a challenge in which stories from patients and medical professionals about how social media helped them are invited and there are grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire, among others). A special prize goes to someone who can tell his/her story at the Doctors 2.0 and You conference in Paris with registration fee and accommodation covered. Please see the details for more.

Several stories have been submitted, but we just recognized a new [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:40:36 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Log in via Facebook]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=195</link>
          <description><![CDATA[It's a great pleasure to announce that from now on you can use and access your settings in PeRSSonalized Medicine by logging in from your Facebook account. 

Enjoy!

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          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:07:26 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Win a Chance to Present Your Story at Doctors 2.0 and You in Paris!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=194</link>
          <description><![CDATA[A few days ago, we launched a social competition for patients and medical professionals. Those who share their stories about how social media helped them improve their health management or helped them get better in their specialty, can win grand prizes (Lenovo Thinkcentre, iPad2 and Amazon Kindle Fire).



Now we have great news again! Denise Silber, organizer of the fantastic Doctors 2.0 and You event, generously offered a special prize for an applicant who can tell their story at the upcom [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:36:08 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Win Grand Prizes by Sharing Your Own Social Media Story in Health or Medicine!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=192</link>
          <description><![CDATA[There is a new social campaign being launched right now on Webicina.com that curates the medical resources of social media in 80 topics in 18 languages:
We receive hundreds of suggestions from empowered patients and medical professionals every week about which social media resources should be included in our selections, and we thought we must find a way to let them know how much we appreciate their help.

So now we kindly ask you to tell us your story about how social media helped you improve [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:06:56 +0100</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Basil Strategies and Webicina partner on Doctors 2.0 &amp; You Social Media Platform]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=191</link>
          <description><![CDATA[We are very happy to announce this fantastic and promising partnership:
Denise Silber, founder of Basil Strategies, and Dr. Bertalan Mesko, founder of Webicina.com, have announced the new partnership of their two respective organizations with the launch of an original on-line Healthcare Social Media resource.

The first collaborative work of Basil Strategies and Webicina.com can be found on the new Doctors 2.0 platform. It is an amalgamation of 129 Social Media Feeds that are generated by the [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:51:28 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Top 100 Social Media Resources of Family Medicine]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=190</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Family Medicine is one of the busiest topics online and it is really challenging to find good social media resouces. Webicina's new Family Medicine and Web 2.0 collection aimed at featuring relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites and Twitter users. Click here to see the world's top 100 curated family medicine social media resources.



PeRSSonalized Family Medicine, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggregator w [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:12:53 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Webicina.com and Inspire.com]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=189</link>
          <description><![CDATA[It’s a great pleasure to announce the new partnership between Webicina.com and Inspire, a company that builds and manages online health and wellness support communities for patients and caregivers, in partnership with patient advocacy organizations. Webicina, a free service curating medical resources in social media will feature communities managed by Inspire. Here is a short interview with Brian Loew, co-founder and CEO of Inspire:

	How was Inspire.com launched and what is the rationale behi [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:49:47 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Social Media and Medicine in India]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=188</link>
          <description><![CDATA[We launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date easily. It’s the simplest, free, customizable medical information aggregator covering over 80 medical specialties and conditions in 18 languages!

The Indian selection is the newest one in which the platform is in English as Indian doctors speak English and the blogs, news sites, Twitter users and peer-reviewed journals are also the most relevant ones from India. Please let us know if you want to see PeR [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:03:39 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[The Top Alzheimer's Disease Social Media Resources]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=187</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The Alzheimer World Day only took place a few days ago and we received many suggestions about creating a selection focusing on this important topic. Webicina's new Alzheimer's Disease and Web 2.0 collection features relevant and quality social media resources from blogs and podcasts to community sites and Twitter users focusing on Alzheimer's disease.



And PeRSSonalized Alzheimer's Disease, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggregator will let you follow t [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:28:42 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Doctors 2.0 and You in Partnership with Webicina]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=186</link>
          <description><![CDATA[After the medical social media conference of the year, it's a great pleasure to announce that "Basil Strategies and Webicina have created a joint partnership to develop a healthcare social media resource for fans of Doctors 2.0™ &amp; You, THE annual international event in health care and social media." You can now directly access the Twitter and Blogfeeds from Doctors 2.0 &amp; You speakers, as well as relevant social media hashtags, thanks to curation by Basil Strategies and technology by Webi [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:46:48 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Social Media and Medicine in Austria]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=185</link>
          <description><![CDATA[We launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date easily. It’s the simplest, free, customizable medical information aggregator covering over 80 medical specialties and conditions in 18 languages!

The Austrian selection is the newest one in which the platform is in Austrian and the blogs, news sites, Twitter users and peer-reviewed journals are also the most relevant onesfrom Austria. Please let us know if you want to see PeRSSonalized Medicine in your  [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:22:33 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Webicina's Award-Winning iPhone App: Updated!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=184</link>
          <description><![CDATA[The award-winning iPhone app of Webicina.com just got a new update. Download it for free! (Also on Android!)

Modified design, small changes in the content, better navigation among the medical social media resources it features. And new highscore board for the best health 2.0 quiz players.


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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:21:40 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Webicina and Streaming Well Become Partners ]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=183</link>
          <description><![CDATA[It's a great pleasure to announce the new partnership between Webicina.com and Streaming Well, the leading European health video production and distribution channel. Webicina, a free services curating medical resources in social media will feature videos created by professionals on Streaming Well. Here is one example for allergy. I did an interview with Francis Namouk, head of Streaming Well about this collaboration:

How was Streaming Well launched and what is the rationale behind that?
As o [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:21:22 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Open access guideline for pharma about using social media: V3]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=182</link>
          <description><![CDATA[If you follow Scienceroll.com, you know we have been working on a collaborative open access guide for pharma about using social media since May. Here are the Q&amp;As about the project. As we are approaching the end of August, it's time to insert the final thoughts, comments and additional links about positive and negative examples for pharma using social media channels because we should have the first draft of the guides by the end of September. I hope you join us!

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          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:20:59 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Webicina search: Interview about Semantic indexing]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=181</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Now that Webicina.com has a new design and a brand new search engine, I thought it would be useful to show the basic features and I also publish an interview with Endre Jóföldi, CEO at WebLib LLC, the company behind the search engine of Webicina.com.

If you do a search for diabetes, you will see

	whether Webicina has a diabetes resource (a blog, podcast, Facebook group, Twitter user, etc), collection (Diabetes and Web 2.0) or sub-section (Diabetes Mobile Apps).
	You can narrow the search  [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:26:12 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[New design, new search engine, new era!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=180</link>
          <description><![CDATA[We have been working extremely hard to redesign the whole site on Webicina.com and introduce a brand new search engine that is powered by Weblib PolySearch Search Engine. They did an excellent job with this clustering search tool and now it's much easier to find the selected medical social media resources you are looking for. I will soon dedicate a whole blog entry to the search engine with which you can find e.g. diabetes social media resources; other resources focusing on diabetes but under a  [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:00:12 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[I'm happy that patients use the internet]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=179</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Recently, I've had an interview with a national newspaper and the woman who performed the interview told me she was surprised that I seemed to be the first doctor in her life who was happy about patients using the internet. Well, she surprised me with this statement as I've never thought about that before. But she must be right. There are many doctors who get upset when they find out the patient tried to find information online. They are frustrated as they don't even know how to use these online [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:39:26 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Pharma and Social Media: Does it work or we should give up?]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=178</link>
          <description><![CDATA[I'm pretty sure you know my answer: it definitely can work if we have a strategy, clear guidelines and experts (in both fields, pharma and social media) who can manage such online presence. The reason I came up with this issue now is that I've read about that recently in some blog entries. These state pharma and social media just do not match and there are no solutions for this problem.

As described by this blog, Steve Woodruff has 4 reasons why pharma cannot embrace social media.

	the lac [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:38:53 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Pubmed Alternatives: Videocast featuring Webicina]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=177</link>
          <description><![CDATA[My friend, Guus van den Brekel at DigiCMB, has recently performed a videocast about Pubmed alternatives and featured Webicina.com as well. You can watch the ~10 minutes long video:

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          <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:46:30 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Oncology in Social Media: The most relevant resources!]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=176</link>
          <description><![CDATA[As the number of medical websites is exponentially growing, it's getting harder to find quality and relevant resources in oncology, a very sensitive and fast-growing field of medicine. The newest selection on Webicina.com, Oncology and Web 2.0, was designed to help you find relevant and quality resources even in social media. Blogs, podcasts, news sites, communities, mobile apps and many more.



PeRSSonalized Oncology, the simplest, free, customizable, multi-lingual medical information aggr [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:58:35 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[Positive and negative examples of pharma using social media]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=173</link>
          <description><![CDATA[When I read this today:
Allergan, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, Novo, and Sanofi-Aventis filed a "citizen petition" with the FDA yesterday, urging the agency to "establish comprehensive, clear and binding regulations [my emphasis] to guide the industry" in communicating off-label drug information to physicians and payers. You can find the petition here.
I was glad that we just launched the open access social media guide for pharma project in which we are in the second phase. [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:02:26 +0200</pubDate>
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          <title><![CDATA[What impact will e-patients have on how healthcare is delivered: Interview on Pharmaphorum]]></title>
          <link>http://www.webicina.com/blog/?postID=172</link>
          <description><![CDATA[Rebecca Aris just interviewed Dr. Bertalan Mesko, Webicina founder, on Pharmaphorum about his views on health 2.0, the impact of social media on medicine and the pharma world. An excerpt:
Unlocking the true potential of social media within healthcare is a daunting task where obstacles and regulatory barriers are all too evident. Wouldn’t it be simple if all patients and healthcare professionals could easily identify and access accurate digital information and follow up with an informed online c [...]]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:01:06 +0200</pubDate>
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