Kelly Mehler
This week marked the third annual Social Media Summit at the Mayo Clinic. With a pre-conference scheduled Monday, the rest of the week was devoted to medical professionals learning ways to improve their social networking campaigns, while of course, tweeting about it at the same time. Here is a recap of what followers were tweeting this week.
The advocacy group Health Care for America Now has had a loud voice in the healthcare reform debate over the past three years. The company started a Tumblr blog titled "We are the 99 percent," where followers submit photos of themselves holding a sheet of paper, with a message as to why they choose to occupy Wall Street. The site states: "We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution." The list goes on.
Our nation's healthcare system is large, complicated and ever changing. And within the next few years, states will take up the challenge of rolling out their own insurance exchanges.
It's been a GOP festival this week. With the Republican presidential debates in full swing Monday through Friday, the six leading contenders must now put forth their healthcare reform plans.
With national budget crises and many in Congress fearing healthcare will be taking a back seat these days, we decided to ask our Healthcare Finance News social media followers how they felt CMS' competitive bidding program would perform.
We asked our Healthcare Finance News social media followers to respond to a Dan Woods blog post about the hidden costs of providing healthcare. From LinkedIn to Twitter, followers seemed to agree with Woods' statements, also offering their own two cents.
A little over a month ago, I asked our social media followers if they believed a nation-wide transition to EHRs for doctors would lower healthcare costs. From Twitter to Facebook, there was a wide range of opinions.
With the August 2 deadline of a debt ceiling plan approaching fast, we at Healthcare IT News decided to ask our Twitter followers what their biggest fears and aggravations were on the situation, concerning healthcare.
Is the promise of the patient-centered medical home model threatened by cost and communication barriers? Our social media followers react.
President Barack Obama seems desperate for a compromise with Republicans over the debt ceiling. In a press conference on Monday, he once again agreed to consider cuts in social security and Medicare.