How to Make Friends and Innovate: Using Social Networks to Transform Innovation in Health Care
Tags: physician social networks, patient social networks, Social BusinessAt this year’s forthcoming HBA Leadership Conference being held in Washington, DC, we will explore how social business tools are being used to drive innovation throughout the healthcare industry. From medical education and clinical trial development to clinical research and disease management, our panel will share specific examples and key learnings needed to accelerate the adoption and use of the right social strategy and tools.
Read more » « CollapseHealthbox Is Accepting Final Applications for Its New Healthcare Accelerator Program
The U.S. healthcare system desperately needs an "innovation" injection and startup accelerators such as Healthbox and RockHealth aim to do just that. Founded earlier this year by business incubator Sandbox Industries, Healthbox, an accelerator program for healthcare startups, is accepting final applications for its inaugural class in Chicago.
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Tags: ozmosis, social software, enterprise collaboration, jive software, IBM, Social Business, Salesforce.com, social content managementAccording to Forrester, 57% of enterprises are making some investment in enterprise social in 2011.
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Tags: social media, Facebook, physician social networks, physicians, researchTwo recent surveys explore how physician’s use social media for personal and professional use. What was interesting from the data is how actively physicians are now using social tools for professional purposes, particularly their affinity for closed, private communities.
Read more » « CollapseCIOs see real-time communication tools replacing email
Tags: social software, enterprise collaborationAccording to a recent survey from Robert Half Technologies, More than half (54 percent) of chief information officers (CIOs) interviewed recently said real-time workplace communication tools will surpass traditional email in popularity within the next five years. At Ozmosis, we see this shift already taking place with early adopters spread across the healthcare industry.
Read more » « CollapseEnterprise 2.0 Descends on Boston
Tags: collective knowledge, healthcare, social software, enterprise collaboration, best practiceLast week, the annual Enterprise 2.0 Conference made its way to Boston. For those unfamiliar with the term, Enterprise 2.0 refers to a new generation of innovative technologies and proceses (primarily "social" and "collaborative" tools) that improve productivity and reduce cost.
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Tags: ozmosis, BioPharma, life sciences, physician social networks, patient communities, Deloitte, sermoOn the heels of releasing its latest findings on the use of social networks in the life sciences industry, Deloitte Research has invited Ozmosis to join its BIO International 2011 presentation and panel discussion on "Improving Innovation Through Use of Social Networks" Thursday, June 29th in Washington, DC.
Read more » « CollapseWhy Facebook Struggles With Healthcare
Tags: healthcare, Facebook, physician, enterprise collaborationOver the past year Facebook’s popularity has continued to skyrocket. The world’s largest social network is now home to 700 million+ users and 2.5 million company pages (updated June 23, 2011). So it should come as little surprise that millions of Americans are turning to Facebook to search for and discuss health related information. However, while social collaboration can improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs, it can also lead to unintended consequences.
Social Innovation at HIMSS
Tags: social media, Facebook, Meaningful Use, enterprise collaboration, hospital, HIMSS, ACO, Health Information ExchangeAnother HIMSS conference is in the books. Last week over 31,000 Health IT professionals and nearly 1,000 vendors descended on Orlando to discuss the latest industry trends. Once you got past all the pageantry and hoopla, there were meaningful discussion, debate, and education around the intersection of technology and healthcare. In particular, mobile health, health data exchange and the role of accountable care organizations seemed to dominate the conversation.
Read more » « CollapseHow Social Networking Has Changed Business
Tags: ozmosis, clinical insights, healthcare, Facebook, physician social networks, IBM The Harvard Business Review recently featured a post from Bill George, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, where he states, “Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry.” As Bill points out, social networking took a transcendent leap forward in 2010 as it morphed from a "personal communications tool for young people into a new vehicle that business leaders are using to transform communications with their employees and customers".Read more » « Collapse
New Media Meetup at HIMSS 2011
Tags: ozmosis, social media, Facebook, Twitter, HIMSSOzmosis is heading to Disney World…or rather the annual HIMSS HealthIT Conference being held in Orlando, FL, from February 20-24. So whether you're a clinical informatics leader, hospital administrator, health care professional, or a Health IT vendor, we look forward to seeing you at the New Media Meetup we’re co-sponsoring at HIMSS.
Looking Ahead to the Enterprise 2.0 Conference
Tags: healthcare, EHR, social software, enterprise collaboration, mckinsey, accenture, CPOEThe Enterprise 2.0 Conference is still more than five months away, but conference organizers are already hard at work crafting a terrific agenda. With more than 320 papers submitted for presentation, the conference’s main theme of “Open Collaboration” is being put into practice as the E20 Community across the world discusses the virtues of each proposal and casts their vote.
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