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Researching the latest EU commission view point on social media, I came across this very upsetting conclusion from a review on the state of patient information in Europe:

Today huge inequalities exist in terms of availability and accessibility of information between different population groups and between EU member states.
Health related websites are amongst most frequently visited [...]

Exactly 20 years ago today, one of the most horrific monuments of the cold war came down: the Berlin wall.
I remember strolling through East and West Berlin some days after the fall and hearing a reporter say: “Everyone who is not dead, is walking the streets of Berlin right now.” And it surely felt this [...]

Voilà a very clever initiative from GSK France illustrating how pharma can use its priviledged position at the cross-roads of many important influencers to drive positive change of the healthcare system.

In 2005, GSK France under their CEO Hervé Gisserot started a blog to facilitate the discussion between French citizens and the main stakeholders of the [...]

ITS NOT THE NHS!!!

In: government

17 fév 2009

Poor me, I got so excited this morning when I read about the NHS engaging with social media. It is actually NOT the NHS but an action group run by two NHS doctors as a political action group for patients (and staff) against the NHS administration.  See their other action group site www.remedyuk.org. Thank you [...]

Very exciting initiative by the NHS, with their recently released beta version on nhsunlocked, ratings and advice from patients.
The site offers hospital center ratings and groups by disease area. That by itself is not so innovative, you might correctly remark. What got me excited is the collaborative spirit in which the site was set up.
Their [...]


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