Posts Tagged ‘Europe

Dear all,
Below, we’ve made an attempt to collate our thoughts on #hcsmeucamp, the #hcsmeu unconference, dialogue-style:
Just like when we started out the weekly #hcsmeu tweetups, Andrew and I had no idea of whether or not the community would be interested in meeting up in person and how many would take the time and make the [...]

It is time.
Time to prove that quality health information in the hands of empowered patients leads to improved health, also in Europe.
Time to demonstrate that social media provides this quality health information to millions of patients each day, even in Europe.
Time to make concrete proposals on how social media can efficiently and safely provide patients [...]

The first 10 weeks of Health Care Social Media Europe’s (#hcsmeu) existence has been characterised not only by our listening, learning, linking and frenetic debate, but also by our constant reference to three themes that we seem to return to regardless of the discussion in hand.
The #hcsmeu community has been consistent in its strident calls [...]

Today, I was looking for information for my Dad who is a type 2 diabetic. I was interested to see, if a certain type of insulin could control his diabetes better. Naturally, I went online and typed the product in question into Google. The site that came up was the American product site. There [...]


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