I sincerely thank those who have reviewed or mentioned Establishing, Managing, and Protecting Your Online Reputation.
1. Doctors and Their Online Reputation. The New York Times' Well.
"The book is an excellent and helpful resource. But what elevates it beyond the category of valuable how-to manual is the passionate call to arms that resonates from all those well-enumerated directions and clearly labeled diagrams. Like it or not, the ...
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently introduced new restrictions on opioid painkillers for New York City public emergency departments.
I give my take on the issue in a USA Today column: ER key to curb painkiller abuse.
Prescription drug abuse is a growing national tragedy. One of the biggest culprits is opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Percocet. Shockingly, more than 200 million ...
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Kaiser Permanente is often hailed by health reformers as the model other health systems should replicate.
While integrated health systems have the potential to improve patient care, they also encourage hospitals to buy up physician practices to build their own Kaiser Permanente. This increases provider clout in the marketplace, which has been shown to actually raise healthcare prices for patients:
Despite ...
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My book, co-authored with Susan Gay, is now available: Establishing, Managing, and Protecting Your Online Reputation: A Social Media Guide for Physicians and Medical Practices.
It is available at Greenbranch Publishing, in print or e-book, as well as Amazon.
I sincerely appreciate the following media stories and interviews discussing the book.
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Energy drinks are a booming industry, and safety concerns are starting to come to light.
I write about these caffeine-fueled beverages in my latest USA Today column: Treat energy drinks like drugs.
Safety concerns require energy drinks to be more closely scrutinized. Beverage manufacturers should clearly label the caffeine content. Adults should limit their ...
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I’d like to thank various media outlets for recently citing KevinMD.com.
1. How to find the best medical information online. Los Angeles Times.
"We need to face the reality that because of the Internet, patients are more empowered," Pho said. "We can't see ourselves as gatekeepers. We need to see ourselves as curators who can shepherd patients through an abundance of information."
2. Can Public Health Messages Be Entertaining? ZDoggMD Thinks So. ...
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Thinking of seeing a new doctor online for your runny nose or cough? It may be convenient for patients, and cheaper for health plans, but it may not be what's best. Online visits for acute illness increase the rate of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, and can miss important diagnoses.
I write about it in my latest USA Today column, The doctor ...
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Get your flu vaccine now, if you haven't already.
And in the future, be sure to get it early in the season.
Read more in my column on CNN, In the future, get vaccinated earlier:
One reason why the flu outbreak is so prevalent this year is that the predominant strain, H3N2, ...
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Want to know the most viewed posts on KevinMD in 2012? Here they are, in order of pageviews.
Happy New Year, and thank you all for your engaged readership and discussion during these turbulent health care times.
1. Why one-third of hospitals will close by 2020. A third of hospitals now in existence in the United States will not cross the 2020 ...
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I’d like to thank various media outlets for recently citing KevinMD.com.
1. Professionalism: Can it be taught? CMAJ.
Though tech-savvy, medical students need to learn what is and isn’t appropriate to do on the Internet, even if their peers in other fields of study haven’t yet grown tired of uploading photos of eye-glazing, face-reddening, vodka-induced debauchery. “They need to be cognizant of online professionalism right from the beginning of their medical training,” ...
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"A comprehensive and extremely useful roadmap for doctors."
-Eric Topol, MD, author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine
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