The Life Cycle of Ebola on Twitter
The Ebola virus outbreak was the biggest news story of 2014, and while it actually started in late 2013, it continues today. Mainstream media began leading its daily stories with … Continued
Thomas M. Lee, B.S., NHA – articles written for Symplur
Thomas M. Lee, B.S., NHA - @tmlfox
Spends days connecting dots in healthcare social media. Co-founder of Symplur and The Healthcare Hashtag Project. Curious by nature.CDC, Ebola & Tweet Chats: was this venue a success?
In our previous post we discussed how Ebola had been emerging as a topic of discussion on social media, and how the conversation was actually dwindling as the number of … Continued
Ebola on social media shows some revealing insights
Ebola. Just the word by itself instills fear. But in some corners of our shared planet it presents itself as an all too real horror that invades communities, neighborhoods, and … Continued
Healthcare Hashtags … the ones that don’t get published
Healthcare conversations on Twitter are often formed around hashtags. These hashtags enable connections between individuals, foster the effective sharing of ideas, and help entire online communities to form and flourish. … Continued
Medicine X, as a Patient Centric Conference, has Set the Bar Higher
Stanford University’s “Medicine X”. It was one of those healthcare conferences that I kept getting asked about again and again. “Will you be there?” “Will Symplur have a presence?” “You … Continued
#RareDisease … Searching for Rare Disease Support on the Social Web
When it comes to The Healthcare Hashtag Project, one of the most rewarding things for us at Symplur is to see people use and share the tools and information that … Continued
Ideagoras 2012 … Healthcare in a New Social & Connected World
I’m too excited to wait, so I’ll just get right to the point. I’m both thrilled and honored to be speaking at the “Ideagoras 2012” conference in Madrid on the … Continued
Disease Hashtags on Twitter … the Healthcare Hashtag Project: Phase 2
The number of healthcare conversations taking place on Twitter is truly staggering. And, as many of you are aware, we’ve made an attempt to organize these conversations via the Healthcare … Continued
The Healthcare Hashtag Project Celebrates a Birthday
Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow. – Margaret Fuller It was 1:20 AM, one year ago today … October 26, 2010. Audun Utengen … Continued
Healthcare Hashtags and the Tweet Chat
Twitter – and more so Twitter chats – are like those Magic Eye stereograms – it takes a certain way of looking to see what’s going on: you may or … Continued
Healthcare Hashtags – a Social Project
Hashtags were popularized during the San Diego fires in 2007 when @nateritter used the hashtag “#sandiegofire” to identify his updates related to the disaster. – Twitter Fan Wiki Twitter was … Continued
Twitter Basics for Healthcare Businesses
“Web 1.0 was where corporations thought the internet was another dandy platform for telling us what they wanted us to know. Web 2.0 was where we showed them that the … Continued