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Social Media, Networks, and Data in Patient Healthcare Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some are describing this shift in perspective as “participatory medicine” or “person-centric care.” She also gave an example of young patient activist, Sara Ringer , who has a passion for spreading awareness and accurate information about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. This “Dr. There is more to come.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. which heralded a new, participatory web culture. These innovative tools are meeting the fundraising, grassroots mobilization, volunteer engagement, and issue awareness needs of many organizations." " The year was 2005. The Iraq War was raging.