Fighting De-Nursification
Video: Barbara Ficarra recently interviewed Sandy Summers, MSN, MPH, RN, Executive Director of The Center for Nursing Advocacy. Barbara Ficarra and Sandy Summers talk about the image of nurses and why nurses are misrepresented in the media and by Hollywood.
Getting Beyond the Press Release Du Jour
The public relies heavily on media outlets to supply information on health and medicine. As purveyors of news that directly impacts people’s health decisions, journalists have an obligation to report stories that are balanced, accurate, and relevant.
One of the greatest challenges of health reporting is developing stories outside the established framework. Typically, journalists find […]
Medicine in the Media: The Challenge of Reporting Medical Research
In June 2005, the Seattle Times published “Suddenly Sick,” a five-part series by reporters Susan Kelleher and Duff Wilson illustrating the impact of disease definitions on medicine and the power of the pharmaceutical industry in shaping these definitions.
Disease is a relative concept, but medicine often defines it using strict quantitative parameters. For example, a body […]
The Evolution of the Pharmaceutical Industry Blogosphere
One of the first bloggers to focus on drug industry marketing, ethics and policy was John Mack, journalist and publisher of the popular e-newsletter Pharma Marketing News. Mack’s candid and timely commentary earned him a mention in the Wall Street Journal as a must-read blog for industry insiders.
Over the past two […]
Three Health Care Bloggers…See How They Run
Just as user generated social media such as blogs and forums have transformed commerce by making findable authentic testimonials about products and services — healthcare is under the same pressure to become more transparent about their claims to quality and value.
As patients reject HMO’s and decide to pay more for PPOs and traditional […]
This Week in Healthcare: Week of January 15-21, 2007
Hello and Welcome to This Week in Healthcare…
Today we look at the people, policies, and politicians impacting the healthcare debate, and help you understand it all.
Our stories this week….
An unlikely alliance pushing for heathcare reform, a bipartisan healthcare bill, a court ruling for Wal-Mart, the optimistic financial projections of an insurance giant, […]
The Blogging Revolution: Why Healthcare Will Be Transformed and How Other Industries Show the Way
Steve Rubel of Edelman talks about trends in technology, search and social networking. There is an erosion of trust in institutions such as the church, corporations, major league baseball. People do want to trust each other and turn to other individuals for credible information. People can use technology to bypass institutions to disseminate information to […]
