Today is my 51st birthday. Every once in a while, my birthday falls on a holiday (I was born on Labor Day). Thus, I have my Dunkin Donuts' coffee, don't have to cook and get the kids off to school and the office is closed! I can really do whatever I want....today. My purpose in writing today was to post something nonclinical and personal. Something "transparent." The Importance of … [Read more...]
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Filed Under: Social Media and Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: American Academy of Ophthalmology, Apple, BillGates, Dunkin Donuts, Keno, Labor Day, Personal computer, Social Media and Health, Steve Jobs, transparency
How This Blog Has Developed…into a Business!
Blogs, the simplest form of social media, can improve health education and at the same time aid interested doctors in marketing their medical practice. It's a win-win. I started about 2.5 years ago with retinaeyedoctor.com. It started as a bit of challenge to myself, but resulted after my attorney wife, Amy, introduced me to the techniques of Internet Marketing. Google Made … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Social Media and Health Tagged With: American Academy of Ophthalmology, Bing, Facebook, Google, Ken McCarthy, LinkedIn, Social Media and Health, Yahoo
Wong Gets Oriented
I took my son for his orientation to St. Mary's College last week. It gave me an idea of how dependent these kids are on the Internet, not just computers, but the world wide web. It also made it clear to me just where we "live" now and where we will be "living." More and more we'll all be turning to the Internet for our credible health information...just look at what the kids do now. Many … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Social Media and Health Tagged With: Education, Facebook, Information technology, iPhone 3G, Social Media and Health
Patients Abuse the Internet
Most of the time I write about information about regarding macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. As many of you remember, I am very interested in persuading more docs to do the same, that is, provide credible health information on the Internet. An article in Reuter's claims that over 50% of Americans turned to the Internet for health information last year. Way to go! At the same … [Read more...]
Filed Under: My Opinion, Social Media and Health Tagged With: credible health information, health information, internet, Social Media and Health, technology
MLK Had a Vision…RetinaEyeDoctor Has an…Idea
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Coincidentally, it is also my 150th post to my web site, RetinaEyeDoctor.com. Dr. King had a wonderful dream. He had a specific vision. He shared his inspirations. In honor of this day, I share my hope of doctors, patients, healthcare...and the internet. He was an orator. I blog. I started 9 months ago. I now reach over 1000 views/month. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: My Opinion, Social Media and Health Tagged With: health information, internet, Social Media and Health
Social Media: Finding Credible Info On the Internet
Why do you believe everything on the Internet? "I Read it on the Internet" Most of what I read on the internet, regarding health information, is bunk. Whether it is advice on diets, exercises, medical treatments, etc., most is off target, non-factual and opinionated and biased. People are likely to believe what we read on the internet as gospel because..........well, it is on the internet! … [Read more...]
Filed Under: How I Practice, My Opinion, Social Media and Health Tagged With: Blog, Diabetic retinopathy, health information, internet, Macular Degeneration, Social Media and Health, web pages
My 100th Post: What I Have Learned, Part II
This is part two of my celebration of my 100th post to this web. Read Part I. 6. Google Ranks Pages, Not Web Sites - this was at first hard for me to comprehend, but it now makes sense. What this means to you, is that you should NOT worry about the whole site, that is, your entire site does NOT have to be perfect! If you work hard (at the SEO, etc.), you may be fortunate enough to have … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Creating This Blog Tagged With: Flickr, Google, Health care, Search, Social Media and Health, Web Design and Development, Web search engine, Website, YouTube
Part 3. “Credible Information.” Using Social Media to Build Your Practice
Good morning. I closed yesterday by talking about the need for relevant and credible information. Providing relevant information is Google's (and the other search engines) responsibility. Providing credible information is my responsibility. Promoting relevant and credible information is your responsibility. "Because the Internet says so...................." Now that you are provided … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Social Media and Health Tagged With: Google, Macular Degeneration, Marketing, Retina, Search, Social Media and Health, Web search engine, Website, Word of mouth
Making Social Media a Part of Medical Practice, Part II
I closed my last post (yesterday) with a comment that doctors are not too internet savvy. It is true. I do think many doctors are very good with email and can search the internet, but the rest is a blackbox, especially this social media stuff. Doctors need to catch up. Social media is going to make us catch up. I want to close the gap. One attribute of social media is the ability … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Social Media and Health Tagged With: Bing, credible internet searches, Google, MSN, relevant internet searches, Search, search engine, Social Media and Health, Web search engine, Weblogs, Yahoo
Social Media for a Medical Practice
When I started this blog/web site in April, I had a good idea of what I wanted to say, but I had no idea how a blog and social media would work together. Yesterday, I addressed over 60 eye doctors at a local continuing education conference. I discussed how I envision social media helping doctors and their patients by providing both with relevant and credible health information. My … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Social Media and Health Tagged With: credible health information, Diabetic retinopathy, Eye Disorders, Facebook, Health, LinkedIn, Macular Degeneration, relevance, Retina, Social Media and Health, twitter, Virtual Community
