Barbara Ficarra

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Social Media Health: 3 Key Elements to Use When Engaging in Social Media

 There are some health care professionals who refuse to engage in social…

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Searching Online for Health Information

 Internet activities go beyond using it to check your email, making online…

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Nurses Strong During Hurricane Sandy and Every Day

 The post is dedicated to all the remarkable nurses, doctors and other…

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Health Videos: Tricks for Tracking Your Medications and Grab a Hula Hoop to Slim Down

Simple and Smart Health Tips- Health Smarts Video Series Simple and Smart…

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TEDMED Challenge of Health and Medicine – Improving Medical Communications

 Health care is about you being in charge of your health. It’s…

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Too Much Hype in the Mobile Health App World?

 The Wild West of mobile health (mHealth) is taking the health care…

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mHealth: Valuable Information in PwC Report, But are the Findings Remarkable?

A recent report, (PDF link) “Emerging mHealth:  Paths for growth,” commissioned by…

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3 Rapid-Fire Health Care Social Media Networking Tips

 Lead, listen and learn how to engage in health care social media…

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Health Care: Less Blame and More Engagement

 [This is a follow-up post to Social Media:  3 Notable Quotes in…

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