Doctors 2.0 & You 2014: From Europe to the World

From Europe to the World: Healthcare Social Media and Mobile Health

“Illness happens, but dreams still prevail!” – J.T. Utitus (2014)

From Europe to the World: Healthcare Social Media and Mobile Health

“Illness happens, but dreams still prevail!” – J.T. Utitus (2014)

Paris, October 25, 2013 – Doctors 2.0™ & You, the inclusive digital health congress announced the title for its 4th edition, taking place on June 5-6, 2014, at the magnificent Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. “From Europe to the World: Healthcare Social Media and Mobile Health” Doctors 2.0 & You 2014 will emphasize the wealth of digital health innovation from around the world: Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and of course, North America. Doctors 2.0 & You is currently accepting online applications for new speakers, start-up contestants, media and supporting partners,  sponsors.

Doctors 2.0 & You, is geared to people from all of healthcare and from around the world, whether  annual participants who will enjoy all the new material, or first time attendees. According to conference founder Denise Silber:

“Doctors 2.0 & You is about people. Innovation comes from patients, from physicians, from out of the box thinkers at start-ups and structured organizations wherever they may be. Each edition of the conference covers very new ground, on how Social Media and Mobile Apps help get results for patients.”

The quote “Illness happens, but dreams still prevail!” above is from 2014 keynote, Jamie Tripp Utitus, a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) survivor, thriver and international MS blogger. Jamie is the author of a children’s book about a young girl whose mother gives birth while almost simultaneously being diagnosed with MS. Jamie will be signing copies of her book Zoe Bowie and the Meatball, MS Blues… at the conference. As Jamie says:

“MS led me to blogging, friends all over the world, 2 books, and now Paris, for the Doctors 2.0 & You. Illness happens, but dreams still prevail!”

According to Dr. Berci Mesko (Hungary), Doctors 2.0 & You Ambassador and Keynote speaker:

“In 2014, we will get to a point where everybody understands the importance of social media in medicine and healthcare, so we have to focus on the meaningful and practical uses of it [backed] with evidence. Therefore, the next edition of Doctors 2.0 and You will be crucial!”

Dr. Mesko will also host a MasterClass at Doctors 2.0 & You on “Master skills in tracking social media”. Dr. Mesko has recently published the book Social Media in Clinical Practice.

Amongst the novelties for the 4th edition, both authors, Jamie and Berci will be signing their books on site.

2014 Topics will include: Quantified Self and Connected Objects, Serious Games, Social Media Impact on Medical Congresses, Quality of Mobile Health, Health and Medical Uses of Facebook, Evaluation of Online Communities, Patient Blogging, Professional Blogging, eReputation and Hospital strategy, Pharmacovigilance and Social Media, Best iPad apps for Physicians, Government experience with Social Media, Pharma Digital Strategy, Data Privacy.

Participants at the two-day event will be offered a selection of 20+ parallel sessions and the plenary. They will also network with attendees, speakers and exhibitors including start-up contestants, poster presenters and demonstrators. According to Audun Utengen and Tom Lee of Symplur who audited the 2013 #doctors20 hashtag results, “Doctors 2.0 & You was the most successful of this category in Europe with nearly 8000 tweets in two days, expressed in 15 languages. And we expect the growth to continue in 2014.”

Doctors 2.0™ & You partners with Stanford Medicine X conference, founded by Dr. Larry Chu of Stanford Medical School, who will be present with members of his Medicine X team. As Dr. Chu indicates, “The patient-centered scope of both of our conferences is what binds us together as kindred spirits. I truly believe that what Denise Silber is doing in Europe with Doctors 2.0 & You is important work and I’m proud to support her mission of bringing a patient-centered voice to ICT in healthcare. I will be at Doctors 2.0 & You in June, 2014!“

Round the clock live Tweeting in multiple languages will be visualized throughout the event. The conference will open its doors at 10 AM on Thursday June 5, 2014 and close at 5 PM on Friday June 6, 2013. 450 international participants are expected. Patients should contact the organizers for free seats, space permitting, on a first come, first served basis.

The participation of attendees from all of healthcare and from
around the world makes for a most unique networking experience.

Early Bird rates run until December 20, 2013

Follow the hashtag #doctors20

About Doctors 2.0™ & You

Now in its fourth edition, Doctors 2.0™ & You is the first international conference of its kind to examine how doctors and patients are using social media, applications and web 2.0 tools to work with peers, governments, industry and payers. The conference draws on the expertise of physicians, patient communities, online and mobile tool providers, hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and governments to help address the role of new technology in healthcare from both the doctor and patient perspective.

About Basil Strategies

Basil Strategies, established in Paris in 2001, is both a digital health communications agency and organizer of events and training. Denise Silber, the founder and President of Basil Strategies in Paris, is a member of the International Conference Advisory Board that organizes the Doctors 2.0 and You congress with the help of the Doctors 2.0 & You International Advisory Board. Silber, who was named to the Legion of Honor, France’s highest civil decoration, is a recognized eHealth, health 2.0 and social media expert in the US and Europe.