Posted on October 26th, 2012 by Admin
Melissa Hogan is a lawyer, author, speaker and as she would tell you, most importantly an advocate for rare disease families. Her efforts in the areas of advocacy, medical research, fundraising, and pharmaceutical and clinical trials made her a scholarship attendee at this year’s Health Care Social Media Summit at the Mayo Clinic. Her speech during the panel [...]
Posted on October 26th, 2012 by Admin
Patti Koblewski is Pain Ambassador for Arizona Pain Specialists and Patient Advocate/Educator for Boost Medical. Her focus of teaching others how to successfully manage their pain and live their lives led to her being a scholarship attendee at this year’s Health Care Social Media Summit held at Mayo Clinic. During the panel “Social Media Gives Patients a [...]
Posted on August 23rd, 2012 by Admin
As reported in Tennis World, after taking home an Olympic bronze in tennis, Juan Martín del Potro recently visited Mayo Clinic surgeon Dr. Richard Berger and posted a picture with an update for fans on his Facebook page. He thanked Dr. Berger for seeing him on a Sunday and ruling out injury to ligaments and tendons, before prescribing treatment and rest [...]
Posted on October 4th, 2011 by Admin
Two women with a rare heart condition whose online connections and initiative led to a pilot study by a Mayo Clinic cardiologist will be featured Oct. 18 in a keynote panel at Mayo Clinic’s Social Media Summit in Rochester, Minn. Katherine Leon and Laura Haywood-Cory both had heart attacks due to Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2011 by Admin
As I wrote late Wednesday, we were amazed and gratified at the response to our scholarship contest to choose five patient/caregiver representatives to participate in Social Media Week at Mayo Clinic in October. With 35 strong applicants, choosing the five recipients was a difficult job. These five individuals will have travel and lodging expenses, along [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2011 by Admin
From NBC’s Today show, here’s an inspirational story of a Mayo Clinic patient with kidney disease who received a life-saving transplant after her daughter made connections with a volunteer kidney donor through social media: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Do you know of other patients who have been [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2011 by Admin
Meredith Gould is a member of the External Advisory Board for the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. She originally developed this post for the Social Media Health Network member site. For a list of member organizations and how to join, visit the Network tab. Here’s a sweeping statement that’s probably true: everyone committed to [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2010 by Admin
When we announced formation of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media in late July, Scott Johnson was among those who wrote to express their support. As a patient with Type 1 diabetes who has been blogging since 2004, Scott has a well-developed view of the value of social media. Yesterday he wrote a post [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2010 by Admin
Motivated by gratitude for the gift of life they have received, and by a desire to help others, patients who have had a transplant are among the most eager to share their stories and to demonstrate the importance of organ donation. In addition to just celebrating life, that’s a major reason behind the National Kidney [...]