Tag Archives: Social Media

Social Media in Clinical Trials: Increasing Patient Recruitment

When you become sick with a virus or are seeking information about a diet, where’s the first place that you turn to for help? Is it the doctor’s office or the internet? A recent study showed that the percentage of … Continue reading

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Check Out Our New Blog Design

Image via Wikipedia If you’re reading this, then you’re also seeing our new blog design.  We’ve replaced the previous WordPress theme (Pearl, available here) with a customized version of the Twenty Ten 1.0 theme that was recently released with WordPress … Continue reading

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Novel Approaches to Clinical Trial Recruitment

Traditional patient recruitment strategies like print, television and radio ads are relatively expensive and much less effective than targeted online advertisement.  Eighty percent of Americans who are online are now searching for health information (Allison, 2009), including avenues to participate … Continue reading

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White House Issues Memo on Federal Agencies and Social Media

It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. – Frank Zappa The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs just released a … Continue reading

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