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5 Reasons Why Mayo Clinic Dominates Social Media in Healthcare

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What makes Mayo Clinic dominate social media in healthcare? Here are 5 reasons why. The 2013 Harris Poll EquiTrend survey named the Mayo Clinic website the top Health Information Website, ahead of WebMD. Health and medical research has been and is still one of the most popular activities of online consumers, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The most popular searches are about a specific disease or medical problem; a particular medical treatment or procedure; diet,
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Caremerge Partners with Lively To Combine Sensors with Clinical & Social Activity for Improved Senior Care

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Caremerge LLC, a communication and care coordination platform for senior care providers, announced a new partnership with Lively, which offers activity-sharing products that help older adults live independently longer. The partnership will combine activity derived from Lively sensors with the clinical and social activity data captured within Caremerge's platform to  correlate any physical health decline or frailty risks for caregiver intervention, improving care delivery and lowering hospital
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Pristine Partners With WCA To Bring Google Glass To Wound Care

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Wound Care Advantage (WCA), a wound care service company, and Pristine, the only company that’s developed commercially available Google Glass-based software that meets HIPAA regulations, have partnered to bring Google Glass into an outpatient wound care setting for the first time. Google Glass is wireless, handsfree and supports first person perspectives—all of which present incredible opportunities to improve wound care delivery. The device will be implemented at Wound Care Advantage’s
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