By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Twitter Chats are a powerful way to share valuable information in real-time. Sharecare and the American Heart Association partner to host a Twitter Chat on Hear...
http://healthin30.com/2014/02/twitter-heart-chat-sharecare-and-american-heart-association/
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA The Great American Smokeout Twitter Chat presented by Sharecare was ongoing spirited conversation for five hours filled with valuable information. The Hashtag #qu...
http://healthin30.com/2013/11/brief-recap-of-tweets-for-the-great-american-smokeout/
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 43.8 million people (18 years or older), in the United States smoke cigarettes. What’...
http://healthin30.com/2013/11/sharecare-presents-the-great-american-smokeout-twitter-chat/
Flu Season is here; a quick vaccine reference to avoid an Emergency Room Visit. By Justin S. Larkin, MD As the sun sets on summer and the fall weather is now here, this means one thing in the Eme...
http://healthin30.com/2013/10/flu-season-insights-from-the-er/
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Social media networking is in its infancy which causes hesitation for some doctors, nurses, other health care professionals and organizations. Social media networ...
http://healthin30.com/2011/09/list-of-20-excellent-social-media-networking-resources/
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Thanks to Laura Landro for shining light on unsafe injections in her WSJ blog, “Unsafe Injection Practices Persist Despite Education Efforts.” Landro writes: ...
http://healthin30.com/2011/04/time-to-eliminate-dangerous-injection-practices-by-clinicians/
Guest post by Miriam E. Tucker Just as physicians use abbreviations and terminology that sound like a foreign language to outsiders, patients who talk to each other on the Internet (and elsewhere...
http://healthin30.com/2011/04/speaking-diabetes-a-guide-from-an-insider/
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Information circulating about the dangers of plastic containers has created fear and confusion. Are plastic containers toxic? Do harmful chemicals leach out int...
http://healthin30.com/2011/01/what-everybody-ought-to-know-about-plastics/
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Latest egg recall update Health officials urge consumers to throw away contaminated eggs or return them to the retailer. Salmonella, the name of a group of bacter...
Guest Post Submitted by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center We’ve all made the excuses…you can’t face the drive to the gym, you’re too tired at night, getting up in the morning is a chor...
http://healthin30.com/2010/08/heart-health-and-the-couch-potato-sit-at-your-own-risk/