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Our running total of PHYSICIANS and/or PHYSICIAN GROUP that blog, and/or make great use of Twitter pages and/or Facebook pages and that meet ALL three of these criteria: The Blog, Twitter page, Facebook page, etc. (1) are authored by qualified and licensed physicians, (2) have authors that currently practice medicine (should be identifiable via the blog), and (3) are positioned for patients demonstrating subject-matter expertise for the purpose of credibility, education and business development.

U.S. News Media Group has published its 21st Best Hospital Ranking for year 2010-11 Best Hospitals rankings.

A survey released today by the Pew Internet and American Life Project reports that 61 percent of Americans go online for health information, and the majority of them have turned to user-generated health information. But a quick scan through peer-reviewed journals reveals only a handful of articles, and no evidence-based guidelines, to guide doctors on [...]

The story It’s 7 a.m. at Henry Ford Hospital, and surgeons are preparing to remove a cancerous tumor from a man’s kidney. It’s potentially a risky surgery, but everything’s ready: The doctors and nurses are in the operating room, the surgical instruments are sterilized and ready to go, and the chief resident is furiously Twittering [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the U.S. Dept. of Labor, projected on Dec. 10, 2009, that from 2008 to 2018 the civilian labor force will grow by 12.6 million and total employment will increase by approximately 15.3 million jobs. Health care and social assistance will add approximately 4 million positions, with 772,200 [...]

We briefly discussed how some Physicians are using Twitter to keep a patient’s family members abreast of medical procedure and other activities that inherently include private and often times confidential and sensitive information.  We believed (and still do) that patient privacy is and will remain the primary concern when using Twitter or any other social [...]

A great video interview just published over at FastCompany.tv in which Stanford University Doctor Andrew Newman explains how and why he uses Epocrates’ iPhone application in his practice. He calls it “transformative” and he also takes devices with the app loaded to emerging markets to train others how to use it in their practices. The [...]

From Book Publisher QUIRK Books & Mental Floss “So you’re thinking about med school but you’re not ready to devote the next ten years to grad school. Or perhaps you’re already a doctor and just want a quick refresher course. Either way, we’re more than happy to help. Med School in a Box offers instruction [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine has released a very useful article on “Cover Letter Do’s and Dont’s”.

For 22 years, the association has conducted a compensation and financial survey of medical groups and organized systems of care and published the results to aid medical groups …..