New Policy Helps Guide Physicians’ Use of Social Media
A new policy adopted this week by the AMA House of Delegates meeting in San Diego aims to help physicians maintain a positive online presence and preserve the patient-physician relationship when email...
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Click the headline to read the story. State lawmakers consider malpractice overhaul bill, 2-8-11, NC News Network Reporters Josh Ellis and David Horn summarize current activity in the General Assembly...
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As Number of Medicaid Patients Goes Up, Their Benefits Are About to Drop, 6-15-11, The New York Times Writer Robert Pear examines the impact expected when extra federal financing for Medicaid runs out...
View ArticleSocial Media @NCMedSoc: Check Out the Annual Meeting Photos on Facebook
Are you on Facebook? Click here to view the NCMS Facebook page and view photos from the 2011 NCMS Annual Meeting. Be sure to “like” us while you’re there! Prefer Twitter? Follow NCMS President Robert...
View ArticleSocial Media Update: Maintaining Professionalism While Using Social Networks...
In response to member inquiries during the NCMS Annual Meeting in October and the installation of Reference Committee Report F-Professionalism in the Use of Social Media by the House of Delegates, here...
View ArticleAre you a Social Media Fan of the Medical Society?
Join us on Facebook and Twitter to receive NCMS and healthcare news as it happens, to interact with your fellow members and to get the chance to win great prizes! Did you know that the NCMS Foundation...
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Legislation to avoid mandatory cuts awaits budget panel, 5-1-12, Modern Healthcare Writer Jessica Zigmond reports that the House Budget Committee will consider legislation that includes healthcare...
View ArticleNCMS Medicare Audit Video Reaches Thousands on Twitter
Last week the NCMS and the Physicians Advocacy Institute, Inc. (PAI), released a documentary that details the inaccuracies of a medical audit conducted by CMS. Both the NCMS and PAI distributed the...
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A lifetime of surgical expertise at the Vein & Laser Center for Wilmington, 5-22-12, The Star News The Star News features NCMS member Hormoze Goudarzi, MD, about his desire to continue practicing...
View ArticleGuide for Maintaining Professionalism While Using Social Media Available from...
The Federation for State Medical Boards (FSMB) has released guidelines highlighting the appropriate use of social media for physicians and other health care professionals. Click here to view the...
View ArticleNew Avenues to NCMS News
Do you frequently contact the NCMS with questions or concerns? Or do you look to the Bulletin, the NCMS weekly newsletter, and the NCMS website for information? Those are just a few means of...
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New Webpage Connects Members With NCMS Social Network
Do you have a Facebook or Twitter account? Or do watch videos on YouTube? Why not join the NCMS on these social networking sites? In an effort to provide more communication outlets to our members, the...
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Throw Back Thursday: Physician Rates Circa 1909
If you like Twitter as much as we do, follow us and get updates, breaking news, fun facts, and much more. Check out this week’s Throw Back Thursday. What do you think you’d would charge as a physician...
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Ninety-Four Percent of Patients Turn to Facebook for Medical Content
According to a 2011 National Research Corporation survey, one in five Americans use social media websites as a source for obtaining health care information. Ninety-four percent of those respondents...
View ArticleLast Chance to Vote for the Photo Contest Winner
The NCMS staff faced a difficult challenge this year in selecting just 13 photos out of the 96 stunning submissions in the 2012 NCMS Member Photo Contest. After much debate, the finalists were chosen,...
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Children’s Health Services, PA Benefits from Social Media
Following the article published in last week’s Bulletin stating that ninety-four percent of patients turn to Facebook for medical content, the NCMS interviewed Children’s Health Services, PA, a medical...
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Medical Practices Benefit from Social Media
In an article released earlier this year, the AMA highlights four major benefits for medical practices that use social media. Those benefits include: Understanding necessary services: Social media...
View ArticleCan the Social Media Revolution Reach the Medical Community?
Over the past several months, the NCMS has informed its members about how social media fits into the medical profession. We know that most patients turn to social media for medical content and often...
View ArticleNCMS Policy on Physicians’ Use of Social Media
Continuing the NCMS’ initiative to inform and educate the medical community about social media and the importance of maintaining professionalism and the physician-patient relationship, here are a few...
View ArticleNew Year, New Improved Communications!
The Bulletin staff is pleased to announce an upgrade in our member communications. Starting January 2, 2013 our homepage at www.ncmedsoc.org will be updated daily, Monday through Friday, by 3 p.m.,...
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