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Dec
2
2011

  • Clearly, in recent years, slaughter for human consumption has not been the primary method of stabilizing the equine population in the USA.

  • Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years. Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov. 18 to keep the government afloat until mid-December.
  • The last U.S. slaughterhouse that butchered horses closed in 2007 in Illinois,
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Sep
13
2011

  • A Groupon deal might boost sales but, it can also lower a merchant's reputation as measured by Yelp ratings, say computer scientists who have analyzed the link between daily deals and online reviews.
  • Their analysis shows that while the number of reviews increases signifificantly due to daily deals, average rating scores from reviewers who mention daily deals are about 10% lower than scores of their peers.
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Aug
31
2011

  • “There’s a lot of research out there that shows that the anticipation of a vacation, and the memories of it, are actually more valuable than the vacation itself,” he said. “Photos are an important part of the memory aspect.”
  • Is a photo a product we sell like food or skis, or is it part of the experience?” he asked. “We made the decision that it’s experience
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Aug
10
2011

  • ''The Stone Age didn't end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil.''
Jul
7
2011

One thing that a hospital needs is an interaction policy that helps employeed decide what to do when confronted with comfusing situations on social media.

www.hospitalimpact.org/...p2681
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hospital health socialmedia

  • It's not out of the realm of possibility for a patient to initiate a conversation on a Facebook wall that could cross the line, thereby eroding the boundaries of the physician-patient relationship, and possibly even threatening ethical standards because of the casual nature of communication on the social network.
  • We also have asked physicians to keep in mind that accepting friend requests from patients will allow those patients to see personal information and have a glimpse into the private lives of the physicians.
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Part of a good social media channel, especially with so many employees who have high importance high intellectual jobs like a hopital could benefit from a distributed network of influencers. 

While this article deals with personal branding for career advancement, if a hospital were to create a situation where many of it's physicians and nurses were seen as leaders and desirable employees, it would elevate the brand as a whole and even make the brand more attractive and able to retain people.

www.fiercehealthcare.com/...2011-07-01
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hospital health socialmedia

  • Whether branding yourself via Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook matters to you will depend on who you are. As the U.S. healthcare system evolves, branding will be critical as a way to tout your expertise and attract new career opportunities, Fogelson says.
  • Dr. Geeta Nayyar, principal medical officer at Vangent and a clinician at George Washington University, says her tweets, which go out to more than 800 followers, have boosted her reputation as "Dr. Nayyar"--a social media, health IT doctor. "It's like being seen on a billboard or commercial, but more personal and real-time than other static venues," she says.

  • 57 percent of consumers said that a hospital's social media connections would strongly affect their decision to receive treatment at that facility, according YouGov Healthcare, a hospital market research firm.
  • 81 percent of healthcare consumers consider a hospital with an active online presence to be more "cutting edge," according to the survey
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