Pharma and Healthcare Social Media Wiki April Update and New Design

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Pharma and Healthcare Social Media Wiki April Update and New Design

It’s been a while in the making, but I’ve got some exciting news. Today I’m unveiling the new design of the Pharma and Healthcare Social Media Wiki. You’ll notice that each category is now neatly divided into its own sortable table. This will allow you to quickly skim through the different categories. You can even sort to see only new entries (click the double arrow in first column twice). You can also search within a category and you’ll get the matching results dynamically served up (no clicking required!).

Please use this link to give us feedback on the new layout and design of the wiki. Let me know what’s working for you and what you want to change and I’ll see what I can do.

We didn’t just give the Wiki a new look, we also updated the content in a big way. In fact, this is the biggest update yet with more than 35 new entries, bringing the total to almost 575 entries. Apparently, the Dosie Awards competition inspired some submissions.

Some highlights from this month:

Three new Twitter accounts from Bayer
Two really interesting MashUps
Four new entries from Humana that really stand out
A bunch of new industry observer blogs (some are “must-reads”) and patient blogs

Wondering which of the 575 entries are the best? Then you should check out the Dosie Awards Finalists and attend the awards presentation next month. The winners of the Dosie Awards will be announced live during the upcoming BDI conference “Social Communications & Healthcare: Case Studies & Roundtables.” The conference is on May 11 from 8:30 AM until 1:00 PM at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York in midtown Manhattan, New York City. BDI is not directly involved in these awards, but have been kind enough to give me a live audience and venue to announce the winners. If you want to be there in person, you can register here: http://bit.ly/aMAlR4. Use promo code “Dosies” and you can get in for just $155. The winners will be announced at the conference and then released online immediately after my presentation.

One more thing, if you’re someone who’s really interested in the wiki, then you probably will enjoy the upcoming 2010 e-Patient Connections Conference. I’ll be chairing the “Social Pharmer” track along with Shwen Gwee from Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

We haven’t set the speaker list just yet, but rest assured it will be packed with the leaders in the industry you want to hear. And while we haven’t finalized the format for our track, expect it to be far beyond the didactic lectures you see at many conferences. You’ll be able to interact with the speakers and each other in small groups and big sessions to share the best thinking on social media in pharma.

For those who didn’t attend this conference last year (its debut), expect another top notch event with a slate of great speakers on numerous topics (plus some nice gifts).

Register now for the early bird discount for the 2010 e-Patient Connections Conference. Readers of this blog also get another 20% off (that’s about $320!) if you use code “rx2010” when you register. If you’d like to give some feedback on what you want to see (and not see) at the conference, then please take this short survey: http://bit.ly/9q9KfG.

Here’s the link to the wiki. Instructions for recommending an addition to the wiki are at the bottom of the page:

Pharma and Healthcare Social Media Wiki

If I sent you a note saying that you’d be included in the next update and you don’t see your listing, you’re in the queue for the next one.

Many of you have asked what you can do to support the wiki, as you’ve found it so useful. Well, there are a few things you can do since you asked:

First and foremost, without your contributions, the wiki wouldn’t be what it is today and it would quickly become outdated. You can submit your recommendations for inclusion (including your own site) using this form.
Share with your network. Here are some shortcuts: Send a tweet, update your LinkedIn or Facebook status, and/or whatever your preferred means of sharing is. You can just copy and paste this: “Pharma and Healthcare Social Media Wiki. http://su.pr/20M8CB. (via @jonmrich)”
Write about it. Feel free to blog about the wiki and use some of the examples in case studies or presentations you’re developing.
Get a badge. That’s right, if you’re listed on the wiki, you can now add a badge to your site to show that you’ve made it to the list. We’ve created a couple of options to choose from. (If you’re not listed and think you should be, see the first bullet above on how to do that.)

Option 1

Copy and paste the code below onto your site:

<form><a href="http://www.doseofdigital.com/healthcare-pharma-social-media-wiki/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.doseofdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/doseofdigitalwikibadge1.jpg"/></a></form>

Option 2

Copy and paste the code below onto your site:

<form><a href="http://www.doseofdigital.com/healthcare-pharma-social-media-wiki/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.doseofdigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/doseofdigitalwikibadge2.jpg"/></a></form>

Again, thank you all for your contributions. If you have any suggestions on how to improve the wiki, please let me know.