Health Care Blogs

Judy Welles looks at the impact of blogs on health care and health information in Federal Computer Week. The story includes interviews with Jay Bernhardt at CDC, Matthew Holt of Health Care Blog, Dmitriy Kruglyak with Trusted.MD and myself. The money quote:

“Blogs are growing, maturing, changing — just like the first wave of Web sites,” said David Ritter, chairman of the Labor and Employment Practice Group of the Chicago-based law firm Neal Gerber Eisenberg, which advises companies on social media practices. “The health care industry will catch up. But it has to stop being hesitant about dipping a toe into the social media area.”