The author of a report which features the personal details of 100 million Facebook users says he released the information to highlight the privacy issues associated with social networking. This has received widespread media pick-up because it is captivating, and a classic attention-grabbing scare story. But it is not the massive scandal it might appear to be. People who don’t want to share their personal lives online don’t. And people who are happy to be open about their information online aren’t going to stop using social networks just because of this report. Facebook scare stories are nothing new (as we said in a post not long ago). So is this a complete red herring? Should we care in the field of healthcare communications?
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Posts Tagged ‘Virgo HEALTH PR’
Why privacy issues won’t put people off Facebook
Friday, July 30th, 2010In defence of healthcare communications
Monday, July 19th, 2010Our blog post last week ‘NHS White Paper: What the patient-centric approach means for healthcare communications’ ignited some debate on Twitter which we want to respond to. You can see the tweets people sent about the post on the page itself and our thoughts on these below.
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2010 Communiqué awards: A reminder of the impact and potential healthcare comms can have
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Never has the saying ‘perception is reality’ been more true for healthcare communications than it is today, particularly given the publication of the NHS White Paper and its focus on outcomes and choice for all. Everyone is a potential stakeholder and the stakes are high. Each year the Communiqué awards commend excellence and best practice and we are reminded how healthcare communications can meet these challenges and deliver real improvements in healthcare information dissemination, provision and choice.
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We’re becoming an ‘appy nation
Thursday, July 1st, 2010It seems that no business is truly innovative unless they have a novel way of reaching out to their customers. Recently, Apple’s iPhone applications have opened up a new world of reference tools, games and ways to interact with each other. However, apps in the health space are a more exciting and potentially life saving prospect with medical reference guides, diagnosis tools and live GP consultations (coming to an iPhone near you soon).
Virgo HEALTH sets record straight on BBC Watchdog exposé of Virgo Healthcare
Friday, June 11th, 2010Last night BBC Watchdog exposed the shocking conduct of ‘Rogue Trader’ Virgo Healthcare, a company scamming vulnerable elderly people to buy mobility equipment, a company Virgo HEALTH (we, the good guys) are in no way associated with. It’s odd hearing your name on TV, especially in such a damning report. Jaws dropped and then the phones started ringing. Quite quickly we realised we had to put a plan in place…
Virgo HEALTH is NOT Virgo Healthcare Nottingham featured on Watchdog
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Virgo HEALTH is a reputable and highly respected communications consultancy based in Richmond, Surrey and is in no way associated with the company Virgo Healthcare recently featured on BBC Watchdog! We are as shocked and appalled as everyone else at the way the Virgo Healthcare featured on Watchdog has conducted its business. We are happy to assist in redirecting any calls we receive to Derbyshire Police who are now investigating. For any enquiries please contact us at info@virgohealth.com
Virgo wins 8th best small workplace in the UK award
Thursday, May 27th, 2010We are extremely delighted to announce that Virgo HEALTH has been ranked 8th in the Great Place to Work® Institute’s Best Small Workplaces Programme.
