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’
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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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.
