Health
Quick: press the button for more hugs
February 11, 2008: Greenthing have set up a live hugathon. Go to the site and push the big green button to make real people hug each other. It is all intended to promote this month's action of using body warmth rather than central heating.
Democratisation of Voice and Data: who owns user stories? 1
June 13, 2007: The new NHS Healthy Choices site raises some interesting questions about how and where to engage with users to hear their stories about experiences of health care.
Web 2.0 and health care services 5
April 20, 2007: Demos/Patient Opinion seminar about the importance of democratising data and voice in engaging with patients and other stakeholders
Patient Opinion's Paul Hodgkin on Web 2.0 innovation in healthcare
February 28, 2007: Good interview with Patient Opinion's Paul Hodgkin about the project
What leads a social tool to success? 1
January 25, 2007: How many blogs are out there? Almost 150 million, Gartner predicted. How many wikis are available to the public? Loads. However, when you think in terms of the activity that goes down on this sites, figures are not as high...
/Message: Social Media and Public Relations: The Press Release Is Dead
January 22, 2007: Stowe Boyd on the Social Media Press Release. Sigh.
Patient Opinion 1
January 03, 2007: Patient Opinion gathers direct, unmediated stories about healthcare provision and aggregates them to benefit both patients making choices and providers planning services.
Usability testing in the wild
May 26, 2006: Notes from a UKUPA meeting that shared details of a useful 'in the wild' usability testing technique based on the experience of medical shift handovers.
Inaugural mashup* event... 1
February 13, 2006: Inaugural mashup event about 'Users in Control'
Our Health, Our Care, Our Say? 3
February 08, 2006: The recent UK Department of Health White Paper sets out a vision of patient choice and participation and more emphasis on community-based care. Is it possible organise social technology projects to give patients the ability to drive this innovation forward?
