Featured Report: The Web’s cacophony of anti-ACA sentiment

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POLITICO
The Web’s cacophony of anti-ACA sentiment
Feb,11,2014
by+PAIGE WINFIELD CUNNINGHAM
Anger is contagious on social media, and it has been easier to use Twitter and Facebook to stoke opposition to Obamacare than to implore people to sign up. Social media experts say supporters of the president’s health law just haven’t been as effective as the seething anti-Obamacare forces in getting out sharp, clear messages.The online war of words could play a role in enrollment for 2014: The deadline is March 31.
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Med City News
Clever Facebook campaign uses Photoshop + fake events to create Alzheimer’s experience
Jan,28,2014
by:+Amanda Harnocz
A Dutch Alzheimer’s group took that common Facebook mistake a step further. First the advocacy group, Alzheimer Nederland, teamed up with local Dutch organizations who hosted real events and used their Facebook pages and photos to carry out the campaign. The groups created fake events and posted pictures from these “events” on Facebook. The scary part? Facebook users were photoshopped into these pictures at events that they never attended. Organizers and people in on the ruse purposefully tagged Dutch celebrities in these photos to intentionally cause confusion. People could also submit their own friends’ photos and have them added in to these fake event pictures.
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Modern Healthcare
Telehealth provider AMC Health names Fickenscher CMO
Feb,12,2014
by:+Rachel Landen
New York-based telehealth services provider AMC Health named Dr. Kevin Fickenscher chief medical officer and president of its healthcare division. Fickenscher, previously president and CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association, has held both executive and academic positions during his career. He is considered an expert in international services, informatics, healthcare information technology, clinical systems, change management, leadership development and business development, according to a release from AMC Health.
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MobiHealthNews
IBM’s Watson Fund invests in health social network WellTok
Feb,12,2014
by:+Brian Dolan
Earlier this year IBM announced that it would invest $100 million into startups that integrate with Watson, its super computing platform, through a new investment fund called Watson Fund. IBM announced that it had helped contribute to health social network company WellTok’s $22 million third round of funding, which was led by New Enterprise Associates and included participation from another new investor — Qualcomm Ventures. Existing investors Emergence Capital Partners, InterWest Partners, Miramar Venture Partners and Okapi Venture Capital also participated.
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