Re: Do you Sermo?
From: Meenan, Anna (annam@uic.edu)
Thu May 31 20:48:14 2007
Yes I did. The sermoites have been discussing same and have mostly
decided to take a wait-and-see attitude to the new relationship.
Anna Meenan, MD
>OK with me Anna. BTW, did you see the AMA is now going to 'partner'
>with them? An interesting alliance.
>
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>AMA and Sermo enter into a partnership to empower physicians
>e-mail story | print story
>Nation's largest physician organization teams with leading online
>physician community to hear and act on physicians' needs in a way
>never before possible
>For immediate release
>May 30, 2007
>
>Cambridge, MA - The American Medical Association (AMA) and Sermo
>today announced a collaborative agreement to empower physicians by
>making their collective voice heard in a way never before possible.
>By teaming with Sermo, the AMA will be able to address important
>professional and public health issues in a multi-phase, multi-year
>alliance aimed at improving medical practice, physician advocacy,
>and patient care.
>"The Sermo community represents an innovative forum for physicians
>to share their voice with the AMA and discuss emerging issues on the
>front lines of medicine," said Cecil B. Wilson, MD, chair of the AMA
>Board. "Engaging with Sermo's virtual community adds to the
>resources the AMA can call upon to rapidly assess and respond to the
>issues and concerns of physicians across the Unites States."
>The AMA and Sermo have been working together to create initiatives
>that have a tangible value for physicians. "We're working with Sermo
>to learn how we can use cutting edge Web technology to better serve
>our physician members and help advance our strategic pillars of
>advocacy, communications and involvement," said Dr. Wilson.
>As part this relationship, AMA and Sermo will work together to:
>
>Create a direct line of communication between physicians and AMA
>leadership by allowing AMA to pose questions, get feedback, and
>observe real-time discussions on Sermo about medical practice,
>treatment options, and the latest advances in clinical care.
>Include a "Discuss on Sermo" link in AMA print and online
>publications, including the AMA's award-winning American Medical
>News, which reach more than 350,000 physicians. This new link will
>allow physicians nationwide to immediately discuss, survey, and
>corroborate opinions about the latest health care news and research.
>Leverage Sermo to help AMA policy development around public health issues.
>Create a special home in the Sermo community specifically designed
>for AMA's physician members.
>Amplify the most hotly debated issues among physicians within the
>Sermo community by producing a "Top Postings" column in the weekly
>AMA eVoice e-newsletter, which reaches more than 100,000 physicians
>nationwide.
>Nearly 75 percent of office-based physicians work alone or in small
>group practices, with few opportunities to interact with peers or
>their professional organizations. Physicians are further burdened by
>increasing case loads, medical liability, reduced Medicare
>reimbursement, unprecedented numbers of uninsured patients, and
>managed care pressures on physician-patient relationships. In this
>environment, today's physicians must manage more responsibilities
>with less time and resources - all while trying to deliver the best
>possible care for patients.
>By leveraging Web 2.0 technology, Sermo is providing a much needed
>online forum for physicians to interact. In just six months, Sermo
>has become the "go-to" place for thousands of physicians nationwide
>to ask and answer questions of each other, build consensus around
>the latest medical trends, and exchange insights about drugs,
>devices and treatment options. The Sermo community has rapidly
>become an important new way for physicians to connect with each
>other, and now to connect directly with professional associations
>such as the AMA.
>"Sermo shows how new technologies can make a direct impact on the
>practice of medicine," said CEO of Sermo, Daniel Palestrant, MD.
>"We've established an entirely new information exchange never before
>possible that is empowering physicians and giving them a collective
>voice they've never had. Now the AMA will have a direct line to the
>physician community at large and can instantaneously see trends and
>issues challenging physicians nationwide. This relationship opens
>the flood gates for hundreds of thousands of physicians to work
>together on Sermo and apply their collective thinking to
>revolutionize medical practice and better serve the public health."
>###
>About Sermo
>Launched in September 2006, Sermo is already the largest online
>physician community, ever. Sermo's Web-based platform provides a
>medium for physicians to aggregate observations from daily practice
>then - rapidly and in large numbers - challenge or corroborate each
>other's opinions. This forum accelerates the discovery of emerging
>trends and provides new insights into medications, devices and
>treatments. Through Sermo, physicians exchange knowledge with each
>other the minute it is learned and gain potentially life saving
>insights from colleagues as they happen instead of waiting to read
>about them in conventional media sources. Sermo harnesses the power
>of collective wisdom and enables physicians to discuss new clinical
>findings, report unusual events, and work together to improve
>patient care in a way never before possible. Through its unique
>business model, Sermo is free to physicians and has no advertising
>or promotion. Based on a system of information arbitrage, Sermo
>allows healthcare organizations, financial services firms and
>industry analysts to access the community's collective knowledge on
>a subscription basis. For more information, visit http://www.sermo.com.
>About the American Medical Association
>The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by
>uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important
>professional and public health issues. Working together, the AMA's
>quarter of a million physician and medical student members are
>playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For more
>information on the AMA, please visit http://www.ama-assn.org.
>For more information, please contact:
>Gregory Shenk
>Sermo Marketing Communications
>(617) 497-1110
>gshenk@sermo.com
>Robert J. Mills
>AMA Media Relations
>(312) 464-5970
>robert.mills@ama-assn.org
>Last updated: May 29, 2007
>Content provided by: Media Relations
>
>Gordon
>
>On May 31, 2007, at 2:54 PM, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>
>>OK gang, I have 3 takers, need 7 more. I gotta submit invites in groups
>>of 10. They will not sell your e-mail address to anyone. E-mail
>>addresses are not posted in the forums as they are here. The entities
>>that pay for access to this site just get a concensus of anonymous
>>physicians. They do not have direct access to you. You don't even have
>>to give them your snail mail address unless you want them to have a
>>place to send those 20-dollar checks. They instantly verify that you
>>are indeed a licensed US physician with some sort of database and some
>>questions that the general public would not know the answers to, so
>>there are no trolls there.
>>
>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>At Wed, 30 May 2007, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>>>
>>>Hey guys (and gals), are you looking for a place to interact with docs
>>>of all specialties, exchange information, tips, gripes, whatever? This
>>>is actually a pretty interesting concept in forums. Started by an MD,
>>>supported by organizations who are interested in what US docs have to
>>>say about things (interested enough to pay for access). It is free to
>>>licensed MD's and DO's of all specialties. In fact, if you post to a
>>>thread that someone is interested in the concensus on, they might even
>>>send YOU 20 bucks (though I've never gotten anything from them).
>>>
>>>The biggest plus as far as I'm concerned is that you can gripe about the
>>>US medical system without el chiming in (US-licensed docs only el,
>>>sorry).
>>>
>>>This forum is growing. I wouldn't be surprised if the Million Med March
>>>gets its start on sermo.
>>>
>>>Check it out----http://www.sermo.com
>>>
>>>If ten of you give me permission to send your e-mail address to sermo,
>>>they will send you an invite from me and I will get a free i-pod when
>>>you all sign up. Or you could just sign up at the website.
>>>
>>>Oh btw, this site is also anonymous.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>>
>>
>
>OK with me Anna. BTW, did you see the AMA is now going to 'partner'
>with them? An interesting alliance.
>
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>Nation's largest physician organization teams with leading online
>physician community to hear and act on physicians' needs in a way
>never before possible
>For immediate release
>May 30, 2007
>
>Cambridge, MA - The American Medical Association (AMA) and Sermo
>today announced a collaborative agreement to empower physicians by
>making their collective voice heard in a way never before possible.
>By teaming with Sermo, the AMA will be able to address important
>professional and public health issues in a multi-phase, multi-year
>alliance aimed at improving medical practice, physician advocacy,
>and patient care.
>"The Sermo community represents an innovative forum for physicians
>to share their voice with the AMA and discuss emerging issues on the
>front lines of medicine," said
><http://www.ama-assn.org/go/board-bio>Cecil B. Wilson, MD, chair of
>the AMA Board. "Engaging with Sermo's virtual community adds to the
>resources the AMA can call upon to rapidly assess and respond to the
>issues and concerns of physicians across the Unites States."
>The AMA and Sermo have been working together to create initiatives
>that have a tangible value for physicians. "We're working with Sermo
>to learn how we can use cutting edge Web technology to better serve
>our physician members and help advance our strategic pillars of
>advocacy, communications and involvement," said Dr. Wilson.
>As part this relationship, AMA and Sermo will work together to:
>
>Create a direct line of communication between physicians and AMA
>leadership by allowing AMA to pose questions, get feedback, and
>observe real-time discussions on Sermo about medical practice,
>treatment options, and the latest advances in clinical care.
>Include a "Discuss on Sermo" link in AMA print and online
>publications, including the AMA's award-winning American Medical
>News, which reach more than 350,000 physicians. This new link will
>allow physicians nationwide to immediately discuss, survey, and
>corroborate opinions about the latest health care news and research.
>Leverage Sermo to help AMA policy development around public health issues.
>Create a special home in the Sermo community specifically designed
>for AMA's physician members.
>Amplify the most hotly debated issues among physicians within the
>Sermo community by producing a "Top Postings" column in the weekly
>AMA eVoice e-newsletter, which reaches more than 100,000 physicians
>nationwide.
>Nearly 75 percent of office-based physicians work alone or in small
>group practices, with few opportunities to interact with peers or
>their professional organizations. Physicians are further burdened by
>increasing case loads, medical liability, reduced Medicare
>reimbursement, unprecedented numbers of uninsured patients, and
>managed care pressures on physician-patient relationships. In this
>environment, today's physicians must manage more responsibilities
>with less time and resources - all while trying to deliver the best
>possible care for patients.
>By leveraging Web 2.0 technology, Sermo is providing a much needed
>online forum for physicians to interact. In just six months, Sermo
>has become the "go-to" place for thousands of physicians nationwide
>to ask and answer questions of each other, build consensus around
>the latest medical trends, and exchange insights about drugs,
>devices and treatment options. The Sermo community has rapidly
>become an important new way for physicians to connect with each
>other, and now to connect directly with professional associations
>such as the AMA.
>"Sermo shows how new technologies can make a direct impact on the
>practice of medicine," said CEO of Sermo, Daniel Palestrant, MD.
>"We've established an entirely new information exchange never before
>possible that is empowering physicians and giving them a collective
>voice they've never had. Now the AMA will have a direct line to the
>physician community at large and can instantaneously see trends and
>issues challenging physicians nationwide. This relationship opens
>the flood gates for hundreds of thousands of physicians to work
>together on Sermo and apply their collective thinking to
>revolutionize medical practice and better serve the public health."
>###
>About Sermo
>Launched in September 2006, Sermo is already the largest online
>physician community, ever. Sermo's Web-based platform provides a
>medium for physicians to aggregate observations from daily practice
>then - rapidly and in large numbers - challenge or corroborate each
>other's opinions. This forum accelerates the discovery of emerging
>trends and provides new insights into medications, devices and
>treatments. Through Sermo, physicians exchange knowledge with each
>other the minute it is learned and gain potentially life saving
>insights from colleagues as they happen instead of waiting to read
>about them in conventional media sources. Sermo harnesses the power
>of collective wisdom and enables physicians to discuss new clinical
>findings, report unusual events, and work together to improve
>patient care in a way never before possible. Through its unique
>business model, Sermo is free to physicians and has no advertising
>or promotion. Based on a system of information arbitrage, Sermo
>allows healthcare organizations, financial services firms and
>industry analysts to access the community's collective knowledge on
>a subscription basis. For more information, visit
><http://www.sermo.com/>www.sermo.com.
>About the American Medical Association
>The American Medical Association helps doctors help patients by
>uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important
>professional and public health issues. Working together, the AMA's
>quarter of a million physician and medical student members are
>playing an active role in shaping the future of medicine. For more
>information on the AMA, please visit
><http://www.ama-assn.org/>www.ama-assn.org.
>For more information, please contact:
>Gregory Shenk
>Sermo Marketing Communications
>(617) 497-1110
><mailto:gshenk@sermo.com>gshenk@sermo.com
>Robert J. Mills
>AMA Media Relations
>(312) 464-5970
><mailto:robert.mills@ama-assn.org>robert.mills@ama-assn.org
>Last updated: May 29, 2007
>Content provided by: Media Relations
>
>Gordon
>
>On May 31, 2007, at 2:54 PM, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>
>>OK gang, I have 3 takers, need 7 more. I gotta submit invites in groups
>>of 10. They will not sell your e-mail address to anyone. E-mail
>>addresses are not posted in the forums as they are here. The entities
>>that pay for access to this site just get a concensus of anonymous
>>physicians. They do not have direct access to you. You don't even have
>>to give them your snail mail address unless you want them to have a
>>place to send those 20-dollar checks. They instantly verify that you
>>are indeed a licensed US physician with some sort of database and some
>>questions that the general public would not know the answers to, so
>>there are no trolls there.
>>
>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>At Wed, 30 May 2007, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hey guys (and gals), are you looking for a place to interact with docs
>>>of all specialties, exchange information, tips, gripes, whatever? This
>>>is actually a pretty interesting concept in forums. Started by an MD,
>>>supported by organizations who are interested in what US docs have to
>>>say about things (interested enough to pay for access). It is free to
>>>licensed MD's and DO's of all specialties. In fact, if you post to a
>>>thread that someone is interested in the concensus on, they might even
>>>send YOU 20 bucks (though I've never gotten anything from them).
>>>
>>>The biggest plus as far as I'm concerned is that you can gripe about the
>>>US medical system without el chiming in (US-licensed docs only el,
>>>sorry).
>>>
>>>This forum is growing. I wouldn't be surprised if the Million Med March
>>>gets its start on sermo.
>>>
>>>Check it out----http://<http://www.sermo.com>www.sermo.com
>>>
>>>If ten of you give me permission to send your e-mail address to sermo,
>>>they will send you an invite from me and I will get a free i-pod when
>>>you all sign up. Or you could just sign up at the website.
>>>
>>>Oh btw, this site is also anonymous.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Anna Meenan, MD
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