Humana (NYSE: HUM), a Fortune 100 health-benefits company, has developed a social media tool that allows users to track Twitter conversations as and where they happen – and it is one of the first tools to incorporate [...]
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Social media
Humana Develops Social Media Tool Combining Twitter Search with Mapping Function.
by Martin Trussell on December 17, 2009
Now Playing On iTunes: CIGNA Podcasts for Expatriates and Business Travelers.
by Martin Trussell on December 4, 2009
“Using iTunes as well as other innovative communication channels and technologies demonstrates our commitment to continually enhancing the expatriate experience around the world and meeting the service needs of expatriates, business travelers and employers,”
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The Most Popular Health Insurance Websites for Women.
by Martin Trussell on November 24, 2009
For example, the top three websites in the Health Insurance category that attracted the largest volume of women aged 25-44 in the “Suburban Optimists” segment were Kaiser Permanente, GroupHealth and CIGNA for the four weeks ending 11/07/09.
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Harvard Pilgrim Launches Social Networking e-Community to Inspire People to Be Well.
by Martin Trussell on November 23, 2009
Leveraging the power of social media, well, then is about real people in all stages of health and life, sharing information and recommendations to help one another reach the healthiest lifestyle possible.
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The “My Community” Section of Regence.com Upgraded.
by Martin Trussell on November 5, 2009
Health plan says that members now have an option to customize layouts, use a more robust editor to create their posts, “friend” other community members, share status updates to what they are doing and the like.
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BlueCross’ Documentary “The Color of Blood” Wins Award.
by Martin Trussell on November 5, 2009
The African-American Contributions Series is a video series sponsored and produced by BlueCross that highlights the achievements of African-Americans throughout history.
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Medica First Health Plan to Create Mobile App for Comparing Health Care Costs.
by Martin Trussell on October 31, 2009
Medica, a health insurance company headquartered in Minneapolis, became the first health plan to launch a mobile application to help consumers compare cost information for a variety of medical procedures.
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Novel Facebook Application Aims to Prevent Cervical Cancer.
by Martin Trussell on October 14, 2009
in Health, Social media, wellness
A new Facebook application has been launched to help educate, motivate and mobilize people to prevent the spread of Humanpapilloma Virus (HPV). “Fact Check: HPV” (www.hpvfactcheck.org) allows users to take an interactive, educational quiz about HPV, find additional resources, and commit to take action, while even allowing concerned friends to anonymously share the application with [...]
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Twitter Application Allows Consumers to get Healthcare Cost and Medical Information.
by Martin Trussell on September 29, 2009
in Consumer-driven Health Care, Health IT, Innovation, Social media
The developers say that this is just the first phase of what will be a much larger application that delivers accurate healthcare costs and information to consumers’ fingertips within 60 seconds, helping them be more informed and potentially save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.
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Half of Voters Favor Obama Health Plan. But What is it?
by Martin Trussell on June 30, 2009
in Consumer-driven Health Care, Health Savings Accounts, Healthcare Reform, Social media, Universal Healthcare, health insurance, politics
With each passing day, I am becoming more convinced that a good many of the people who are engaging in the “debate” about healthcare reform have no clue about the issues that the Obama administration and Congress are wrestling with.
Last evening I logged on to a White House Forum on Healthcare Reform that was being [...]
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