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BIG direkt gesund – Engaging Members

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PatientOpinion – Hospital Experiences From the Patient̵ ...
Paul Hodgkin, PatientOpinion | UK
Paul has been a GP for 25 years and he still practices for a day a week as a salaried GP. But in 2006 he founded PatientOpinion, a site where Brits tell the story of their hospital experiences. Perhaps even more remarkably he’s managed to get both the NHS and trusts (hospitals) to pay to find out what people are saying about them.

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Healthwise – Information for Patients
Don Kemper, CEO, Healthwise | America
With wife and colleague Molly Mettler, Don is rightly famous in the U.S. public health community. He’s guided Healthwise to becoming one of the leading sources of health information for patients and consumers. Along the way they’ve sold millions of copies of the Healthwise handbook and now support thousands of websites with great information. And part of the reason Don is here is because Healthwise is expanding into France.

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Creation Interactive – Social Media and Drug Counterfeiting
Daniel Ghinn, Director of Digital Engagement, Creation Interactive | UK
Daniel helps healthcare organizations around the world make sense of the way the Internet is changing healthcare. His e-journal Healthcare Engagement Strategy shines a light on new forms of engagement and communication in health care, and today he’ll show us a very innovative (and some say invasive!) social media campaign he created about drug counterfeiting.

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Le Guide Santé – French Health Consumers Online

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ParleAvecElles – A Social Community for Breast Cancer Patie ...
Sophie Kune, Community Manager, ParleAvecElles | France
Sophie’s background is in image consulting for brands and individuals. She is also a professional blogger. Put them all together and you’ll understand why she’ll be showing us ParleAvecElles, the online community where breast cancer patients discuss beauty and fashion. Sophie also manages, in partnership with roche, the blog FemmesAvantTout.

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Webbeteg – Hungarian Pharmaceuticals

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Keynote – Etienne Caniard

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Eurordis – Launch!
Denis Costello, Webmaster, Eurordis
Eurordis, an organization driving legislative support at the European level for rare disease associations, is now launching an online community with interactive tools for patients. Denis Costello from Ireland has been leading the project for 2 years as webmaster for Eurordis.