Sermo WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Sermo
Physicians can register after verifying their status as licensed; practicing physicians can receive a pseudonym of their choice. This pseudonym and the doctor’s specialty are the only pieces of information that other doctors will be able to see automatically, making Sermo a credentialed, but anonymous community. Doctors post observations and comments, create and respond to polls, and browse medical articles within the site. ...Read more at Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Sermo caused a great deal of suspicion in 2007, mainly among certain pharmaceutical organizations, and some bloggers.
- AMA partnership, and the 65,000 registered doctors who use the site, have quieted the critics.
- Health 2.0 is growing, and Sermo appears here to stay.
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Latest Headlines on Sermo
Official Web Sites and Corporate Blogs of Sermo
- Sermo: How We Make Money
- WordPress Blog: Social Networking Is Not for Dummies
- Sermo: Sermo in the Blogsphere
Company Info on Sermo
- TradeVibes: Company Profile
- Sermo: Investors
- Longworth Venture Partners: Portfolio Companies: Sermo
- SoftBank Capital: Sermo
- The Deal: Sermo Secures $26.7M Third Round (Legg Mason Capital Management) (Sept. 13, 2007)
- Xconomy Boston: Sermo Strikes Back: A Physicians’ Online Community Lashes Out Against Bloggers Who Publicize Security Gap (Sept. 26, 2007)
- American Medical Association: AMA and Sermo Enter Into A Partnership to Empower Physicians (May 30, 2007)
- Healthline Blogs (Tech Med): Dinner with Sermo's CEO, Dr. Daniel Palestrant (Oct. 21, 2007)
Founders and Management of Sermo
- Sermo: Management Team
- BusinessWeek: Daniel Palestrant M.D. Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- BusinessWeek: Thomas Barone, Chief Financial Officer
- BusinessWeek: Tim Peacock, Senior Vice President of Engineering
- BusinessWeek: Gina Ashe, Chief Marketing Officer
Parody and Criticism about Sermo
- EMB and Clinical Support Librarians: Social Networking… Sermo or, Facebook for Doctors? (Oct. 18, 2007)
- Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Sermo's Twist on Social Networking (Oct. 14, 2007)
- Wall Street Journal: Pfizer-Doctors Web Pact May Get Looks (Oct. 15, 2007)
Photo, Audio, and Video from Sermo
- icyou Healthcare Videos: Health 2.0 San Francisco: Dr. Daniel Palestrant, CEO of Sermo
- Public Radio: Doctors Let Drug Maker In On Their Talks (Oct. 15, 2007)
- Pharma Marketing Talk: Collaborating With Online Physician Communities (Oct. 19, 2007)
Competitors of Sermo
- radRounds: Linking Radiology, Imaging Education, and New Opportunities
- EveryDoc: EveryDoc.com
- MEDgle: Search Symptoms, Diagnoses, Physicians, Drugs, and Medical Procedures
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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