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Ask Makes Smart Answers Healthier

Health-related information from Healthline populates the Smart Answers field in Ask's search results as an enhancement to the search engine's ability to handle health queries.

Doctor Google: Healthcare Through Search

When it comes to organizing all the world's information and making it useful, Google's mission may extend all the way to one's DNA.

Google Forms Health Advisory Council

Healthcare as an informational topic continues to intrigue Google, which has gathered a group of healthcare experts to help the search advertising company understand health issues better.

Healthcare PR & Social Media

Recently, I sat on a panel for PRSA Healthcare on social media. I brought along the PR blogger perspective, and sat on it with the VP at Technorati and Amy Tenderich, from Diabetes Mine. Healthcare is different from other practices in PR. You have the whole direct-to-consumer guidelines from the FDA, and then you have a ton of other issues in dealing with the press and social media.

Google Looks To Improve Health Search

When searching for health information online, it’s hard to know what sites are trustworthy. Google has a system for marking authoritative results, but by the company’s own admission most users are unaware of how to interpret the indicators. So how can the experience of searching for health-related information be improved?

Microsoft Announces Acquisition of Medstory

Seeking no doubt to improve upon its dismal figures in the search market, Microsoft revealed plans today to acquire Medstory, a company that develops search technology for those operating specifically within the healthcare sector.

Social Networking in Healthcare

Was just sent a pointer to a solid article from the Wall Street Journal, "Social Networking Comes To Healthcare."

Google Prompts MBD Speculation

What is MBD? Why is it in Google's robots.txt file? Who reads Google's robots.txt file enough to notice this? Where can you find the answer?

Linux Software Development Benefits Healthcare

A joint effort by WorldVistA and Windows-to-Linux developer firm CodeWeavers will bring a component of the VistA health records application to Linux systems.

Sprint Brings Healthcare Info To Mobiles

A partnership with Global Care Quest lets Sprint deliver real-time medical information securely to intensive-care physicians via their mobile device.