pedtalk Digest, Vol 39, Issue 2

Da Costa Pediatrics

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> 1. Re: Fwd: What is your practice's Facebook page?
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> 2. Pediatric Practice For Sale (Franklin, NC) (Chip Hart)
> 3. (no subject) (Mary Kay Beasley)
> 4. New Breed of Physicians (Brandon Betancourt)
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> From: "John Lin at Sunrise Urology, PC"
> Subject: Re: [PedTalk] Fwd: What is your practice's Facebook page?
> To: "'Brandon Betancourt'" , "'Practice
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> www.Facebook.com/SunriseUrology
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hidden@email-address [mailto:hidden@email-address]
> On Behalf Of Brandon Betancourt
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 2:25 PM
> To: Practice Managers; hidden@email-address
> Subject: [PedTalk] Fwd: What is your practice's Facebook page?
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> For those of you that have Facebook Practice Page, could you post the
> address here? I know I have some of you as "likes" but I'm probably missing
> a few.
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> Here is ours:
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> http://www.facebook.com/SaludPediatrics
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> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Kerry Fierstein wrote:
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>> My facebook is primarily my patients and me. We have a "group" not
>> a page and it is by invitation only and everyone uses their own names.
>> I post interesting articles (thank you to those I borrow from) and
>> answer questions. Often I answer a question by posting an article -
>> ie. fever, sunburn, coxsackie, etc. One frustrated patient posted a
>> negative comment about my billing practices. I responded nicely and
>> that was it, and the answer may have prevented other people from being
>> unhappy with their bills. It has been a wonderful thing - but we are
>> a very small group - under 200, despite my being in a very big
>> practice.****
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>> Group vs. Page? Any thoughts?****
>>
>> Kerry Fierstein, MD****
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>> *From:* SOAPM [mailto:hidden@email-address] *On Behalf Of *Mark M
>> Simonian
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 06, 2012 3:28 PM
>> *To:* hidden@email-address
>> *Subject:* Re: [SOAPM] love this listserv...and Facebook?****
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>> That is the one thing that the Internet and email have added. There is
>> a certain amount of anonymity that reduces hesitancy and inappropriate
>> comments that flow when there is less face to face time. I guess I am
>> too thin skinned to deal with the other issues even though Brandon
>> would likely say that your patients will chime in to counteract the
>> harsh comments that may appear. I will stay with the one way contact that
> my website provides.
>> ****
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>> ***********************************
>> Mark M Simonian MD
>> 681 Medical Center Drive West 106
>> Clovis, CA 93611
>> 559.325.6850
>> hidden@email-address
>> www.marksimonianmd.com****
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>> *From:* Sonia Khan ****
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>> *Sent:* Friday, July 06, 2012 12:06 PM****
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>> *To:* hidden@email-address ****
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>> *Subject:* Re: [SOAPM] love this listserv****
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>> ****
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>> I'm happy to report that I've been cybercrusading on Facebook for 4
>> years. I'm sad to report that you will need nerves of steel to face
>> the onslaught of absolute contempt once you declare your credentials.
>> I know we are all fully aware of how physicians have fallen off the
>> public pedestal in recent decades, but Facebook will really bring it
>> into your Face just how far we've fallen, and how much of the
>> population really has a venomous certainty that we are all in cahoots
>> with Big Pharma and fully engaged in a conspiracy to suppress the cure
>> for cancer.****
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>> Nonetheless, I persevere throughout the torrent of rotten
>> tomatoes...just wanted to drop this fair warning that it's not for the
>> faint of heart or quick of temper!****
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>> Sonia****
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>> On Jul 6, 2012 9:55 AM, "Brandon Betancourt"
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