tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671488494068799278.post2062342555210789672..comments2023-06-27T02:51:26.764-07:00Comments on Medical 2.0: Two steps barrier for reaching the crowd attention on the medical 2.0 sectorDr.Uri Ginzburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838200435256617600noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671488494068799278.post-71061253964326087712008-01-13T05:51:00.000-08:002008-01-13T05:51:00.000-08:00Hi Uri,How to reach out to physicians and get them...Hi Uri,<BR/><BR/>How to reach out to physicians and get them interested in 2.0 is a challenge I have been puzzling over the past 6 months.<BR/><BR/>I was enjoying watching my MedWorm stats going up and up, but on detailed analysis I became disheartened - whilst site visitors to the html pages by medical institutions was indeed high, subscription to RSS feeds was, although high overall, disappointingly low amongst medical professionals - the majority of subscribers coming from the public, or else other websites.<BR/><BR/>Not all I hasten to add (there are some converted physicians out there!), but I realised that the uptake of RSS amongst physicians was not where I had previously thought and it was going to take a real push to see its use become widespread amongst medical professionals.<BR/><BR/>Good friend David Rothman gave me a few wise words of encouragement reminding me that this is the frustration that one experiences by being ahead of your time - providing a useful service before your target users realise just how useful it really is!<BR/><BR/>Key I think to a break through in the take up of 2.0 amongst physicians will be those 'in the know' working together to form some kind of overall strategy on how best to educate the masses.<BR/><BR/>- FrankieJamila Hananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699241874766365699noreply@blogger.com