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March 11th, 2008 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off

Excellent Social Networking Technology Resource

I came across this blog by Charlene Li at Forrester while doing research on social networking features and emerging trends. While I am not a fan of authors attempting to coin buzzwords, Charlene’s research and commentary about social networking trends is extensive and well thought out. She and her colleagues have studied user behaviors and best practices across multiple populations and business models. Hopefully, she will couple the blog with a weekly, thematic podcast series in the near future.

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December 18th, 2007 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off

The Virtual Wellness Community Silver Award Winner in the 2007 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

The Virtual Wellness Community, a social networking and support Website for people affected by cancer developed in partnership with The Wellness Community, recently received the Silver Award in the 2007 eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The Awards recognize the very best websites of health care providers, health plans, health care associations, online health companies, pharmaceutical/medical equipment firms, suppliers, other health care organizations, and business improvement initiatives. The eHealth Leadership Awards program was developed and first presented eight years ago by eHealthcare Strategies and Trends; a leading internet resource published by Health Care Communications. The awards aim to highlight the internet’s role in achieving an organization’s business objectives and recognize the hard work that has gone into creating outstanding health websites.

Re-launched in June 2007, The Virtual Wellness Community (www.thewellnesscommunity.org) was selected as a Silver Award winner in the Consumer Disease-Focused Site: Best Overall Internet Sites. DLC Solutions has been TWC’s Web technology partner for the Virtual Wellness Community since 2001. Winners were recognized during a special presentation at the Eleventh Annual Healthcare Internet Conference held November 4 – 6, 2007 in Las Vegas.

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November 13th, 2007 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off

MyMedicareCommunity.com Launches for Healthcare Professionals Navigating Medicare


In partnership with AstraZeneca and the National Council on Aging, we are pleased to announce the launch of the professional networking Website, MyMedicareCommunity.com. The Website is designed specifically for health care professionals working with Medicare recipients and promotes communication with colleagues and Medicare experts on best practices, critical Medicare information, and training materials. MyMedicareCommunity.com has quickly become one of the primary online communities for health care professionals navigating the Medicare Drug Prescription Benefit (Part-D). Read press release.

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July 19th, 2007 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off

Brand Building in Social Networks and Virtual Worlds

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An excellent presentation about how social networks and virtual worlds, such as Second Life, are “changing the paradigm” in how brands are and will be developed.

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June 21st, 2007 By Jeremy Lundberg Comments Off

New Social Networking Website for Cancer Patients and Caregivers Launched

After months of intensive collaboration with our friends at The Wellness Community, I am please to announce the launch of The Virtual Wellness Community (http://www.thewellnesscommunity.org). The re-designed Website provides cancer patients and caregivers with powerful social networking tools to exchange information and gain support as they cope with cancer.

Key features include community-driven discussion forums, professionally-moderated online support groups, media sharing, chat, and educational resources. Our creative design team embraced TWC’s tag line of “Support. Education. Hope.” to create an intuitive, user-friendly navigation for the site. On the technology side, our team leveraged open source technologies (e.g., PHP, MySQL) and Adobe Flash to keep development costs low and performance and accessibility high.

The Virtual Wellness Community helps approximately 125,000 online visitors annually.

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