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Beyond visitor counts: Measuring online success

Nature Network — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:42:44 GMT

At the NASW 2012 meeting, writers were advised to figure out a meaningful way to measure the impact of blogs and social media.

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D3) Facebook, Twitter, Rah rah rah - How do You Know When it's Working? | ScienceWriters

Your subject's terrific - you're wading into the world of Twitter, Facebook, and all things social media. And you're spending LOTS of tim...

For blogs: Conventional metrics are not always the best measure of success. Matt Shipman of NCSU #sciwri12 He has his own.
— nature.com Boston · Sat, Oct 27 2012 12:55:24

Matt Shipman, a PIO at North Carolina State University, told the group that standard metrics won't tell him what he needs to know about his blog, "The Abstract." Counting unique visitors don't measure much because heavy traffic is not his goal. He wants reach alumni and donors, as well as researchers and staff within NCSU. Shipman also wants to help researchers impress funders by getting word out about their findings.

The Abstract :: North Carolina State University

Our brains are constantly awash in chemicals that serve as messengers, transporting signals from one neuron to another. It's a really nif...

Traditional metrics (google analytics, etc) wont always tell you if you are meeting your goals says @ShipLives #scimetric #sciwri12
— Christie Wilcox · Sat, Oct 27 2012 12:59:13

“The way we use the blog is to amplify the story through external media outlets,” Shipman said. He uses the blog to court selective reporters with information that goes beyond the press release.

“Then you can get a get a good story out and you can count the number of stories you are getting per blog post, “he said. “Google analytics won’t do that for you .You’re going to have to do some grunt work. "

Use your critical thinking skills to come up with unconventional metrics that measure what you really want @ShipLives #scimetrics #sciwri12
— Christie Wilcox · Sat, Oct 27 2012 13:07:00

Shipman found that 110 posts led to over 1,000 news items in publications like Scientific American, The LA Times, and Wall Street Journal. and The Economists. He also gets good play in the blog round-up on Science 360, NSF’s official news site. Over the past year, 34 percent of his posts made Science 360.

“That means NSF thinks we’re creating good content and that we are reliable," Shipman said "That is not going to get you a grant, but it’s a little gold star and some program managers pay attention and think that’s awesome and that’s good for your institution.”

Matt Shipman :: North Carolina State University

The Chancellor's Innovation Fund is used for the development and advancement of ideas and discoveries at NC State.

For social media,ID your goals and figure out how to best measure them.Lots of tools out there http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2011/07/social-media-monitoring-tools.html #sciwri12
— nature.com Boston · Sat, Oct 27 2012 13:21:12

Does your blog matter? http://bit.ly/TicMD0 My post on unconventional metrics, via my #scimetrics talk at #sciwri12
— Matt Shipman · Sun, Oct 28 2012 11:12:13

Karyn Traphagen ,the director of ScienceOnline, also spoke.

Double X Science: Double Xpression: Karyn Traphagen, co-founder of ScienceOnline

Karyn Traphagen is the Executive Director of ScienceOnline Inc., a non-profit organization representing a diverse science community that ...

She referred to this infographic page; A mosaic of the 4181 Twitter avatars of people who used the ScienceOnline hashtag (#scio12) to "talk about science, stay in touch with opportunities, encourage one another, and discuss important topics (and the #scio13 hashtag is well on its way to overtaking last year’s).

We Are ScienceOnline (Yes, YOU are) | ScienceOnline

It's sometimes easy to lose sight of the fact that the community of ScienceOnline is much (much!) more than the attendees who will conven...

Traphagen was part of another measure -- the Twitter traffic from the meeting.

Busy tweeting at ScienceWriters2012

Apparently I was busy tweeting at ScienceWriters2012. We had a great conference and I was thrilled to be able to be on a panel about meas...

Traphagen warned writers to stay on top of social media rules and agreements: "They are changing every second," she said. For example: Facebook Premium Ads, a new service that charges a fee to " show your content to the right audience at the right time, always in the most impactful places."

She recommended a wiki about SocialNetworking for Scientist and introduced the wiki's editor: , Christie Wilcox is a science writer working on a PhD in cell and molecular Biology.

Pitch for social networking for scientists wiki -- http://socialnetworkingforscientists.wikispaces.com/ #sciwri12
— nature.com Boston · Sat, Oct 27 2012 13:34:07

SocialNetworkingForScientists - home

Join now Dismiss

MIT: Raphael Reif Inauguration

Nature Network — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:42:30 GMT

The big tent rose in Killian Court, the entire campus was invited and the sun came out for Friday's presidential inauguration.

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MIT's New President Brings Warning With Inauguration

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Rafael Reif, the 17th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, formally took office Friday with a stern...

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MIT TechTV - Inaugural Address of MIT President L. Rafael Reif

On Sept. 21, 2012, the MIT community gathered at Killian Court for the inauguration of L. Rafael Reif as the Institute's 17th president.

"We like the rhythm of his name — Rafael Reif." John Harbison writes and is performing "A Rhumba for Rafael Reif" #oneMIT
— The Tech · Fri, Sep 21 2012 12:05:09

A Rhumba for Rafael Reif by Tinkerr

Performed at the inauguration of the new MIT president.

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A Rhumba for Rafale Reif by Tinkerr

Composed by John Harbison, performed at Reif innaugutation, 9/21/2012

"Let me close by telling the faculty that I come from you. I am one of you." #oneMIT
— The Tech · Fri, Sep 21 2012 12:49:02

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"We are all part of this enterprise together. We have a lot to accomplish. The world is waiting, so let's get started." #oneMIT
— The Tech · Fri, Sep 21 2012 12:49:54

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The ceremony closes with the MIT @chorallaries singing the school song, "In Praise of MIT" #oneMIT
— The Tech · Fri, Sep 21 2012 12:52:17

A president next door | Harvard Gazette

2 days ago ... During the Inauguration of L. Rafael Reif (left), the 17th president of the ... At L. Rafael Reif's inauguration as ...

Best physics/messiest office

Nature Network — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:22:46 GMT

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Boston Blog: Best physics/messiest office and more Boston science news : Boston Blog

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More suits than scientists at Boston biotech meeting

Nature Network — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:16:14 GMT

More than 15,000 people are gathered here to cut deals, get jobs, generte business and talk about the future of biotech. Nature Boston stepped in on two tech transfer sessions.

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Coverage has ranged from thorough and insightful to boosterish reports on effusive announcements

BIO comes back

There have also been continued consolidation, an accelerated push toward personalized medicine, and a shift to a collaborative business m...

Three Good Things About BIO 2012, and Four Not-so-Good | Xconomy

2 days ago ... People from all over the world are gathering in Boston today to talk about biotech dreams. Like most years at the Biotec...

In some cases, there was no coverage at all

BIO 2012 convention bars some, but not all, media from keynote event

The Globe reported a couple of hours ago that BIO 2012, a trade association's annual convention for the biotech industry, barred repo...

Getting ready to live tweet from #BIO2012 in Boston: Measuring the Impacts of Innovation: What is the Future of Tech Transfer?
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 06:57:38

The session seemed to focus on two topics -- How to measure the impact of tech tranfer and the impact of the open access movement.

From Bio;"Tech transfer metrics that focus on activity—rather than impact—are a case of the tail wagging the dog. Join a vibrant roundtable discussion on initiatives to create more meaningful metrics, ones that will be useful in developing strategies for future transfers." Moderated by James Zanewicz Head of Technology Transfer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Zanewicz of HHMI on tech transfer #BIO2012 Can researchers commercialize and satisfy the need for #open science?
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 07:04:45

Cartier EshamSr. Director Health and Regulatory Affairs, Emerging CompaniesBiotechnology Industry Organization

Cartier Esham of BIO: Open access? Co survey: The ability to obtain exclusive licensing is wildly important. #BIO2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 07:24:32

Esham of BIO #BIO2012 Tech transfer cornerstone to succees of industry but w/out IP, tech will not be able to obtain funding
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 07:29:07

Esham of BIO #BIO2012 #Openaccess in tech transfer “A solution looking for a problem.”
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 07:53:43

Judy Bristow, U of Louisville

Bristow: #BIO2012 If faculty have to provide short-term results to stay funded, projects will be focused on the quick and easy.
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 07:11:30

Bristow at U of Louisville #BIO2012 How to measure success of tech transfer? # Patents? # Licenses? $ to university? Impact on society ?
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 07:18:40

?er asks:Why not measure success of #techtransfer via patents and inventions? Speakers say measure needs more nuance. #BIO2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 08:22:19

David WinwoodChief Executive Officer UAB Research Foundation

David Winwood UAB Found:Not every funded research program should be expected to produce an invention or a new co. #BIO2012 #techtransfer
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 07:36:01

Winwood UAB #BIO2012 #techtransfer If you do this for the money you’ll do it wrong. But if you do it right, the money will follow
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Jun 18 2012 08:08:27

Scenes from the Cambridge Science Festival 2012

Nature Network — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:10:23 GMT

Ten packed days of science in town and beyond

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Festival organizers offer video and more

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Video from last year, soon to be updated

Cambridge Science Festival | Media | Media Gallery

Missed events in this year's Festival? Just want to see it all again? Check out our recorded sessions - Big Ideas with Busy People, Soapb...

Cambridge Science Festival: Urban Astronomy | Cambridge Community Television

Why is the planet Mars red? "Because it's rusty." Astronomy hobbyist Christine Moulen (standing, above) was helping Slava Arabagi of Brig...

WBUR's take on the giant cell

The Giant, Inflatable, Walk-Through Cell

The Giant, Inflatable, Walk-Through Cell Biology is much more fun in 3D - especially if you can touch, squeeze, recline on, peek into and...

Sarah Doyle of Jurassic Roadshow describes traces of dinosaurs found in western Mass.

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Photos: DIY Game Design

GAMBIT Presents "Do It Yourself Game Design" 4-28-12 | Facebook

The festival moved to Boston's African-American neighborhood for a session on sports.

Boston Blog: Cambridge festival: Science meets sports in Roxbury : Boston Blog

A robot tried to shoot baskets. Kids learned how Beckham bent the soccer ball. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineers explai...

Basketball robot · Tinker Ready

Mike Sullivan of the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science in Boston, Mass, describes a class project -- a basketball shooting robot.

Boston kids design hoop shooting robot by Tinkerr

4/22/2012:Mike Sullivan of the John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science in Boston, Mass, describes a class project -- a basketb...

Photos: Bio Flash Mob

Cambridge Science Festival: Bio Flash Mob | Facebook

Check out our Twitter page for more tweets from this Big Ideas for Busy People event

Mass Bio meets on "The Business of Science"

Nature Network — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:46:42 GMT

The industry meeting included talks on Alzheimer's, personalized medicine, diabetes and precompetitive research. NIH's Francis Collins opened the event.

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MassBio Annual Meeting - Calendar Event - Massachusetts ...

Francis S. Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health ... please call 617 674 5100 or email lauren.laidlaw@massbio.org or lauren....

Opening Keynote Address by Francis S. Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health @MassBio Annual Meeting. #AM2012 http://pic.twitter.com/taSV2AmF · Sean Browne

NIH’s Collins at MassBio : Optimistic despite anxiety about the resources that are available #AM2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Mar 26 2012 05:56:15

NIH - Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.

While visiting India, Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, discusses his participation in a clinical ...

NIH’s Collins : #NIH losing purchasing power steadily since 2003…”We are about 20 percent down in terms of what we can do.” #AM2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Mar 26 2012 05:59:25

Unsustainable... MT @NatureBoston: NIH’s Collins at MassBio: Since 2003, odds of researcher getting NIH grant went from 1/3 to 1/6 #AM2012
— David Steinberg · Mon, Mar 26 2012 06:04:16

Collins explained the need for NIH's new applied science program, a major topic in his recent talks. He has been defending it against critics who say NIH should not be in the drug development business. A bit of background:

NIH director wins bid for translational medicine centre : Nature News

Dec 8, 2010 ... With all the grant-making powers of any of NIH's 27 existing institutes, the new centre for translational medicine ...

NIH director grilled over translational research center

Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found himself on the defensive today before a House of Represen...

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has established a new center, called the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NC...

From the meeting.

NIH’s Collins at MassBio: Chart showing # of treatments for $1 billion in R&D spending—“You see a very disturbing downward trend…” #AM2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Mar 26 2012 06:15:12

Collins

NIH’s Collins at MassBio: NIH translational effort looking at the pipeline to ID bottlenecks and see what could be done #AM2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Mar 26 2012 06:21:45

NIH's Collins: rescuing, repurposing and repositioning abandoned and approved drugs is now part of NCATS #AM2012
— Maude Tessier, PhD · Mon, Mar 26 2012 06:21:50

NIH’s Collins: Takes too long for scientists to get established: NIH’s new “Skip the Posdoc Award” “http://bit.ly/H3lsNQ #AM2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Mar 26 2012 06:36:53

NIH’s Collins: Early Independence Award Program. – 40% of first grants went to Mass researchers #AM2012 #science #boston
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Mar 26 2012 06:39:42

NIH’s Collins: Research’s impact on economy. Didn’t think would be “such an important part of the message I need to share.” #AM2012
— nature.com Boston · Mon, Mar 26 2012 06:47:23

More meeting coverage and tweets.

Mass. biotech field braces for challenges

Collins said NIH directly supports 432,000 medical research jobs across the country. But he warned that the inflation-adjusted purchasing...

Nature Boston: The week in science news

Nature Network — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:25:53 GMT

New to Nature Boston: A roundup of the week's science news

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Top Story: Revelations about the death of research monkeys at Harvard medical school drew the attention of both the federal govenment and People for Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Latest monkey death casts spotlight on controversial research

The death Sunday of a cotton-top tamarin monkey at a Harvard Medical School facility has cast an intense spotlight on a controversial are...

Animal rights groups took notice too.

Harvard Primate Labs - Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition

In a 2005 study, Harvard ranked second in the country in Animal Welfare Act ( AWA) violations. In 2002-2003 alone, 400 monkeys died in N...

Interim director of Harvard primate center steps down

The interim director of Harvard’s New England Primate Research Center, who was appointed in September after an internal investigation fou...

More on animal research here on the National Institutes of health website.

Animals in Research Website - Home Page

Nature Boston on the Museum of Science gecko exhibit and the issue of exotic pets

Boston Blog: Boston science museum’s gecko exhibit touches on debate over exotic pets

Last week, during the school vacation, the gecko exhibit at the Museum of Science Boston was mobbed. Kids nosed up to the terrariums to s...

Both MIT and Harvard reported neuroscience research findings.

Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions - MIT News Office

MIT neuroscientists have shown that an enzyme overproduced in the brains of Alzheimer's patients creates a blockade that shuts off genes ...

The Tsai Lab

Dr. Li-Huei Tsai pursues two avenues of research that run to opposite ends of the human life span – from the brain as it develops in ut...

Cognitive and behavioural efficacy of amantadine in acute traumatic ...

Cognitive and behavioural efficacy of amantadine in acute traumatic brain injury: an initial double-blind placebo-controlled study. ......

Click here for the NEJM paper

Study: Drug speeds recovery of patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Doctors have long used medications they hoped would speed the recovery of people with severe traumatic brain injuries, not knowing whethe...

Harvard started posting video "course trailers." Some of them, like this one, are kind of fun.

Human Evolution and the Human Body - Course Trailer · harvard

The ovary stem cell story broke over the weekend

Oocyte formation by mitotically active germ cells purified from - Nature

3 days ago ... In 2004, a team led by Jonathan Tilly reported that mice contained oogonial ... Journal name: Nature Medicine; Year publ...

Jonathan L. Tilly, Ph.D. - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jonathan L. Tilly, Ph.D. ... Hospital Overview; Why Mass General. Awards & .... Partners Healthcare; Harvard Medical School; Massac...

The best of Nature Boston 2011

Nature Network — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:00:21 GMT

How we saw it

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MIT turns 150

Boston Blog: Smoots, smashed pianos and more: MIT 150+ exhibit opens

NNB was among the press invited to the preview of the MIT 150+ exhibit. The website went live today and the exhibit is open to the public...

Boston Blog: Nukes, radar, Click and Clack: The Globe offers an MIT top 150 list

Today's Globe includes its heavily promoted MIT supplement, a glossy 43-page advertorialish tribute to the school, which the newspaper us...

MIT150 · ATGReady

Boston Blog: MIT’s Media Lab turns 25 in its new home

The Media Lab - where to start. First, it is not much about news or traditional media - TV, radio, newspapers, etc… Here's how the center...

The genome map turns ten

Boston Blog: NNB report: Ten years later, Harvard assesses the genome map

Ten years after scientists completed the map of the human genome, the benefits have been clear for science and, up to now, less clear for...

Mapping the Human Genome: Ten Years After · Harvard

Were journalists ‘fabulously naïve’ about human genome? : Covering Health

As Tinker Ready reported on the Nature Network's Boston Blog, the luminaries gathered for Harvard's panel on the 10-year anniversary of m...

Harvard biologist Marc Hauser resigns after misconduct findings.

Marc Hauser resigns from Harvard

Marc Hauser, the Harvard psychology professor who retracted a paper last year following a university investigation, has resigned his post...

Boston Blog: Two degrees of separation? Spelke, Hauser and my baby

Something about Marc Hauser's now questionable research sounded familiar to me. Then I read that he worked with Harvard researcher Elizab...

The Museum of Science opens planetarium upgrade

Boston Blog: Forget the moon. Give your valentine an exoplanet at the new Boston planetarium

Facebooky college types outnumbered the squirmy toddlers at Friday night’s preview of the refurbished Boston Museum of Science planetariu...

Museum of Science, Boston | Planetarium

Offering a starry dome and much more, the Charles Hayden Planetarium provides daily departures for outer space. Audiences can glimpse eve...

Women in science make progress, face obstacles

MIT's Hopkins: For women scientists, there's only one kind of equal - Boston blog Blog | Nature Publishing Group

Nancy Hopkins has told the story many times now. In the mid-1990s, a group of women scientists at MIT started talking about the subtle an...

Boston Blog: Women in science: Two bodies, two kids — and too aggressive?

Living apart from a partner for year - or longer. Giving up everything but work and family. And, after all these years, making your voice...

Boston Blog: Women in Bio launches in Boston

If only this group were called BioWomen, we could make lost of Lindsay Wagner puns. Which no one under 50 would get. Here's the new group...

Women and Science MIT 1 24 2011.mp4 · ATGReady

In Boston, Zimmer on viruses and tattoos

Nature Network — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:33:20 GMT

Carl Zimmer, a journalist who writes for the NYTimes and others, tooled around Boston and Cambridge this week. First up, the Coolidge Corner Theatre, where Zimmer talked about viruses at a screening of the film "12 Monkeys."

Storified by Nature Network · Fri, Dec 16 2011 08:33:20

Museum of Science, Boston | Events | 12 Monkeys

Popular science writer Carl Zimmer delves into these questions by looking at the ... The New York Times Book Review calls Carl Zimmer &...

From Internet Movie Database: "12 Monkeys": "In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet." Terry Gilliam directs Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt

Zimmer: Like Willis in 12 Monkeys, virus hunters must go back in time #scienceonscreen
— Nature Network · Mon, Dec 12 2011 16:18:48

From the Coolidge Corner Theatre: "Science on Screen creatively pairs screenings of classic, cult, and documentary films with lively introductions by notable figures from the world of science, technology, and medicine. Each film is used as a jumping off point for the speaker to reveal current scientific research or technological advances, providing the perfect combination of entertainment and enlightenment - even for the most science-phobic culture vulture!"

Zimmer:SARS-Creepiest, most movie-like virus in recent history. Movie "Contagion" = ramped up SARS http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/ #scienceonscreen
— Nature Network · Mon, Dec 12 2011 17:16:03

From Slate: Is Contagion a public health campaign? I don't think so. The Centers for Disease Control didn't produce it; Hollywood did. It's a movie—but it's a movie for which the creators talked to people who actually deal with viruses and epidemics. And for that, I give them a lot of credit. It's rare to find a movie that tries to show what scientists actually do, rather than putting an actor in a lab coat and having him fight bug-faced aliens.

Zimmer: Lots of conspiracy theories about origins of HIV #scienceonscreen
— Nature Network · Mon, Dec 12 2011 16:31:43

Zimmer: AIDS Researchers used preserved tissue from Congo, built evolutionary trees to go back in time, a la 12 Monkeys #scienceonscreen
— Nature Network · Mon, Dec 12 2011 17:06:49

Carl Zimmer on Rats, Cats, Viruses and Tattoos: Scientific American ...

Aug 26, 2011 ... Carl Zimmer on Rats, Cats, Viruses and Tattoos. In part 2 of our interview, award- winning author Carl Zimmer talks abo...

Zimmer on HIV from Radiolab

Zimmer: About 100K pieces of your genome from #viruses. Pandemics of the past #scienceonscreen re: 12 Monkey
— Nature Network · Mon, Dec 12 2011 17:20:45

Zimmer/ 12 Monkeys talk : Viruses can wake up after 2 million years.”Hollywood take notice.” A script waiting to be written #scienceonscreen
— Nature Network · Mon, Dec 12 2011 17:23:34

Zimmer/ 12 Monkeys talk: Not saying that viruses make us human but … maybe http://bit.ly/rOz0ev #scienceonscreen
— Nature Network · Mon, Dec 12 2011 17:26:28

Globe Q&A w/ Zimmer:

Q. Has your research into viruses made you paranoid about them?

A. I don’t think I’m paranoid. Sometimes I feel very fatalistic. Sometimes you just think oh, gosh, something like the movie “12 Monkeys’’ - you start to think, maybe that could happen. I think that one’s a little extreme, but still, there’s some serious trouble ahead, I’m sure.

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New Story

Nature Network — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:32:56 GMT

Tufts Medical Center plays twitter hardball in stalled negotiations w/ Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA

Storified by Nature Network · Thu, Nov 17 2011 08:32:56

Low cost, quality healthcare is the future. But BCBS rewards those who are inefficient and hurts those responsible? http://www.keepmydoc.org
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 05:50:24

Tufts Medical Center fully wants to reach an agreement. Blue Cross walked away from the bargaining table. #BeFairBCBS
— Tufts Medical Center · Tue, Nov 15 2011 10:29:10

Blue Cross walks away from negotiations with Tufts MC and 1,500 community physicians. Press Release: http://ow.ly/d/pbu #BeFairBCBS
— Tufts Medical Center · Tue, Nov 15 2011 10:34:06

Pls RT Tufts Medical Center fully wants to reach an agreement. Blue Cross walked away from the bargaining table. #BeFairBCBS #hcsm
— Tufts Medical Center · Tue, Nov 15 2011 10:41:03

BCBS's actions could disrupt care for thousands of patients across the Bay State #BeFairBCBS #hcsm
— Tufts Medical Center · Tue, Nov 15 2011 10:43:30

Blue Cross walks away from negotiations with Tufts MC and 1,500 community physicians. Press Release: http://ow.ly/d/pca #BeFairBCBS
— Tufts Medical Center · Tue, Nov 15 2011 13:01:14

Blue Cross walks away from negotiations with Tufts MC and 1,500 community physicians. Fair? Press Release: http://ow.ly/d/pca #BeFairBCBS
— Tufts Medical Center · Tue, Nov 15 2011 19:10:44

Looking for information regarding BCBS? Please visit http://www.keepmydoc.org
— Tufts Medical Center · Tue, Nov 15 2011 19:22:42

Tufts Medical Center wants to keep accepting Blue Cross. BCBS broke off negotiations. We fully want an agreement. #BeFairBCBS
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 06:43:03

RT @klein5jen: #BCBSMA walks away from negotiations & 1,500 community physicians. YET, BCBSMA reports almost $80M 3rd Q profit! #BeFairBCBS
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 07:12:21

Ask BCBSMA why they R trying 2 drive lower-cost providers out of business, while favoring the highest cost hospitals. Call BCBS 800-262-2583
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 07:38:26

@klein5jen correct URL is http://www.keepmydoc.org
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 07:48:36

Tufts MC is one of the most cost-effective, high quality hospitals in the state. But BCBSMA pays others 20-40% more? http://www.keepmydoc.org
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 08:26:35

BCBSMA Is Doing It Again! http://wp.me/ppIZ1-Z /via @wordpressdotcom
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 08:51:58

Does BCBS care that they are jeopardizing the doctor/patient relationship of ~200,000 lives? Get the facts: #BeFairBCBS http://ht.ly/7vLQo
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 10:53:22

Get the facts about negotiations with Blue Cross: http://www.keepmydoc.org #BeFairBCBS #boston #tufts #hcsm #healthcare
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 16:49:10

Tufts MC is 1 of the most cost-effective, high quality hospitals in the state. But BCBS pays others 20-40% more? http://www.keepmydoc.org #hcsm
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 17:26:57

Ask BCBS why they R trying 2 drive lower-cost providers out of business, while favoring the highest cost hospitals. Call BCBS 800-262-2583
— Tufts Medical Center · Wed, Nov 16 2011 17:32:09

#BCBSMA announces a combined after-tax net income of $78.9 million for the Quarter. REALLY? #BeFairBCBS #boston #hospital #Massachusetts
— Tufts Medical Center · Thu, Nov 17 2011 07:18:34

Get the facts about negotiations with Blue Cross: http://keepmydoc.org #BeFairBCBS #boston #tufts #hcsm #healthcare
— Tufts Medical Center · Thu, Nov 17 2011 07:57:03