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Patient Privacy Should be Respected Abroad and Online

By Guest PostFebruary 15, 2011Culture, Healthamerican medical student, developing countries, dominican republic, ecuador, erik black, ethical gray area, Facebook, federal guidelines, haiti, health care providers, lindsay thompson, medical students, patient, patient privacy, reed van deusen, social media, spring break, terry kind, unauthorized photo, united states, web

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Taking an unauthorized photo of a patient and posting it on Facebook is a giant no-no for health-care providers, who follow strict federal guidelines protecting patient privacy.

But what if the patient is a little girl in Ecuador receiving a vaccine from an American medical student, who’s in the country on a medical outreach trip? Although taking photos of patients in developing countries and posting them on the Web may not be illegal, it’s not ethical, say researchers from the University of Florida.

It’s long been a common practice for health care providers to snap photos while volunteering their time in developing countries, generally to bring back evidence of the conditions patients face there. But reporting in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, UF College of Medicine researchers say providers should treat patients’ privacy with the same reverence no matter where the care takes place. (more…)

Email Evolution: Web-based Email Shows Signs of Decline in the U.S. While Mobile Email Usage on the Rise

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2011Technologyamericans, Comscore, comscore media metrix, data, demographic characteristics, digital communication, email, email behavior, internet users, mark donovan, Media, mobile devices, mobilens, period of time, smartphone era, smartphone population, social media, web based email sites

*Growing Number of Communication Channels Prompts Shift in Consumers’ Email Behavior*

RESTON, VA, January 20, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from a study on U.S. consumers’ evolving email behaviors using data from its comScore Media Metrix and MobiLens services. The study found that in November 2010, the number of visitors to web-based email sites declined 6 percent compared to the previous year, while email engagement declined at an even greater rate. During the same time period, the number of users accessing email via their mobile devices grew by 36 percent as an increasingly complex digital environment influenced consumers’ communication habits. (more…)

Cyber Monday Hangover: U.S. Online Spending Growth Softens After Strong Early Week Performance

By Guest PostDecember 6, 2010Technologyannual holiday shopping survey, behavior, Comscore, consumers, cyber monday, e-commerce spending, facebook status update, gian fulgoni, gift ideas, holiday season, social media, social media sites, spending

*Holiday E-Commerce Spending Growth Slows to 9 Percent for Most Recent Week*

RESTON, VA, December 5, 2010 – comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 33 days of the November – December 2010 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $16.8 billion has been spent online, marking a 12-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week saw four individual days eclipse $800 million in spending, led by Cyber Monday, which became the heaviest online spending day on record at $1.028 billion. Tuesday, November 30 reached $911 million, making it the third heaviest online spending day on record, while Wednesday ($868 million) and Thursday ($850 million) also reached high levels, although growth rates for the season subsided in the latter half of the week. (more…)

Orkut Continues to Lead Brazil’s Social Networking Market, Facebook Audience Grows Fivefold

By Guest PostOctober 7, 2010Technologyalex banks, august 2010, blogs, brazil, brazilians, Comscore, comscore social analytix, digital world, Facebook, internet user, latin america, ninth largest Internet market, orkut, social media, social networking market, Twitter, world

*Twitter.com Reaches 23 Percent of Brazilians Online, Highest Reach in the World

comScore Releases Study on Social Media Usage in Brazil Finding Traffic to Social Networking and Blog Sites Increased 50 Percent in Past Year*

São Paulo, Brazil, October 7, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on social media usage in Brazil during the month of August 2010. The study found that Orkut continued to lead Brazil’s social networking market, reaching more than 36 million unique visitors (15+ years of age, home and work environments only), while Facebook grew to nearly 9 million visitors, up from just 1.5 million visitors a year ago. Twitter.com also witnessed strong growth, nearly doubling its audience to 8.6 million visitors, with Brazil leading the world in terms of Twitter’s Internet user penetration at 23 percent. (more…)

comScore Introduces Social Analytix™ for Social Media Monitoring

By Guest PostSeptember 20, 2010Technologyblogs, Comscore, david alston, digital world, Facebook, linkedIn, myapace, radian6, radian6 technology, social analytix, social media, steve dennen, Twitter

*Powered by Radian6, New Monitoring Solution Allows Marketers to Measure What Consumers are Saying about their Brands across Digital Media*

RESTON, VA, September 20, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the introduction of comScore Social Analytix™, a social media intelligence service for comScore clients, powered by the Radian6 social media monitoring and engagement platform. The service will provide clients with detailed, real-time insights based on what consumers are saying about their brands and products on the web.

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Patient Privacy Should be Respected Abroad and Online

Email Evolution: Web-based Email Shows Signs of Decline in the U.S. While Mobile Email Usage on the Rise

Cyber Monday Hangover: U.S. Online Spending Growth Softens After Strong Early Week Performance

Orkut Continues to Lead Brazil’s Social Networking Market, Facebook Audience Grows Fivefold

comScore Introduces Social Analytix™ for Social Media Monitoring