Each week Fard Johnmar, Envision Solutions' founder, offers insight, information and commentary on healthcare-related issues on his blogs HealthCareVox and Envisioning 2.0.   Click the links below to read some of the best posts from both Weblogs.  You can receive updates on new blog content via Twitter by following @fardj.

Who Is Qualified To Develop & Vet

Online Medical Information?

It's no secret that a number of medical professionals believe most online health information is of questionable quality and usefulness.  However, many e-patients -- especially those who write about their personal experiences with a medical condition on blogs, social networks and other sites -- vehemently disagree. 

Recently, Medpedia, a new medical wiki, which restricts editing privileges to physicians and PhD's, reignited the debate over who is best qualified to develop and vet online medical information.  Click here to read a post from Envisioning 2.0 on this topic.

FDA Sheds A Little LIght On Pharma Social

Media Marketing

Mark Senak, who writes the blog Eye on FDA, recently published a widely-cited audio interview with an FDA official focusing on pharmaceutical social media marketing.  The interview represented one of the first times the FDA has spoken publicly about this topic.  Click here to read an overview and analysis of the interview published on HealthCareVox.  (In addition, see this interview with Senak, which was published in the Fall 2006 edition of Envisioning.)

A Conversation With The Pew Internet &

American Life Project's Susannah Fox

Susannah Fox serves as Associate Director, Digital Strategy at the Pew Internet & American Life Project.  The Project describes itself as a "nonprofit, nonpartisan 'fact tank' that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world."  Fox focuses on the impact of the Internet on health and has developed a number of influential research reports, including Twitter and Status Updating. 

Recently, Fox took a break from her busy schedule to answer a few questions about the Project's research, the Obama Administration's health reform efforts and other topics.  To read Envision Solutions' conversation with Fox, please click here.