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FoundHealth CEO joins forces with BlogHer in Promoting Power of Social Intelligence in Patient Self-Care
During 8th annual BlogHer conference, Rita Sharma will discuss FoundHealth’s vision for online tools that promote selfcare by contextualizing health information with the community’s social intelligence.
San Francisco, CA | July 23, 2012‐ FoundHealth.com announced today that Rita Sharma, company CEO, will join forces with BlogHer in discussing patient empowerment and self-care tools during BlogHer’s inaugural HealthMinder Conference. On August 2, 2012 in New York City, Rita Sharma will participate in a panel discussion entitled ‘Self‐Care & Social Health – The Empowered Patient.’
During this discussion, Rita Sharma will present tools available to women today for creating personalized care plans for themselves and loved ones, while also revealing insights on what the future holds for the role of integrative health and social intelligence in patient empowerment. As co‐ founder of FoundHealth.com, Rita Sharma leads a platform that enables patient empowerment and self‐care by providing robust information on treatments and aggregating the community’s shared experiences around using those treatments.
BlogHer, with over 40 million users monthly, has recognized that millions of women are building online social communities where health knowledge and support are shared freely, with self-care and family‐care being the objective. In 2013, 150MM people are expected to look for health information online. In recognition of these robust trends, BlogHer created HealthMinder Day to serve as a timely event for discussion amongst thought leaders in the health and wellness space. The BlogHer Conference is headlined by keynote speakers Martha Stewart and Katie Couric, and will be attended by the top 4,500 women bloggers nationwide.
FoundHealth.com, the premier online health information, self-care platform, allows users to address their health challenges by providing health information on treatments spanning the disciplines of medicine, herbs, diet, body, mind, and spirit. This information is combined with an intuitive community‐sharing interface where users can share their experiences with trying or prescribing treatments. With thousands of experiences currently shared on FoundHealth.com, Rita Sharma understands the role of social intelligence in contextualizing health information, and she will share FoundHealth’s vision at HealthMinder.
“We use the wisdom of the community to make decision about everything...Why not bring the social intelligence paradigm to health?”
“This BlogHer conference is a tremendous opportunity to not only educate influential women about how to optimize self-care, but also for companies like FoundHealth.com to learn about what innovative tools women are seeking to help with empowerment in health decisions” said Rita Sharma. “Today, we use the wisdom of the community to make decisions about everything from restaurants to plumbers. Why not bring the social intelligence paradigm to health?”
The HealthMinder Day will focus on sharing expert information on the tools, services, and products that women can use to take care of themselves and their families. During the panel discussion ‘Self‐ Care & Social Health ‐ The Empowered Patient’, Rita Sharma will be joined by other leaders from Patients Like Me, private practice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We have seen a powerful trend emerging in the BlogHer community in terms of conversations about health and self‐care,” said Elisa Camahort Page, Co‐Founder and COO of BlogHer. “We introduced HealthMinder Day because we believe that empowered patients need powerful live and online forums to shift the future of healthcare. We are pleased to have Rita on hand to describe her work, and how FoundHealth’s platform aims to shape that future.”
The panel will take place at 1:00pm on August 2, 2012 at the Hilton New York.
About FoundHealth.com
FoundHealth.com offers a smarter approach to health information and solutions. For each health challenge, whether its depression or melanoma cancer, FoundHealth.com's platform encourages patients and professionals to share their experiences with various treatments in the Medicine, Herbs, Diet, Body, Mind and Spirit categories. The social networking experience is combined with a robust set of articles so users can deeply understand their condition and all the credible treatments available to fight it. By providing in‐depth information and real experiences with health treatments, FoundHealth.com delivers an extensive toolkit to find their health and build their own unique care plans. For more information on FoundHealth.com’s smarter approach to health, please visit www.foundhealth.com. Follow FoundHealth on Facebook and Twitter.
Media Contact: press@foundhealth.com
About BlogHer
Reaching 40 million women each month (Nielsen Site Census, April 2012), BlogHer is the leading cross‐platform media network created by, for and with women social media leaders. BlogHer developed and leads the marketplace with the most robust economic and networking opportunities for women in social media and brands seeking to engage in authentic and persuasive dialog with them. Founded in February 2005 by Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone, BlogHer publishes and syndicates news, information, advice and recommendations to and from 3,000 premium blogs, delivers uniquely insightful research on women in social media across interest areas, hosts the world’s largest conferences for women in social media and curates a daily news service, BlogHer.com.
Media Contacts: Elaine Wu pr@blogher.com 650‐551‐1364, ext. 245
About HealthMinder Day
HealthMinder Day is designed to be a day of inspiration, education, and connection. Specifically, it is a full, multi‐track adjunct day happening Thursday, August 2nd, before BlogHer ’12. The day will focus on expert information and looking at the latest tools, services, sources, and products for taking control of your own health and the health of your loved ones. Emphasis will also be put on tools for sharing health information with your online communities.
