Read key Sermo announcements.
7.14.2010
All-New Sermo Brings Major Enhancements to Nation’s Largest Online Physician Community
- More than a year in development, the new Sermo incorporates feedback from thousands of physicians across different specialties and is built on a new platform that lays the foundation for Sermo’s next phase of growth.
4.28.2010
70% of Physicians Polled Would Consider Leaving Medicine if the Bill MA 2170, Proposed in Massachusetts, Passes
- Physicians on Sermo Discuss Ramifications of Tying Licensure to Participation in Medicare/Medicaid
4.14.2010
Sermo Highlights Social Media’s Life-Saving Impact on Patient Care
- 85% of Physicians Polled Believe Patient Care Improved Through Use of Sermo & Social Media
3.25.2010
59% of Physicians Think the Quality of Medicine in America will Decline in the Next Five Years According to athenahealth and Sermo “Physician Sentiment Index”
- 62% Are Pessimistic about the American Physician’s Ability to Practice Independently or in Small Groups in the Future
3.18.2010
Senator Coburn MD (R. OK) Engages Physicians on Sermo to Gauge Reaction to Healthcare Reform Bill
- 81% of Physicians Polled Do Not Believe the Proposed Health Care Bill Will Achieve Sustainable, Affordable Reform
3.3.2010
84% of Physicians Polled will have to Stop Seeing Medicare Patients if Reimbursement Cuts Pass
- Physicians on Sermo Respond to 21% Medicare Cuts
3.1.2010
athenahealth and Sermo Partner with a Common Goal: Enabling Physicians to Leverage Technology to Improve Patient Care
- athenahealth-Sermo Data Shows Physicians Remarkably Optimistic about Electronic Health Records, with 80% Holding Favorable Views of EHRs
2.24.2010
Sermo Named to Fast Company Magazine’s List of World’s Most Innovative Companies
- Largest Physician Community Recognized as ‘Political Force’ Behind Healthcare Reform Efforts
2.17.2010
26% of Solo Practitioners Polled on Sermo Forced to Close Due to Financial Hardships
- Physicians Nationwide Discuss Causes of Struggling Practices and Possible Alternatives
2.9.2010
Physicians on Sermo Stunned by FTC Complaint Over Practice Association’s Refusal to Accept Medicare Payments
- Physicians Shocked and Speechless After Complaint Against Roaring Fork Valley Physicians IPA
2.2.2010
Tasigna Front Line Data Convincing But Not Enough to Displace Gleevec
- Oncologists on Sermo Positive About New Findings in CML but Looking for More Datapoints
1.19.2010
Religion a Popular Topic of Discussion Among US Physicians on Sermo
- Physicians Nationwide Debate Existence of Afterlife
1.12.2010
Physicians on Sermo Admire Mayo Clinic of Arizona for Dropping Medicare; Fear Government Intervention
- Physicians Nationwide React to Announcement that Mayo Clinic of Arizona Will Stop Accepting Medicare Patients
1.5.2010
Neurologists On Sermo Eagerly Await Cladribine And Fingolimod But Initial Adoption Will Be Conservative
- Majority of Neurologists need more long-term safety data before prescribing oral MS agents as first line therapy.
12.15.2009
Sermo Vitals Report Quantifies One Year of Physician Conversation About Diabetes
- Social Media Analysis Uncovers Preferred Medications, Most Discussed Therapies, Physician Concerns about Lifestyle Coaching, and Affordability Issues
11.30.2009
70% OF PHYSICIANS ON SERMO STATE THEY WOULD INCREASE THEIR USE OF NIACIN BASED ON THE ARBITER 6-HALTS TRIAL
- Less Than 40% of Respondents Consider CIMT a Good Surrogate Marker for Clinical End Points, According to a New Sermo FirstLine™ Report
11.5.2009
Sermo Launches the Practice Management Exchange to Support the New Physician Practice in a Changing Healthcare World
- Physicians Turn to Social Media to Share Peer-to-Peer Advice and Solve Real-World Business Challenges
11.5.2009
New Sermo Survey Indicates Physicians Moving towards Cash-Only Practices
- The results of a new survey, which indicates that physicians are moving towards cash-only practices as they cope with the business realities of an uncertain healthcare environment.
9.8.2009
10,000 US Physicians Appeal Directly to Their Senators
- Today, All 100 US Senators Will Be Listening To Physicians When They Deliver The “Us Physicians’ Appeal” To Capitol Hill
8.19.2009
US Physicians Define Healthcare Reform Platform on Sermo
- Seek to Add Real Sources of Spiraling Healthcare Costs to National Debate
7.22.2009
Sermo Announces 10,000 US Physicians Oppose Current Healthcare Bill in Advance of President Obama's Address
- New Survey Rejects Healthcare Bill - Physicians Outline Ways to Improve Patient Care and Lower Costs
7.17.2009
US PHYSICIANS DO NOT ENDORSE HOUSE HEALTHCARE BILL
- Recent Sermo Data Shows AMA Does Not Speak for Physicians & Calls Into Question AMA's Financial Conflict of Interests
7.8.2009
SERMO SURVEY OF US PHYSICIANS INDICATES AMA NO LONGER REPRESENTS THEM
- Results Call for General Public and Legislators to Access Voice of Physicians Through Emerging Channels
12.22.2008
100,000 Physicians Leverage Sermo Platform to Track Infectious Disease
- Sermo Investigates Nation's First Physician-Driven Flu Monitoring System
10.31.2008
90K Doctors Tell Presidential Candidates What They Think About Their Healthcare Policies
- Poll of U.S. Physicians Reveals Strong Stance on How Healthcare Plans Will Impact Patients and the Country
10.23.2008
SERMO CONNECTS HEALTHCARE INVESTORS TO PHYSICIANS VIA BLOOMBERG
- The Healthcare Exchange™ Adds New Transparency to Healthcare Investing, Directs Information from Physicians to Analysts and Investors with Lightning Speed
10.22.2008
Sermo and FDA Collaboration Brings Real-time Physician Feedback to Medical Device Safety
- FDA Solicits Experiences Directly from Physicians on Sermo about Plastic Device Toxicity and Post-Op Surgical Tool Remnants
7.9.2008
Survey Results from Physicians Nationwide Reveal Patient Access to Physicians Now on Life Support
- Sermo Completes Most Comprehensive Physician Survey Addressing Key Issues and Implications of Pending Medicare Reimbursement Cuts
7.1.2008
Over 5,000 Physicians Sign "Open Letter from America's Physicians" in Just One Month
- Doctors Leverage Sermo to catalyze national awareness about the real healthcare issues
4.24.2008
Sermo Bridging the Divide Between Medical Research and Practicing Physicians
- 'Discuss on Sermo' Provides a Structured Environment for Physicians Nationwide to Collectively Discuss and Interpret Medical News and Research
4.8.2008
Physicians and Patients Nationwide Discuss Controversial Results of Recent Cholesterol Lowering Study
- Sermo Survey of Hundreds of Physicians Reveals Unexpected Outcomes
3.20.2008
60K Physicians on Sermo Debate Medical News Before it Reaches the Mainstream Press
- Physicians-Only Community Captures Early Insights from the Frontlines of Medicine
1.15.2008
Nature Publishing Group and Sermo Partner to Help Physicians Access, Interpret, and Contribute to Current Medical Research
- In this collaboration, NPG will add “Discuss on Sermo” links to the online versions of articles in 12 of its leading medical journals, including Nature Medicine, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, and Leukemia.
11.16.2007
ReachMD XM Channel 157 and Sermo Partner to Directly Involve Physicians in News and Information That Affects Medicine
- “By combining the real-time discussion and engagement that takes place in the Sermo physician community with the innovative programming and broadcast network of ReachMD...
10.15.2007
Pfizer Engages With Nation’s Physicians Through Sermo To Improve Patient Care
- Company Aims To Open Information Exchange with Doctors through Unique Online Collaboration
9.12.2007
Sermo Closes 26.7 Million in Funding Led by Legg Mason Capital Management
- Investment to Evolve Online Community for Physicians
8.28.2007
Sermo and FDA Enter Into Evaluation Agreement
- FDA/CDRH to assess the Sermo platform and information from its online physician community in discovering and clarifying safety issues related to medical devices
8.9.2007
Sermo Has Tomorrow’s Hot Healthcare Topics – Today
- Online Physician Community Captures Advance Trends from the Front-Lines of Medicine
5.30.2007
AMA and Sermo Enter Into Partnership To Empower Physicians
- Nation’s largest physician organization teams with leading online physician community to hear and act on physicians’ needs in a way never before possible
4.16.2007
Web 2.0 Company Establishes New Marketplace for Sourcing Healthcare Alpha
- Sermo AlphaMDTM links Wall Street to Real-Time, Tradable Information Direct From Thousands of Frontline Practicing Physicians
4.10.2007
Online Community Created By Physicians, For Physicians Passes 10,000 Registered Users
- Growing at a rate of more than 600 physicians per week, U.S. physicians claim Sermo as “Their Space”
3.13.2007
Sermo Announces February's 10 Most Hotly Debated Topics by Physicians Nationwide
- Sermo Launches Monthly Campaign to Release Hottest Topics in Medicine
1.23.2007
Sermo Closes $9.5 Million in Series B Funding Led by SoftBank Capital
- Investment to Fuel Next-Phase of Growth for Nation's Largest Online Physician Community
12.11.2006
Sermo Acts as Conduit for Physicians Nationwide to Hotly Debate Recommendations Around Regulations for DTC Ads
- Survey of Physicians, By Physicians, elevates the need to improve education about individual vs. relative risks of prescription drugs
10.27.2006
Sermo Partners with Penn Center for Bioethics to Develop Ethical Guidelines for Market-Based Clinical Informatics
- Sermo works with leading ethics group to enhance its mission of accelerating the discovery of new trends in medicine
10.19.2006
Sermo Acts as Conduit for Physicians Nationwide to Hotly Debate Recommendations Around Regulations for DTC Ads
- Survey of Physicians, By Physicians, elevates the need to improve education about individual vs. relative risks of prescription drugs
10.10.2006
Medical Doctors Seriously Talking at Sermo; Physician Community's Rapid Growth Indicates Extreme Value
- Just 10 Days After Launch, Physician Members Log On In Large Numbers to Find Out, "Who Else Knows?" - Improving Patient Care and Identifying Trends Earlier than Ever Before Possible...
9.26.2006
Sermo Physician Community Launches - Marks New Era for Bedside Observation
- Physicians pool observations through exclusive online system to accelerate the emergence of trends and new insights on medications, devices and treatments...
9.26.2006
Sermo Closes $3 Million in Series A Round Funding From Longworth Venture Partners
- Investment to Fuel Growth of Unprecedented Online Community for Physicians...
