OrganizedWisdom Health Blog

OrganizedWisdom is Featured Partner on Medzio iPhone App Providing Free Health Info

OrganizedWisdom is excited to be one of the featured partners on the new Medzio iPhone App which will help consumers determine when and where to seek care, and how much that care should cost. Medzio is now available as a free download at the iPhone App Store. (Download here).

Initial Medzio features include:

-- First Aid Information - Users can quickly find help when faced with sudden medical events (e.g., injuries, sunburn, insect bite, etc.) by connecting to A.D.A.M.'s physician-reviewed consumer health information. Answers are provided in easy-to-understand articles and consumers can connect from that information to relevant healthcare resources.

-- Interactive Health Information - Users curious about illnesses, symptoms and medical conditions can search the large healthcare library for a specific health topic, browse from a comprehensive list of related topics or search interactively with the A.D.A.M. Symptom Navigator.

-- Local Care Access - Users seeking care can search for local medical facilities and healthcare providers, including hospitals, urgent care facilities, retail clinics, and other resources such as pharmacies.

-- Mobile Health Network - Medzio Network Partners provide access to healthcare pricing information, specialized medical information and advice, online health communities, and local healthcare providers, at no cost to the consumer.

Additional information about Medzio and the Medzio Mobile Health Network is available at www.medzio.com.

Questions About Swine Flu? Chat LIVE with Dr. Enoch Choi Today

Today it was announced that the first person in the US has died of the swine flu, and hundreds are sick in several cities across the country.

OrganizedWisdom has developed a series of WisdomCards to help guide you to the best information and resources on this important health issue.  We will keep you updated via the OrganizedWisdom Twitter Feed here.

• Swine Flu WisdomCard: http://organizedwisdom.com/Swine_Flu
• Swine Flu Pandemic: http://organizedwisdom.com/Swine_Flu_Pandemic
• Swine Flu Symptoms: http://organizedwisdom.com/Swine_Flu_Symptoms
• Swine Flu vs. Allergies: http://organizedwisdom.com/Swine_Flu_vs._Allergies
• Swine Flu Raises Pandemic Fears: http://organizedwisdom.com/Swine_Flu_Outbreak_Raises_Pandemic_Fears
• US Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu: http://organizedwisdom.com/U.S._Declares_Public_Health_Emergency_Over_Swine_Flu
• Flu Health Center: http://organizedwisdom.com/Category:Flu

And if you have specific questions and want to talk to one of the best doctors in the country you can chat LIVE today with Dr. Enoch Choi today at 1PM EST.  Click here for details:  http://tr.im/jQxq

Best wisdom of the week: in-depth looks at diabetes, bipolar disorder and medication non-compliance, heart disease in women of color, and much more!

It's time to highlight some of the best new WisdomCards we've added to our collection this week. Our WisdomCards are hand-crafted, doctor-approved research summaries to help you find the health information you're after. This week our Guides were super busy! It was very difficult to narrow down the best to only a handful! 

• Diabetes was explored in-depth by several Guides. Catherine looked into type 2 diabetes treatments, diabetes prevention, diabetes and infections, and for the women out there, the relationship between two diseases you might not expect to be related. For those living with diabetes, Jacky give you tips for talking to your partner or spouse about diabetes, while Judy explains how diabetes can hurt your feet and whether or not diabetics should use electric blankets. Meanwhile, Kenyotta looked into the importance of physical activity for diabetics and the relationship of weight and diabetes. 

• If you're pregnant, you'll want to check out Susan's WisdomCard on the link between postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder. And Shana looked into the very important issue of bipolar disorder and medication non-compliance. 

• What's the difference between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease? Susan answers that for you, as well as looking into the impact of smoking with Crohn's disease, while Kenyotta researched Crohn's disease complications, traveling with Crohn's disease, and managing stress to prevent Crohn's flare-ups. 

• How prevalent is heart disease among women of color? Kenyotta answers that on two WisdomCards about heart disease and Latinas and African-American women. She also examined diabetic heart disease, while Jacky looked into women and high cholesterol,and Judy explains the relationship between type 1 diabetes and cardiovascular risks.  

Want more? You can always find the newest WisdomCards right on the OrganizedWisdom homepage!    

Best wisdom of the week: traditional and alternative meds for osteoarthritis, diabetes news, and more!

It's time to highlight some of the best new WisdomCards we've added to our collection this week. Our WisdomCards are hand-crafted, doctor-approved research summaries to help you find the health information you're after. See what our hardworking Guides found this week: 

• Osteoarthritis sufferers have lots of medication options, from over-the-counter to prescription to herbal remedies.  Guide Susan explored some of these options in a selection of WisdomCards on osteoarthritis medications, osteoarthritis herbal remedies, osteoarthritis and rose hips, and osteoarthritis and devil's claw.    

• Susan also looked into some recent news on diabetes in her WisdomCards on type 2 diabetes and dementia risk and depression linked to heart disease. 

• Guides Judy, Carolyn, and Kenyotta also found some helpful diabetes information this week. Judy created WisdomCards on diabetes and fiber, diabetes and cardiovascular health, diabetic coma treatment, diabetes and stem cell transplant, and managing hypoglycemia when driving, while Carolyn looked into diabetes and Chinese medicine for you and Kenyotta found out about diabetes and beta blockers. 

• Those with bipolar disorder know that the medications can often cause weight gain, and losing weight can be a real issue.  Guide Shana has some informative tips in her WisdomCard on weight loss tips for people with bipolar disorder.

Want more? You can always find the newest WisdomCards right on the OrganizedWisdom homepage!

OrganizedWisdom is Hiring Director of Advertising Sales and Sponsorships

OrganizedWisdom is growing quickly and we are looking for the best of the best to join our team.  Here is the most recent position we are looking to fill.  Please pass along/tweet/facebook this position if you know someone who is a perfect fit.

OrganizedWisdom is Hiring Director of Advertising Sales and Sponsorships

Position Summary

OrganizedWisdom Health is the world's first human-powered, physician-guided search service for health. We're a venture-backed company founded by experienced entrepreneurs looking for an outstanding Director of Advertising Sales and Sponsorship to join our team full-time and be responsible for generating advertising revenue, building long-term strategic partnerships and increasing our marketplace reputation. This person will work with senior management and will be expected to help us grow our advertising revenue by providing strategic advertising solutions designed to maximize client goals and objectives.

We only hire motivated superstars and we're looking for people with exceptional online ad sales experience, relationships at agencies (preferably pharma) and a rolodex focused around pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and consumer packaged goods companies.  This is an opportunity to do extraordinary work and make a big impact with a team of innovative, smart, ambitious, and fun people.  If you have a passion for building relationships, are the best at what you do, and want to be a part of a growing company that is helping a lot of people get access to better health information then we want to meet you.   

Key Requirements:

1. Online ad sales experience required - with a proven track record in meeting and exceeding aggressive sales goals and delivering significant revenue.  
2. Online ad sales to pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer healthcare manufacturers and their advertising agencies is preferred. 
3. You must excel at presenting to pharma advertising agencies and their clients - developing innovative and creative new ways to package sponsorships with unique, condition-specific online health content.
4. You develop solid and long term relationships with clients and brands.
5. You must feel comfortable working within a start up environment and developing the rules instead of following them.
6. You must contribute energy, enthusiasm and value to the people you interact with. You're a self-starter, organized and don't need to be micromanaged...you make things happen.
7. You will need to get your hands dirty and understand more than just the high level parts of the sales process.  To be successful you will need to work hard to achieve all of your clients needs.
8. You must live near or in between New York or Philadelphia as most clients and their agencies are located here.

Day to Day Responsibilities

• Modifying and Making Presentations
  • Packaging proposals, decks, responding to client RFPs
  • Team coordination to optimize CPM's and effectively deliver results
• Sales servicing and daily account management
  • Coordinate and work with Editorial for proper trafficking of impressions
    
  • Working with team to automate sales/marketing process
  • Confirming Proper Invoicing and A/R Management
    
• Prospecting
  
  • Foster relationships with pharma agencies, pharma and vertical ad networks
  • Follow up with new leads within 24 hours and tracked in our CRM system
• Closing Business
  • Team coordination to optimize CPM's and effectively deliver results
• Administrative
  
  • Maintain Daily Revenue Dashboard: Pipeline, revenue closed, CPM's, etc
  • Ongoing updates with where deals, relationships and projects are in their lifecycle.

Benefits of joining OrganizedWisdom:

• We’re a small, efficient and results-based team, so we expect and give you the opportunity to make your mark.  
• We want team members to treat this like it's their own company which is why we provide equity consideration and substantial results-based compensation packages.
• We move very quickly and your opinions are essential.
• We listen.
• No commuting, no time tracking, no BS...we focus on results only.
• We’re very experienced serial entrepreneurs, and we've learned the hard way before.
• But wait, there's more...Read our post about how we are building our company by Going Green, Virtually.

Email your resume and brief responses to these 7 questions:

1. Who are the top 3 clients/agencies you've worked with and how do you define top 3? (could be
internal or external.)

2. In what capacity did your work with these 3 clients/What did you do for them?

3. How long did you work for these clients?

4. Please list 3 references...

5. What was the best product/service you ever created/sold and why? 

6. What was the most disappointing product/service you ever
created/sold and why? What did you take away from that?

7. What was the largest deal you ever closed and how long did it take you to close? Also, how did you seal the deal?

Email us at careers@organizedwisdom.com with "Sales Executive" in the subject line.

Best wisdom of the week: rare phobias, questions on diabetes, and more!

It's time to highlight some of the best new WisdomCards we've added to our collection this week. Our WisdomCards are hand-crafted, doctor-approved research summaries to help you find the health information you're after. See what our hardworking Guides found this week: 

• In addition to our new slideshow on phobias, we've added new WisdomCards on some rare phobias.  Guide Melinda shares the fascinating details with you about equinophobia, herpetophobia, gamophobia, mageirocophobia, catoptrophobia, bibliophobia, and more.

• Speaking of interesting details, Guide Kenyotta researched the connection between schizophrenia and pregnancy.  Check out this WisdomCard even if you're not schizophrenic, it's worth the read.

• Diabetics take note, we're adding more and more WisdomCards on diabetes.  This week two of the best were Guide Kevin's look at how important is exercise in controlling diabetes, and Guide Carolyn's research on how diabetes affects the heart.

Want more? You can always find the newest WisdomCards right on the OrganizedWisdom homepage!

You'll flip for our new slideshows: phobias, healthiest restaurants, and celebrity addicts

OrganizedWisdom has never had many photos on the site. Well, that's changing fast.

In recent weeks we've been steadily rolling out slideshows -- quick overviews of a particular subject in that sticky picture-caption format. For folks who are visual, these should make OrganizedWisdom a whole lot more interesting! And for people who like to dig deeper, they'll be happy to see that each caption has plenty of links to take them straight to our resource-packed WisdomCards.

Here are the latest installments:

Phobias A-to-Z: For this feature, Nicole Kinsey researched 47 often surprising fears that keep some people petrified.

Celebrity Addicts:  Amy Sandhu's list of 44 celebrities with sex, drug, food, and alcohol addictions shows just how rocky that road to recovery can be.

Healthiest Chain and Fast Food Restaurants: This time, Amy sifted through a variety of "healthiest restaurant" lists to cull 37 diet-friendly dining options.

Enjoy! And please add your comments right here if we've missed anything from this batch of slideshows that you'd like to learn more about.

We're curating the best health information for you!

At OrganizedWisdom, we've always called the men and women who hand-craft our WisdomCards "Guides" but perhaps we should start calling them "Curators."

Let me explain.

Just like the art aficionados who painstakingly select the masterpieces that will adorn a museum's walls, our Guides carefully assemble WisdomCards full of resources to address the very health topics you're searching for.

And it just so happens that the concept of curation is seen as the next big thing in media. Steve Rosenbaum's recent piece in the Silicon Alley Insider explains that there is a new role for media companies that's all about: "giving folks who don't want to spend their lives looking for an editorial needle in a haystack a high-quality collection of content that is contextual and coherent."

Well, as someone on the inside of a company that's actually been doing this for a few years, it's exciting to see that it's catching on! And as the daughter of someone with a chronic illness, I've never been more convinced that it's absolutely essential, especially in the area of health.

My mother has multiple sclerosis. And every time I try to look something up for her, even as a professional health editor with years of research experience under my belt, I am simply overwhelmed by the amount of, well, junk that I find.

On the other hand, here's an example of one of our WisdomCards on depression and multiple sclerosis.

It has a helpful summary, a few interesting facts, and an assortment of links to quality outside resources, thoughtfully picked by our Guide, and medically reviewed by a physician.

OrganizedWisdom has now curated more than 50,000 health topics just like this. Why don't you let us find those needles in the haystack for you?

Best wisdom of the week: the media and bipolar disorder, history of psychotherapy, and more!

It's time to highlight some of the best new WisdomCards we've added to our collection this week. Our WisdomCards are hand-crafted, doctor-approved research summaries to help you find the health information you're after. See what our hardworking Guides found this week: 

• Movies and TV are not always accurate when it comes to mental illnesses, but sometimes the media can help educate the public. If you want to watch some productions about bipolar disorder, Guide Jacky has collected some movie, documentary, and TV titles for you on the Bipolar Disorder and Media Portrayals WisdomCard.     

• If you are worried that your child may have bipolar disorder, it may feel like the whole world is against you. However, there are things you can do to help. Guide Jacky has also put together some tips for you in the How to Help Your Bipolar Child WisdomCard.

• Curious about the types of psychotherapy and mental health providers? Guide Carolyn offers you a Types of Psychotherapy WisdomCard, and Guide Judy presents a WisdomCard on the Types of Mental Health Professionals.

• What about the history of mental health treatments?  Guide Kenyotta looked back and found out about the History of Psychotherapy, while Guide Judy discovered some frightening things that she shares with you in the History of Psychiatric Hospitals and Frontal Lobotomy WisdomCards.

• On a brighter note, spring has sprung, but for many people that means allergies.  Guide Susan has put together a WisdomCard for you on Surviving Allergy Season.

• With spring comes more sunshine.  Check out the the Heliotherapy WisdomCard to see what Guide Kenyotta found out about using the sun as therapy.

Want more? You can always find the newest WisdomCards right on the OrganizedWisdom homepage!