News & Publications

Inspire in the news

November, 2009
Community Relations 2.0
Harvard Business Review

Fall, 2009
Between the Lines and A Sense of Community
Proto

October 19, 2009
Web health sites harness power of social networks
The Washington Post

May 19, 2009
Social Networking Sites Embrace Clinical Trials
Bio-IT World

April 22-23, 2009
See Inspire at the Health 2.0 Meets Ix conference in Boston

March 10, 2009
Pharma's Facebook -- Research 2.0: How drug companies are using social networks to recruit patients for clinical research.
Newsweek

March 2, 2009
Social Networking Sites Have Myriad Trial-Related Uses
eCliniqua

December 11, 2008
Online Communities Meet Clinical Trials: Inspire's Co-Founder on Social Networking, "Health 2.0," and Trust
Xconomy

December 4, 2008
Health 2.0: Patients on Social Networks
Business Week

October 24, 2008
Social Networking for Patients
Bits Blog - New York Times

October, 2008
See Inspire at the 5th Annual Connected Health Symposium in October

April 25, 2008
Web 2.0 Can Give Consumers More Control over Health Care
eWEEK

April 7, 2008
Inspire Will Introduce Trials to Online Community Members
Bio-IT World

February 28, 2008
Interview with Inspire
MarketIntellNow

February 26, 2008
Web sites allow patients to keep family and friends updated and connect with others
The Ocala Star-Banner

February 5, 2008
Log On For Support
The Washington Post

Media releases

March 4, 2008
Inspire Announces Five New Nonprofit Partnerships

March 4, 2008
Inspire Launches National Online Health-and-Fitness Community

March 3, 2008
Inspire to Build its 30th Online Community, with Health Nonprofit

February 4, 2008
Builder of Online Health Communities Changes Name to Inspire

April 10, 2007
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center and ClinicaHealth Launch Online Community

January 18, 2007
New Online Support Network Tool to Unite Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors and Those at Risk

January 15, 2007
Preemie Magazine and ClinicaHealth Launch New Online Social Networking Site for Parents of Preemies

August 7, 2006
ClinicaHealth Powers Lung Cancer Alliance's Online Community

August 7, 2006
ClinicaHealth Powers ALS Association's Online Advocacy Community

July 26, 2006
ClinicaHealth's Online Health Community Platform Implemented for WomenHeart

July 26, 2006
ClinicaHealth Online Health Community Platform Implemented at The Children's Inn (TCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Testimonials

Families often say to us, especially those with rare or genetic disorders, that they want to be able to talk to other families who walk the walk—they want to share that valuable connection. They can do this with Inspire's online community platform. - Kathy Russell, Executive Director, The Children's Inn at NIH

I am so encouraged by the upbeat fighting attitudes of the members here and with your loving concern for each other. - Member, Lung Cancer Alliance Survivors Support Community

I read the blogs and my heart goes out to each and everyone who has been or going through this as a patient or as a caregiver. I wish this site would have been here while my brother was alive. - Member, ALS Advocacy Support Community

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