Comments on: Sermo CEO Offers Answers to Xconomy Readers’ Questions About Privacy http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/10/02/sermo-ceo-offers-answers-to-xconomy-readers-questions-about-privacy/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Charles Steuart http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/10/02/sermo-ceo-offers-answers-to-xconomy-readers-questions-about-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-2043 Charles Steuart Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:27:39 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2007/10/02/sermo-ceo-offers-answers-to-xconomy-readers-questions-about-privacy/#comment-2043 Came in (very) late, but would like to add that it seems as if the problem is fixed. Have been with Sermo since May of 2007. It took forever to get approved as a member, I think I finally had to mail them copies of my licences and board certs before they let me in. That seems pretty tight! Came in (very) late, but would like to add that it seems as if the problem is fixed. Have been with Sermo since May of 2007. It took forever to get approved as a member, I think I finally had to mail them copies of my licences and board certs before they let me in. That seems pretty tight!

]]> By: Jason http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/10/02/sermo-ceo-offers-answers-to-xconomy-readers-questions-about-privacy/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 Jason Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:10:10 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2007/10/02/sermo-ceo-offers-answers-to-xconomy-readers-questions-about-privacy/#comment-1773 This had been a very interesting discussion. The doctors on Sermo are now well aware of the problem and have chosen at this time to believe and trust Dr. Palestrant. Knowing how doctors feel about dealing with insurance companies etc, I would be willing to bet you, "dollars to donuts," that if were to be shown that Dr. Palestrant has not been honest, but deceptive, with the doctors, many doctors would leave in droves and make Sermo far less valuable. It seems the problem is how to develop a system which is reasonably easy and hopefully economical to do so really know who signs up for these sites. Like many sites and groups, there is a relatively small group who account for most of the postings and they may be willing to put up with hassles of signing up, but many who do not and just lurk or rarely comment may very well not be willing to put up with much hassle to stay on or join. There is an old Chinese curse - may you live in interesting times. This is interesting and will likely stay interesting for a while. This had been a very interesting discussion.

The doctors on Sermo are now well aware of the problem and have chosen at this time to believe and trust Dr. Palestrant.

Knowing how doctors feel about dealing with insurance companies etc, I would be willing to bet you, “dollars to donuts,” that if were to be shown that Dr. Palestrant has not been honest, but deceptive, with the doctors, many doctors would leave in droves and make Sermo far less valuable.

It seems the problem is how to develop a system which is reasonably easy and hopefully economical to do so really know who signs up for these sites. Like many sites and groups, there is a relatively small group who account for most of the postings and they may be willing to put up with hassles of signing up, but many who do not and just lurk or rarely comment may very well not be willing to put up with much hassle to stay on or join.

There is an old Chinese curse – may you live in interesting times. This is interesting and will likely stay interesting for a while.

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