Thank you for visiting the Taking the Pulse of the Healthcare Blogosphere survey Web page.  Envision Solutions and Trusted.MD Network are co-producing this poll, which is now in its second edition. 

WHY WE ARE CONDUCTING THIS SURVEY

Last year, we conducted the first ever survey of the healthcare blogosphere, which helped to significantly increase our understanding about why people are blogging about health-related topics.  This year, we are repeating this poll in order to expand our knowledge about this growing community of bloggers.  We anticipate that it will take you about 10 minutes to complete this survey.    

WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP

We can't continue to get a better understanding of the healthcare blogosphere without your help.  We need as many healthcare bloggers (those devoting at least 30% of their blogging time to healthcare) to take the survey so that we can make valid conclusions about the size and shape of this growing part of the global blogging community. 

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

The first benefit of participation is increased knowledge.  You will help your fellow bloggers better understand who is blogging about healthcare and why they are doing it.  More knowledge will benefit everyone who cares about the healthcare blogosphere.   

We are also providing survey participants with the opportunity to opt-in to receive one or more of the following incentives:

1. All respondents will have the opportunity to opt-in to receive a free report on the results of this survey.

2. Envision Solutions and Trusted.MD will randomly select the e-mail addresses of five (5) respondents to receive a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate after the survey closes in the fall. (Non-US winners will receive a gift certificate in their native currency.)

WHEN THE SURVEY WILL CLOSE

We plan to run this survey until October 15, 2007.  We feel this will allow plenty of time to get the word out about the survey and collect responses.  We need your help to make valid conclusions about the healthcare blogosphere.  Please, tell your fellow healthcare bloggers about the survey and encourage them to participate. More responses = a stronger survey. 

Bloggers, Journalists, Others:  If you are going to be writing about the survey, please consider using our Web-ready logo (with the link to the survey) in online articles and blog posts about the study. View and download the logo by clicking here.

We plan to field this survey again in the future to track changes in the global healthcare blogosphere. 

PRIVACY POLICY

We value and respect your privacy.  We will never:

- Sell or redistribute your e-mail address

- Contact you about non survey-related issues without your express permission.

Your responses are strictly confidential and will only be used to analyze data collected in this poll.

We have developed a comprehensive privacy policy.  Please click here to read it.

RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT

We plan to release the results of this survey in Winter 2007. 

SURVEY LINK

If you are planning on taking the survey, please click here to access the poll link.
 

(Please note:  When you exit the survey, you will be directed to Trusted.MD Network's Website.  Trusted.MD is inviting survey respondents to register for a free listing in its Blogger Directory and join our private community for bloggers. The goal of the blogger community is to trade tips and tricks, share news of interest to the health/medical blogosphere and provide tools to help bloggers increase their reach and influence.)

Thank you for helping us increase everyone's knowledge of the global healthcare blogging community.