Health insurers eye social networking

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Wall Street Journal Health Blog, August 20, 2009

While many companies are starting to track social-networking tools like Twitter and Facebook, there has always been challenges in the healthcare business because of privacy concerns. But health insurers are beginning to dip their toes in the water, according to the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.

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