Sermo Fundraising for Moore, Oklahoma

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Like the rest of the nation, this week our hearts go out to the citizens of Moore, OK. So we’re proud to support the Red Cross as it serves the immediate needs of the town. We at WorldOne + Sermo are donating $1000 to start off our fundraising efforts. We’re also inviting our physicians to donate and we will match each donation from our membership dollar-for-dollar, with the goal of donating $10,000. Even if you are not a physician, you can also donate and help us reach our goal.

The situation in Moore, OK is dire:

“A day after the disaster, Oklahomans are trying very hard to be there for each other. Many are just beginning to grapple with the idea that they’ll never see the person they loved most in the world again. Dozens of people were killed. Homes in the tornado’s path were reduced to match sticks. Whole city blocks were flattened and unrecognizable. Cars were tossed like toys, some sitting in enormous trees suddenly reduced to a single gnarly wishbone. There is no power, no water.”
– CNN.com, May 21, 2013

But the Red Cross has already stepped in to help, providing shelter, food and supplies to victims and first responders.

Join us in supporting the efforts of the Red Cross in Oklahoma by donating using the link provided and to make sure we hit our goal. Please share the link with friends, family and social media contacts.

As one community of physicians and professionals dedicated to helping global health delivery, we hope everyone can help us hit our goal and exceed it for the sake of those affected. Tragedies like these remind us that we are all part of the human community, and can do our part to serve that community too.

Thank you, and we appreciate your support.

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– Jon, Christian, and Sermo Team

Welcome to Sermo, and thank you, physicians!

Good afternoon, World, and welcome to the new Sermo Blog.  Our original plan to introduce ourselves was to showcase some of the amazing things that happen in the Sermo community, the world’s leading online community for physicians.  We were poised to launch with great fanfare, showcasing the collaborations, humor, caring and achievements of our physicians.  But given yesterday’s events just across the bridge from our Cambridge office, we find it only fitting that we take this opportunity to acknowledge the heroic actions taken by  doctors and other first responders.   The only thing we can think to start off with today is, “Thank you.”

The Boston Marathon, for those who don’t know, ends on Boylston street, nearly equi-distant to several hospitals that form the world’s largest hub of medical research and treatment, including Mass General Hospital, Boston Children’s, Brigham and Women’s, BU Medical Center, BIDMC and Tufts Medical Center. The Marathon is an elite international sporting event, but it is also an event of immense hometown pride and local celebration.  As such, many of the thousands of health care professionals who work in that area turned out to cheer their family members, friends and all other runners onto finish the race, not counting the many who, as believers for their respective causes, actually ran the race to fundraise for research in their  specialties.  As such, the streets were teeming with spectators and runners who also happened to be medical professionals; and like our military heroes in combat, they came running into the blast zones to help the victims, commandeering wheelchairs, blankets and first aid kits from the post-race tents, and tying tourniquets quickly to prep people for the EMS responders and transport to local emergency units.  Victims were marked for amputation on the scene.  Patients were inside emergency rooms within 15 minutes of the explosion. This phenomenal response started on the street.

Days like yesterday  remind all of us of what the world sees in doctors, what a medical community can accomplish together, and that despite differences of opinion, you are all part of a calling that warrants respectful and honorable interactions among you.  We are so very proud to host just such a community.  For yesterday’s great work and for the service of all our medical heroes who help make the world a better place, we thank you.

Welcome to Sermo.