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February 28, 2013 • By Dan Hinmon, Principal
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Dr. Jeff Livingston, OB/GYN, is hooked on social media.
As I explained in a previous blogpost, Livingston jumped onto My Space when his teenager daughter told him that would help him reach out to teenagers facing pregnancy and STDs, and he never looked back.
Why? Because, he says, “social media makes your life easier and the care you provide better.”
How? It has to do with the long life of online information. Here’s how Livingston explains it:
Americans want to engage online about their health
Studies show that “Americans in general want to engage online about their health, but they’re recognizing that what they’re finding may not be real, or validated or actionable.
“It’s real important that doctors get involved in getting good content online,” continues Livingston. “That might be writing a blog once a week, creating short YouTube video clips or it might be creating more dynamic content on your website and promoting your website as the first place to get information. (more…)
Tags: Dr. Jeff Livingston OB/GYN
Posted in Facebook, Messaging, Patients, Physicians, Social Media | No Comments »
The Aruba Chronicles: Best Practices in Health Care Social Media
February 5, 2013 • By Dan Hinmon, Principal
This week I’m in Aruba presenting to physicians, certified nurse midwives and nurse practitioners at the Symposia Medicus 17th Annual Conference on Clinical Issues in OB/GYN.
Thanks to a great client, Lisa Miller, CNM, JD, and Jim Goodrich, executive director of Symposia Medicus, for helping to make this happen. And thanks to the 140 providers who will attend the conference who have motivated me to sharpen my thinking as I’ve developed presentations on the critical role social media can play for OB/GYN health care professionals.
I have long felt that expecting and new moms comprise one of the most natural of all healthcare communities, and this conference is a perfect time to help these providers understand the amazing opportunities available to them. (more…)
Tags: Aruba, Jim Goodrich, Lisa Miller CNM JD, OB/GYN, Symposia Medicus
Posted in Basics, Content, Patients, Physicians, Social Media, Strategies | 2 Comments »
How Social Media Can Help Top Performing Hospitals Spread the Word
February 1, 2013 • By Dan Hinmon, Principal
Editor’s Note: Occasionally I pull blogposts from the archives that resonate today. This one struck me as a particularly good example of how to use social media to benefit a hospital. Originally posted Sep 14, 2011.
Today The Joint Commission releases its “Improving America’s Hospitals” annual report, including its first ever list of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures.
This recognition is based on data reported about evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and children’s asthma.
If your hospital is one of the fortunate 405 hospitals in America receiving this recognition, it’s a great opportunity to distinguish yourself from your competition. (more…)
Tags: Chris Bevolo, Improving America's Hospitals, The Joint Commission
Posted in Blogging, Facebook, Internet, Patients, Social Media, Strategies, Twitter, YouTube | No Comments »
Open Access: A Budget-Friendly Tactic to Build Hospital Social Media Content and Credibility
March 21, 2012 • By Jean Kelso Sandlin, EdD, Senior Strategist
New health-related research can stir up a frenzy of interest on social media platforms (think of how recently antioxidants or probiotics entered the general public’s vocabulary). When a new finding is reported, social media platforms buzz and hospitals often field calls from reporters seeking physician experts to comment on the latest findings.
Although there are many attributes of social media, one drawback is the difficulty in assessing the credibility of health information due, in part, to the vast amount available on the web.
The public is hungry for credible sources of health information. Using Open Access resources is a cost-effective way to locate new health-related information and use it to engage communities and build your hospital’s reputation as a credible go-to social media source. (more…)
Tags: Creative Commons Attribution, David Hill, Open Access, Open Access Map, Scholarly Information Sourcebook, scientific journals, Sharon Terry
Posted in Blogging, Content, Facebook, Information, Patients, Physicians, Social Media, Strategies, Twitter | 3 Comments »
The Converging (Social Media) Conversations of Physicians and Patients
March 1, 2012 • By Jean Kelso Sandlin, EdD, Senior Strategist
flickr: Kai Hendry
Most of my work focuses on engaging patients through social media. However, after spending last week at an EDUCAUSE conference (a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology), I had an aha-moment about the convergence of patient and physician use of social media.
Although we have our share of early adopter physicians, such as KevinMD.com, Seattle Mama Doc and The Singing Pen of Dr. Jen, most physicians don’t truly engage through social media. In fact, many articles written for physicians on the subject of social media remind me of those 30-second televised drug advertisements. The first 10 seconds is spent raving about the benefits and the last 20 seconds is filled with warnings. (more…)
Tags: Brian Tobin, EDUCAUSE, iPad, Joseph Benfield, KevinMD.com, Seattle Mama Doc, Stanford University, The Singing Pen of Dr. Jen
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