Health Literacy - Social Media
By JAAN SIDOROV, MD Include social media like ”Facebook” or “Twitter” in health care business plan, and you’ll probably prompt glazed looks from the average health care administrator. Those who recognize the terms will want to know what they have to do with filling up that new heart catheterization suite or increasing referrals to their infusion center. They’re too busy with marketing flotsam like “Top 100″ billboard campaigns or convincing the local news media to mention that newly renovated lobby.
Ten Rules for Health Care Organizations Interested in Using Social Media
With the slow demise of paper records and the rise of electronic platforms, the opportunity for patients to take hold of their healthcare has never been stronger. But, there are still a few setbacks and some points to keep in mind when it comes to health IT and patient engagement, said Sterling Lanier, CEO of Tonic Health. “You have medical forms and medical jargon built for the provider benefit and not the patient,” he said.
5 points concerning patient engagement and health IT
Email has been so commonplace for so long that some people consider it nearly obsolete. But in the health-care profession, its use for communications between doctors and their patients is still controversial. Opponents worry that doctors can't read patients by reading their emails.
Should Physicians Use Email to Communicate With Patients?
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association jamia.bmj.com 2012; 19 : 777-781 doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000990 Brief communication + Author Affiliations Correspondence to Dr Lucila Ohno-Machado, University of California, San Diego, Division of Biomedical Informatics, 9500 Gilman Dr., Bldg 2 #0728, La Jolla, CA 92093 0728, USA; lohnomachado@ucsd.edu Contributors MvM developed the literature search criteria, performed the search and wrote the manuscript. DvM assisted in scoring literature results for inclusion.
Reviewing social media use by clinicians -- von Muhlen and Ohno-Machado 19 (5): 777
Live tweeting, ukulele playing and numerous discussions swirling around social media and healthcare were to had throughout the Connecting Healthcare + Social Media Conference, produced by NYC Health Business Leaders , this past week in New York. During the latter half of the day Thursday, Mike Sevilla, M.D., family physician and blogger at Family Medicine Rocks , took the stage to present not only his own social media story, but to convince other physicians why they, too, need to be on social media. "I'm in a group of four family docs and a practitioner, and yes, I do social media," said Sevilla.
6 reasons physicians need to be on social media
5 patient-centered social media risks
These days, it's common to connect with others via Facebook and receive news via Twitter. In fact, according to AskAaronLee.com , Twitter has 105,779,710 registered users with 6 million search queries a day. But as the use of social media reaches new heights, so do the risks associated with it – and this is especially true when it comes to patients.
HEALTHBEAT: Helping doctors keep human touch
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical student Gregory Shumer studied the electronic health record and scooted his laptop closer to the diabetic grandfather sitting on his exam table. "You can see," he pointed at the screen — weight, blood sugar and cholesterol are too high and rising. The man didn't reveal he was too nearsighted to see those numbers, but he'd quietly volunteered that he'd been ignoring his own health after his wife's death. The future-Dr. Shumer looked away from the computer for a sympathetic conversation — exactly the point of Georgetown University 's novel training program.Public release date: 12-Mar-2012 [ Print | E-mail | Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Julie Newberg julie.newberg@asu.edu 480-727-3116 Arizona State University TEMPE (March 12, 2012) - Maybe you've had a reoccurring sore throat or frequent headaches. Perhaps the pain in your leg won't go away. In the past, you might have gone to a doctor's office to diagnose symptoms.
New study examines how medical symptoms presented online makes a difference in health-care choices
May 4, 2011 — As the presence of social media continues to increase as a form of communication, health organizations are searching for the most effective ways to use the online tools to pass important information to the public. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that nonprofit organizations and community groups appear to be more actively engaged in posting health information and interacting with the public on Twitter than other types of health-related organizations, such as health business corporations, educational institutions and government agencies. "Twitter may be more appealing to nonprofit organizations because it creates a barrier-free environment that allows these organizations to share important information through real-time exchanges without significant efforts," said Hyojung Park, a doctoral candidate at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Nonprofit health organizations increase health literacy through social media
Health - Neil Wagner - Text Messages Are a Good Public Health Tool, Flu Vaccination Edition
As less people read the mail or tune in to traditional broadcast outlets, the nature of a successful PSA is changing. A study of over 9,000 urban minority children shows that sending text messages to their parents can increase the number of children who receive flu vaccinations. The increase was modest, with the flu vaccination rate rising from 39.9 percent to 43.6 percent. Among parents who actually received the text messages, the vaccination rate rose to 46.3 percent.I’ll admit it: I’ve Googled “scalp sunburn” before. Hey, when you have a combination of fair skin and fine hair, these things happen. Plus, let’s be real — a hat really didn’t go with pigtails.
What Doctors Think About Your Online Health Searches
One of the problems that early health care bloggers faced was trying to figure out what was and what was not permissible or ethical in the blogosphere. Since this post is dealing with legal matters, first a quick disclaimer: The information presented herein represents the views of the author as of the date of publication. The publication is for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice.