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Social Media Encourages Initiators in Medicine

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Linda Pourmassina, MD's avatarPulsus

Funny how the blogosphere echoes some of the thoughts that have been incubating in my own mind… A few posts have caught my eye recently. One that I have been meaning to comment on was Dr. Vartabedian’s piece “Do You Initiate or Respond?” which characterizes physicians, in general, as trained responders rather than initiators [give it a look, it’s a quick read].

I had myself been concurrently pondering the same idea (though classifying it as reactive versus proactive in my own mind, but we mean the same thing). As Dr. V points out, doctors are reflexive and very much good at it.  We are nimble thinkers on our feet when faced with problems, calculating a large number of variables to try solve problems in -let’s face it- a very short period of time, all the while doing our best to navigate through a myriad of emotions along the way. The importance of this…

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How You Should Be Present With Healthcare Social Media

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Healthcare social media is a medium of communication that is here to stay.  It’s now up to you to decide how active and involved you become.  Being present with healthcare social media does not mean spending every waking hour tweeting, liking, and endorsing others in the community.  That would just be ridiculous.  Being present does mean at the very least setting up and claiming your space on the major social platforms.  As a physician or medical clinic there are many reasons to have a presence on social media, here are a few of them.

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The best digital health app is conversation

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Although our attention may be distracted from time to time by a health-related smartphone or tablet app, a health tracking device, a quantified self peripheral, or some other piece of shiny, soon-to-be-outmoded future junk, I hope it is becoming obvious by now that the best digital health app currently available is conversation.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

Andrew Spong writes about the growth and influence of online patient communtity conversations on Twitter.

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Nurses Playing a Key Role in Patient Engagement

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A recent article from Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare highlights a national effort by the Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC) to increase patient engagement strategy among nurses.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

According to Mary Jean Schumann, executive director of NAQC, “Through more complete and effective patient engagement we can prevent harm, reduce readmissions and improve patient safety.”

 

Ms Schumann continued, “The cross-cutting role played by nurses across most settings, provides the profession with the strategic leverage to change not only nurses’ own practices but also transform health care delivery in the direction of person-centered care.”

 

Therefore, NAQC has released a paper entitled Fostering Successful Patient and Family Engagement: Nursing’s Critical Role, which lists six suggested ways the nursing field can prepare to more effectively influence engagement.

See on engagingthepatient.com