HCSM – Page 2 – Health Care Social Media

The health service needs a new breed of leader

Posted on June 25, 2012June 25, 2012 by Editor

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Managers inside and outside hospitals must learn new skills and ways of working if they are to succeed in the restructured, financially straitened NHS.

See on www.guardian.co.uk

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Why do doctors and nurses prefer YouTube to LinkedIn for networking?

Posted on June 24, 2012June 25, 2012 by Editor

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A recent survey of healthcare social media usage revealed that doctors and nurses are using YouTube for professional networking, second only to Facebook. Read more.

See on medcitynews.com

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how the new generation of doctors and e-patients use social media

Posted on June 18, 2012June 18, 2012 by Editor

Dr Mesko is my “go to” source for health care social media

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Last week, I got an invitation to speak at the Central European University about how the new generation of doctors and e-patients use social media. I also described how crowdsourcing works in medicine.

As there were only health economists, economists, lawyers and business people in the audience, I received some great questions. It was particularly interesting as these people had a good picture about healthcare but did not know much about social media.

Q: Is there a site where patients can track their own conditions and meet each other? It would be a great idea.