A Google Map using data from the Hospital Social Network List. Filter by hospital type, and drill in for detail on each hospital. You can also use it full-screen

A big thank you to Silja Chouquet (@whydotpharma) for setting up this map.

View U.S. Hospitals with Official Social Media Accounts in a full screen map

Why you are seeing censorship banners today:

Presentation by Sharon Boston and Ed Bennett

Note – the following essay was included in Mayo Clinic Social Media Residency Handbook 

My passion for social media was sparked by two events separated by ten years.

In the late 1990’s, back when the commercial web began, I helped dozens of organizations develop their first web presence.

Many business leaders understood the radical changes a web site could bring, but they were in the minority. Most belittled the idea, sticking with business as usual. (“Our customers use the Yellow Pages.”) Sadly, the most skeptical industry was healthcare. Some major hospitals didn’t have a web site until 2006.

Three years of hospital list data summed up in two charts. Any questions?

(Thanks to Josh McColough for the graphs)

My presentation for the conference – Links and resources below.
Your comments and feedback are welcome.

I’d like to introduce you to Virna Elly – a transplant patient, diabetic and passionate patient advocate. I met her last week and was impressed with her background, knowledge and communication skills.

 Virna has applied for a scholarship to the Mayo Clinic Social Media Summit. If you have a moment, read her essay and give it a “I like This” or leave a comment (free registration required.) 

Here is her speech at the 10′th National Donor Recognition Ceremony:

From her blog Patients’ Perspective:

I have lived with type 1 diabetes for 31 years and chronic kidney disease, including dialysis and a successful kidney-pancreas transplant during the last 11.

I am committed through my work as a patient advocate (professionally in the past, now as a volunteer) to educate and inspire those with diabetes and kidney disease to leverage every available resource to create a healthier and more meaningful life.  I rely on my personal experience and professional background to create and deliver presentations that provide patients, caretakers and healthcare providers with useful ideas and strategies for improving communications, understanding and, ultimately, patient health.

I have lobbied on Capitol Hill, participated in coalitions such as Kidney Care Partners, delivered speeches and presentations  for groups such as Amgen Pharmaceuticals, the Washington Regional Transplant Community,Toastmasters International, the American Kidney Fund and the Department of Health and Human Services.

You can follow Virna on Twitter at @nograpefruit

I like this employee training video from Dartmouth-Hitchcock – it’s just the right mix of humor and message.

I presented at the  Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics this morning to a great crowd of Nursing Informatics professionals.

Presentation, resource links, and discussion can be found at – ebennett.org/sini

Just posted the June 2011 update to the Hospital Social Network List This is a big update with over two hundred new Facebook accounts (and thank you to Ubicare for sharing their Engagement Chart data with me)

We are now at:

1,188 Hospitals total

• 548 YouTube Channels
• 1018 Facebook pages
• 788 Twitter Accounts
• 458 LinkedIn Accounts
• 913 Four Square
• 137 Blogs

3,952 Hospital Social Networking Sites

Additional Resources:

1. June 8, 2011 Twitter stats for over 750 U.S. Hospitals. (followers, tweet counts, etc.)

2. June 2011 excel spreadsheet – with bed count, hospital types, and all the Social Media data in the list.

3. YouTube Vs. Twitter Hospital Accounts:

4. Account types by usage: