Comments on: Hospital Social Media Update – June 15, 2009

By: Better Health » Media Malpractice: H1N1 Fear Mongering In NYC

Better Health » Media Malpractice: H1N1 Fear Mongering In NYC — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:00:38 +0000

[...] wasn’t enough to help ED’s this spring. But individual hospitals and the CDC is ramping up their use of social media, even as traditional news sources decline in [...]

By: Trusted.MD Network

Trusted.MD Network — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:48:29 +0000

A peak you reach…

Friends visiting New York City this summer keep asking if it’s safe. As in, will they be catching and suffering from novel H1N1 (swine) flu.

I like to think my friends are pretty sharp, discerning folks (after all, they’re choosing my company) so I…

By: Social Media in Healthcare Cheat Sheet — Social Mallard

Social Media in Healthcare Cheat Sheet — Social Mallard — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:44:03 +0000

[...] If you’re serious about this topic however, I’d suggest following Ed Bennett, whose blog is a treasure trove of great stats and information (such as Hospital Social Media Updates). [...]

By: KLX Media » Blog Archive » How to Mass Follow Hospitals on Twitter

KLX Media » Blog Archive » How to Mass Follow Hospitals on Twitter — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:53:01 +0000

[...] From Ed Bennett’s June data set I have compiled the Twitter account names of each of the hospitals on Twitter. From this list you can use a tool like ninjafollow.com to automatically follow all these hospitals if you were interested in seeing how different hospitals make use of Twitter. (note the separation by groups of 100 since that is the limit for mass following on Twitter.) If you get overwhelmed by all the information coming in from following 200+ new accounts, you can also use ninjafollow.com to unfollow these same accounts. [...]

By: Angelica Urquijo

Angelica Urquijo — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:58:42 +0000

Appreciate the insight Ed. I am currently evaluating the marketing and communications tools being utilized by White Memorial Medical Center located outside of Downtown Los Angeles. The facility is one of 18 hospitals affiliated with Adventist Health and is the only hospital in Los Angeles with an accredited cardiac rehabilitation program. The hospital’s social media presence currently includes Facebook and You Tube.
http://www.WhiteMemorialDoctors.com

By: Angelica Urquijo

Angelica Urquijo — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:56:00 +0000

Appreciate the insight. I am currently evaluating the marketing and communications tools being utilized by White Memorial Medical Center located outside of Downtown Los Angeles. The facility is one of 18 hospitals affiliated with Adventist Health and is the only hospital in Los Angeles with an accredited cardiac rehabilitation program. The hospital’s social media presence currently includes Facebook and You Tube.
http://www.WhiteMemorialDoctors.com

By: Stephen Halsey

Stephen Halsey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:42:04 +0000

Thank you sir! If you need any help from me to populate our stats, let me know.

By: Ed Bennett

Ed Bennett — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:24:47 +0000

Stephen,

That’s a good point – I working on additional metrics to capture this information.

By: Ed Bennett

Ed Bennett — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:23:41 +0000

Reed, you should be thanking yourself – you’ve sent many of the new updates!

By: Stephen Halsey

Stephen Halsey — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:42:40 +0000

Hi Ed,

As always, this is a fantastic list and you make my job easier! One important element in all of this is frequency of updating and how active community participation is as well. I swear that I remember you talking about this somewhere and can’t find it though and am not sure you are tracking that per se. Maybe you mentioned it in Twitter?

thank you!