Social Media in a Crisis – Scott & White and the Fort Hood shootings

November 16, 2009

Steven Widmann is the Director of Web Services at Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas. I met Steven at the Greystone conference a few weeks ago, where a recurring theme was Social Media and it’s implications for Hospitals.
As Steven flew back to Texas on November 5, events were unfolding that would bring these implications [...]

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Hospital Social Media List Update

November 15, 2009

November 15, 2009 update:
441 Hospitals total

213 YouTube Channels
241 Facebook pages
323 Twitter Accounts
55 Blogs

Full List Here
Charts and Spreadsheet Here
New listings include social media accounts from:
Adirondack Medical Center
Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Clarian Health Partners
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Franciscan Hospital for Children
Frankfort Regional Medical Center
Greenville Memorial Hospital
HCA Virginia
Harbor Hospital
IU Cancer Center
Inland Hospital
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kernan Orthopaedics [...]

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Presentation at the Oklahoma Hospital Association

November 13, 2009

I just finished a presentation at the Oklahoma Hospital Association annual convention on Hospitals and Social Media. I  joined Lee Aase and David Harlow to share best practices, ROI, legal implications and many other topics.
I want to thank everyone involved at OHA for hosting us – these folks know how to put on a good [...]

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Meet the Experts – Bill Ferris

October 31, 2009

Our next profile is with Bill Ferris of Henry Ford Health System.
Please introduce yourself
My name is Bill Ferris, I’m one of two managers in the Web Services department and I have responsibility for our intranet site as well as our social media efforts. I’ve been at Henry Ford Health System for 12 years but [...]

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Over 400 Hospitals use Social Media

October 28, 2009

Updated Hospital Social Media List – over 400 hospitals

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Meet the Experts – Chris Lindsley

October 25, 2009

It is my great pleasure to present the next profile. Chris Lindsley and I work together at UMMC and the success of our Web program is due to his management and editorial skills. Chris also manages the daily updates to our Twitter, YouTube and Facebook accounts.
Please introduce yourself
I’m Chris Lindsley, and have been the University [...]

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Interview on Blog Talk Radio

October 21, 2009

Here’s a recent interview I did on Blog Talk Radio. The show is User Friendly Thinking and it’s hosted by John Munsell and  Paul Chaney of Bizzuka.
Click to Listen 52:54
We cover a wide range of topics:

The current state of Social Media use by Hospitals
Background on the UMMC iPhone app
The rise of the ePatient
Mitigating risk [...]

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Social Media Counter

October 21, 2009

By Gary Hayes

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Meet the Experts – Kathryn Armstrong

October 17, 2009

Our next profile is with Kathryn Armstrong, who is a Senior Web Communications Producer at the Lehigh Valley Health Network. Kathryn was one my first connections on Twitter and we traded ideas and information way back in the early days. (that would be 11 months ago). She quickly set up accounts on Youtube, Twitter and [...]

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My current presentation on Hospitals & Social Media

October 16, 2009

Here’s the presentation I’ve  done at various conferences and webinars over the past few months. It has a soundtrack, so you can listen to me speak and pretend you’re at a conference far away from work.
Hospitals & Social Media – Fall 2009
View more presentations from Ed Bennett.

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