Using social media to improve healthcare quality : Introduction to key issues in the current landscape

Although the use of social media in healthcare is growing by leaps and bounds – the dynamic directory created for this project shows that the number of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts by Canadian healthcare organizations has quadrupled in the past year – few have begun to tap this rich reservoir of real-time, real-life stories to improve the delivery of care. [...] HosPitAl soCiAl netWorK list online CoMMUnities For soCiAl MediA in HeAltHCAre Ed Bennett, of the University of Maryland Medical Conversations (so-called “tweet chats”) about social System, tracks and reports on the use of social media media in healthcare happen at scheduled times around by healthcare organizations in the U. S. Hospitals the world on Twitter following the hashtags #hcsm and social [...] Like SMiCH, the list contains the name of the To create the directory of Canadian healthcare organization, province, website address, and Twitter, organizations and their social media presence, we Facebook ,YouTube and blog pages. [...] The Mayo Clinic expects to support aggregates some of the items mentioned above and all of them and to continue to experiment with new serves as another channel for people to share their technologies to engage with the public. [...] For users of social media, privacy means the of social media, healthcare organizations can put ability to control their data in a manner that respects at risk both patient autonomy and the therapeutic the dignity and autonomy of the user.