Guest Blog: Do 297 hospitals really use social media? Should you?

[CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight]

Colleagues,

Interesting guest blog from Roberta Rochman, RN, MBA in Examiner.Com on the spreading use of Health 2.0 tools by top flight medical institutions such as Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic and Duke University...

ENJOY!

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Yes, indeed, 297 hospitals use some form of Social Media in the healthcare market sector. In the United States alone, the statistics are as follows:

• 231 have Twitter accounts
• 142 have YouTube-channels
• 80 have Facebook-pages

Are you surprised? I was until I realized that 60 Million consumers are interacting with social media to get the medical information they need and share their healthcare experiences. Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) need to connect with their patients and family-members, stakeholders, customers and clients. Click here to see a Healthcare Social Media YouTube video created in June 2009 ...

... Check out these examples: Johns Hopkins' Twitter, Mayo Clinic's YouTube Channel and Duke University Hospital's Facebook.

Read on at: http://www.examiner.com/x-17903-Atlanta-Careers-Examiner~y2009m8d7-Do-297-hospitals-really-use-social-media-Should-you

[O. Johnson]

This is very true even in Sub Saharan Africa with increasing availability of connectivity as well as cellphones, many health professionals are now sharing medical information of patients, prior and after treatment