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Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication

Waxing UnLyrical

Attending the session “A Dr, Patient & Insurer Walk into a Social Network“ at SxSW last year really opened my eyes to the social media obstacles healthcare professionals face. Here are three social media obstacles health care providers face and the underlying opportunities each present. Image: aeu04117 via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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HIPAA and Social Media: 5 Tips to Stay Compliant

Hootsuite

HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is an overarching piece of legislation relating to health information in the United States. Communicating through social messaging platforms During the COVID-19 pandemic, HHS offered flexibility on health care communication channels.

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Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication [Redux]

Waxing UnLyrical

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. Attending the session “A Dr, Patient & Insurer Walk into a Social Network“ at SxSW last year really opened my eyes to the social media obstacles healthcare professionals face. This originally ran on Nov.

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Importance of Social Media Training in Healthcare Industry

Social Media Marketing

Group of 18 to 24 year old are 2 xs more likely to use social media for health-related discussions than the group of 45 to 54 years. 30% adults are ok sharing information about their health on social media sites with other patients, 47% with doctors, 47% with hospitals, 38% with a health insurance company and 32% with a drug company.

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IBM’s Watson Engages Customers with Youtility

Convince & Convert

Since its Jeopardy debut in 2011, IBM has deployed Watson in health care to help nurses navigate care (they’re choosing its recommendations 90-percent of the time in that deployment) and assisted cancer researchers expedite their progress, saving a couple of years worth of research time.

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Things to Know About Telehealth Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

Tweaklibrary

In the last month, we’ve had everyone from the president of the United States down to local governors to CEOs of health care companies all saying use telemedicine as a first line of defense.”. Getting in touch with health professionals via the internet & taking advice is quite intimidating for a lot of us.

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List of Brand-Side Corporate Social Strategists: Twitter Edition

Webbiquity SMM

. • Maria Amezaga , Global Social Media Advisor, Shell. • Lanie James – Social Media Specialist, Chesapeake Energy. Financial Services. • Ken Hittel – Vice President, Corporate Internet Dept.

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