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Should We Expect Health Care Professionals To Post And Tweet?

SocMed Sean

There’s no doubt about the fact that patients are becoming more vocal in the social media space. Often absent from the online conversation, however, is the voice of the health care professional. Do they not understand how the various social media channels work? Is it lack of time? –Sean.

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An Interview with Advocate Health Care: Case Study #StoriesOfTheGirls

Diva Marketing Blog

Advocate Health Care launched a unique program to bring attention to breast cancer prevention, treatment and support. Understanding that women gain strength and the comfort from the stories they share and are shared they used digital and social networks to tell the #StoriesoftheGirls . About Advocate Health Care.

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Branding You: using social media to find a job

Sherrilynne Starkie

My short presentation focused on how to use social media for job search. I gave a brief overview on how recruiters use social media to source applicants and advertise vacancies. Using Social Media to find a job. Related posts: Social media in health care. Related articles.

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Social Media: The Key to Transforming Doctor-Patient Communication

Waxing UnLyrical

Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. But what if you could connect with your doctor using social media ; asking for advice via a quick Twitter or Facebook message? If social media and blogs in the U.S

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Importance of Social Media Training in Healthcare Industry

Social Media Marketing

Social Media today has an undeniable power of spreading information, growing the business and developing community. Both individuals and businesses in healthcare industry use social media to stay connected, communicate and sometimes market their products and services. 26% of hospitals currently use social media.

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The Next Big Thing in Social Networks

Socialized

How much information are you willing to make public in order to improve your social networking experience? What capabilities might the next social networks have to “improve&# our intimacy with our online friends? Pollygraf, as its name implies, is the truthful social network.

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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. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S