Comments on: Emergence of Social Media in Health Care http://truesimple.com/2009/12/06/emergence-of-social-media-in-health-care/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed organizational system improvement in action Tue, 11 May 2010 02:32:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave Konig http://truesimple.com/2009/12/06/emergence-of-social-media-in-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dave Konig Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:33:59 +0000 http://truesimple.com/?p=129#comment-3 This is a milestone in the history of mankind. Not since the invention of movable type has information been so easily distributed, and it is not restricted to one medium or another. It is not surprising that Social Media has only been spread amongst healthcare providers over the last year or so, due to the fact that rarely are healthcare providers early adopters of anything not having to do with what they consider as direct patient care. Healthcare, and the professionals within, as an industry will define how it uses Social Media. Will it be used for educational purposes? Propaganda? Crisis communication? Yes! And no. Every organization and person will have their own individual goals for what they want to achieve in Social Media, and that ultimately will determine what they will use it for. Social Media in general will lead to both a new level of collaboration as well as a new level of personal branding. Social Media in healthcare... well that's still up for debate. This is a milestone in the history of mankind. Not since the invention of movable type has information been so easily distributed, and it is not restricted to one medium or another. It is not surprising that Social Media has only been spread amongst healthcare providers over the last year or so, due to the fact that rarely are healthcare providers early adopters of anything not having to do with what they consider as direct patient care.

Healthcare, and the professionals within, as an industry will define how it uses Social Media. Will it be used for educational purposes? Propaganda? Crisis communication? Yes! And no. Every organization and person will have their own individual goals for what they want to achieve in Social Media, and that ultimately will determine what they will use it for.

Social Media in general will lead to both a new level of collaboration as well as a new level of personal branding. Social Media in healthcare… well that’s still up for debate.

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