Leaders have a strong core of content marketing/education
Cautious experimentation by provider organizations
The Rise of e-Patients
Social Media’s role in patient engagement
Mobile devices impact
Where to we go from here?
Trends in Social Media
in Healthcare
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Take Aways
Leaders have a strong core of content
marketing/education
Cautious experimentation by provider organizations
The Rise of e-Patients
Social Media’s role in patient engagement
Mobile devices impact
Where to we go from here?
Content Marketing
an opportunity for marketers to reach customers with
authentic, relevant, helpful and engaging information
and conversations,
Works in healthcare because we are not trying to reach
out to consumers based on price or selection – yet
Includes patient education, wellness information –
nutrition and exercise
Experimentation
Pinterest – posting healthy recipes, graphics
Asking for feedback through Facebook
Healthcare Hashtag project
http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/
Feedback before social media
Letter addressed to CEO
May have forwarded to the employee receiving the
compliment
Only a few people saw it
Rarely acted on
May or may not be replied to
Quest for the Viral Video
No formula to predict
Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care
Originally intended for employees only
Now over 1 million views
Being imitated in England, elsewhere
Rise of the e-Patient
An e-patient is a health consumer who
participates fully in his/her medical care.
White paper: e-Patients: How they can
help us heal health care
e-Patient Dave
e-Patients Included
For conferences which include
patients as participants and speakers
Began at TEDx Maastrict in the
Netherlands by Lucien Engelen
e-Patients – the Walking Gallery
Regina Holliday paints
jackets for e-Patients and
other patient advocates
The owners assemble at
conferences to act as a
walking gallery of patient
stories
Her husband died
because his records were
not electronic and could
not be released easily for
a second opinion
The Quantified Self is an
international
collaboration of users
and makers of selftracking tools.
Report their self-tracking
on social media
Social Media & Patient Engagement
Does it make a difference?
Is online engagement enough?
How do you measure?
Is there an impact on HCAP scores?
Addressing problems in real time
Social Media & Patient Satisfaction
Axial Exchange Patient Engagement Index
Large social media presence and social media
interaction
includes Yelp ratings and Facebook likes
Mobile Devices
Everyone continuously connected
Patients connected at the hospital, expect
cell, wireless service to stay in touch
Dealing with photos and videos by employees
and visitors
Do mobile devices enhance or interfere with
care?
Mobile Devices
Need policy on use of mobile devices including
photography and social media
Need to educate
employees
Don’t block use
but allow
appropriate use
Where do we go from here?
Google Glass and other wearable devices
Social media – what’s next?
Infographs
The office visit of the future
Social Media – What’s Next
More ways to share videos, photos
Easier to share health information, privately or publicly
More ways to develop communities
Social media impacting health
Social media impacting patient satisfaction
Warnings
Negative comments and reviews
Negative comments which grow out of control
Photos and comments from employees including HIPAA
violations
Social media accounts being hacked
Address Social Media Complaints
Billing complaints, parking, negative patient experience
Address quickly
Delay in response could get more similar posts, negative
comments
Divert offline – ask to call
Take Aways
Leaders have a strong core of content
marketing/education
Cautious experimentation by provider organizations
The Rise of e-Patients
Social Media’s role in patient engagement
Mobile devices impact
Where to we go from here?
Two Kinds of People?
Will you join the social media
revolution to engage patients?