The document discusses how hospitals can use social media to improve patient input, brand, and generate revenue. It provides examples of how social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, blogs and YouTube can help attract patients, advertise services, gather feedback and stay connected with relevant communities. The key recommendation is to listen to patients and engage in two-way conversations across multiple channels to build relationships and evangelists over time.
40. Social Currency Photo used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gremlins666/2634168886
41. “… It’s only our own reactions that we have any kind of control over... I cannot stop other people from doing what they want to do. There is no control of others. I wonder how many people realize that.” -Geoff Livingston Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyzipper/132685095/