Bringing the Social Media Revolution
           to Health Care

           Lee Aase (@LeeAase)

Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media
                 #VSHMPR
              October 15, 2010
Agenda: An Introduction to Why
   Social Media Tools are:

• Immensely powerful
• Consistent with your organization’s
 values (or should be)
• Practical and useful in health care
• Free (or ridiculously inexpensive)
• and...
Disclaimers
•   These results not typical
•   Use as directed
•   Read and follow label directions
•   Side effects may include vertigo, watery
    eyes, crackberry thumb and iPhone
    application addiction
•   Social media tools are an essential part of a
    balanced communications diet
•   If insufficient media coverage persists,
    consult your communications doctor
•   Batteries not included
•   Some assembly required
•   Your mileage may vary
Six Magic Words
        and
Four Reasons Why
They’re True for You
“I’ll bet I
could do
  that!”
About Lee Aase (@LeeAase)
• B.S. Political Science
• 14 years in politics and government at
 local, state, national levels
• Mayo Clinic since April 2000
  − Media relations consultant
  − Manager since 2004
    − Media Relations/Research Comm
    − Syndication and Social Media
2009 Brand Preference Summary
                   Healthcare Decision-Makers Aged 25+
                                                                Total

     Mayo Clinic                   13     5.4
                                                                18.4%
            AMC 1           4    2.5                            6.6%

            AMC 2        2 1.5                                  4.8%

            AMC 3        2 1.4                                  3.4%

            AMC 4        2 1.1                                  2.8%

            AMC 5       1 1.3                                   2.3%

            AMC 6        2 0.8                                  2.3%


                                                1st Mention
2009 US Consumer Brand Monitor, n=3336          Add'l Mention
Intro to Social Media Tools

   Blogs            RSS

  Podcasts     Social Networks

   Skype          YouTube

   Wikis           Twitter

 Slideshare       uStream
Blogs
• Just an easy-to-publish Web site that
 allows comments
• Blogs in Plain English - Lee LeFever
• You read them all the time without
 even knowing it
RSS = Really Simple Syndication



• Lets you easily track dozens of blogs
 or other Web sites without surfing
• Truly opt-in “email”
• RSS “baked in” to IE 7, Safari
• Google Reader a free Web option
Podcasts
• TiVo for Audio (and now video)
• Don’t need an iPod to use
• Series of segments to which you can
 subscribe via RSS
• iTunes free for PC or Mac
• Create your own FREE podcast (listed
 in iTunes) through SMUG
Social Networking Sites
Wikis
• Collaborative editing tools
• Wikipedia the most famous
• 2.9 million articles in English
• Definitive stories quickly on
  − 35W Bridge Collapse
  − Virginia Tech shooting
A museum display...
YouTube

• World’s second largest search engine
• Google bought for $1.65 Billion
• “The world has voted, and we want to
 watch videos on YouTube.” - Andy
 Sernovitz, SocialMedia.org
A Story from Twitter
Ensuing Conversation
My First Blog Post
Thesis #1: Air was the
original social medium
Mayo Clinic and Word of Mouth

• 91 percent of patients surveyed say
 they have said “good things” to an
 average of 40 people after a Mayo visit
• 85 percent say they recommended
 Mayo to a friend
 − Advised an average of 16 to come
  − 5 actually came
Sources of Information Influencing
       Preference for Mayo Clinic

     Word of mouth                                        84

Stories in the media                            57

MD recommendation                          44

        Advertising              27

  Internet/Websites             26

Personal experience             24

   Mailings to home        18

                       0   20         40        60   80        100
#2: Electronic tools merely
  facilitate broader, more
 efficient transmission by
  overcoming inertia and
            friction
#4: Social media are the
third millennium’s defining
   communications trend
Gutenberg: Global Mass Literacy
Zuckerberg: Global Mass Publishing
#7: Hand-wringing about
merits and dangers of social
 media is as productive as
      debating gravity.
What else do patients
         know about you?


 Copyright 2009, Health Grades, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
If you think blocking is a viable
       long-term option...
Health Care Corollary:

Use Common Sense and Keep
      it Professional
Basic Social Media Guidelines
  for Health Care Professionals
• If you don’t have a pre-existing, real-life
 friendship with patients, don’t create
 one on Facebook
• If you do create Facebook friendship
 with patients, do it with a purpose
• Apply the “Front Page” test to your
 online postings
#10: Social media strategies
    can’t compensate for an
inferior offering or bad service
United Breaks Guitars Breaks United
The Octogenarian Idol Story
• Alerted to interesting video of elderly
 couple playing piano in Gonda atrium
• Video shot by another patient and
 uploaded to YouTube by her daughter
• Video had been seen 1,005 times in six
 preceding months since upload
• Embedded in Sharing Mayo Clinic,
 posted to Facebook, Tweeted on 4/7/09
The next day...
Six days later...
April 22
Sunday, May 3
May 4
Cinco de Mayo
May 10
May 11
May 12
May 15
Early Morning May 26
May 26, 2009: Live in Studio
  Good Morning America
Results to Date

• More than 7 million views on YouTube
• >1.4 million views on Sharing Mayo Clinic
• From 200 views/month to 5,000 views/hour
• National TV coverage in U.S. and Japan
#17: Social media are free in
 any ordinary sense of the
word (or at least ridiculously
       inexpensive)
Total Cost for Mayo Clinic
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter




  $0.00
In the European Union, based on
     current exchange rates:




   €0,00
MSRP for HD Video Camera




$149.99
What’s wrong with this picture?
podcasts.mayoclinic.org
newsblog.mayoclinic.org
sharing.mayoclinic.org
Yearly Cost for a
 Customized Blog




$75.00
#18: As I approaches zero,
 ROI approaches infinity
#19: MacGyver is the model
 for social media success
The MacGyver Mindset
Mayo Clinic Medical Edge
News Media Syndications
First Foray in New Media




• Existing Medical Edge radio mp3s
• Launched Sept. ‘05; Downloads up
 8,217 percent Oct. vs. Aug.
Step 2: More, Longer Podcasts
The most harmful TV show in
         U.S History?
• Married with Children?
• Baywatch?
• The Survivor series?
• The A-Team?
“Kids will take a chance.
   If they don’t know,
   they’ll have a go.”
 -- Sir Ken Robinson, TED 2006
#29: Your kids aren’t smarter
 than you are. They’re just
  not afraid to look dumb.
#33: Social media will
decrease diffusion time for
 research and innovations
Discovery by Richard Berger, M.D., Ph.D.

 Ulnotriquetral (UT) Ligament Split Tear
Jayson Werth’s Experience
USA Today
Nov 12, 2009




               3031031-7
Last Friday




              3031031-9
Less than 24 hours after my initial appointment, I not
  only had a new diagnosis - a UT split tear - but had
  surgery to correct the problem. As I write this, my
     right arm is in a festive green, but otherwise
   annoying cast. The short-term hassle, however,
 should be more than worth the long-term gain - the
  potential for a future without chronic wrist pain. A
 future, that without Twitter and those in the medical
      community willing to experiment with new
    communications tools, might not exist for me.



                                                         3031031-10
Continuing Tomorrow Night...
The 37th Thesis

Applying social media in health care isn’t
just inevitable: it’s the right thing to do in
the interest of patients.
What’s Next?
Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media
 • Mission: Lead the social media
  revolution in health care, contributing
  to health and well being for people
  everywhere
   − Grow social media use by Mayo Clinic
   − Create resources for use at Mayo Clinic
     that can be shared with organizations
     wanting to use social media in health
     and health care
http://socialmedia.mayoclinic.org/
A word from our medical director,
      Victor Montori, M.D.
Social Media Health Network
• Membership group associated with
 Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media
• Open to organizations and individuals
 wanting to use social media to improve
 health and health care
• Dues based on organization revenues
• Industry members, but no industry
 grant funding
What do you get?
• Access to resources to speed your
 organization’s adoption of social media
  − Curriculum/Training materials
  − Guidelines/Policies/Job Descriptions
  − Technical services and support
• Free and discounted conferences,
 webinars, member meetings
• Community, blogging platform options
• Member site for sharing, learning
Services for Patients/Consumers

• Medical/Health Literacy
• Social Media Literacy
• User-rated patient support group directory
• User-rated library of health/medical videos
Charter Members
• Mayo Clinic
• Bon Secours Health System
• Inova Health System
• Mission Health System
• Radboud University Nijmegen Medical
 Centre
• Swedish Medical Center
For Further Interaction:
• Google Lee Aase or SMUG U
• @LeeAase on Twitter (or keep chatting
 at #MCCSM)
• aase.lee@mayo.edu

VSHMPR Fall Conference

  • 1.
    Bringing the SocialMedia Revolution to Health Care Lee Aase (@LeeAase) Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media #VSHMPR October 15, 2010
  • 2.
    Agenda: An Introductionto Why Social Media Tools are: • Immensely powerful • Consistent with your organization’s values (or should be) • Practical and useful in health care • Free (or ridiculously inexpensive) • and...
  • 4.
    Disclaimers • These results not typical • Use as directed • Read and follow label directions • Side effects may include vertigo, watery eyes, crackberry thumb and iPhone application addiction • Social media tools are an essential part of a balanced communications diet • If insufficient media coverage persists, consult your communications doctor • Batteries not included • Some assembly required • Your mileage may vary
  • 5.
    Six Magic Words and Four Reasons Why They’re True for You
  • 7.
  • 10.
    About Lee Aase(@LeeAase) • B.S. Political Science • 14 years in politics and government at local, state, national levels • Mayo Clinic since April 2000 − Media relations consultant − Manager since 2004 − Media Relations/Research Comm − Syndication and Social Media
  • 15.
    2009 Brand PreferenceSummary Healthcare Decision-Makers Aged 25+ Total Mayo Clinic 13 5.4 18.4% AMC 1 4 2.5 6.6% AMC 2 2 1.5 4.8% AMC 3 2 1.4 3.4% AMC 4 2 1.1 2.8% AMC 5 1 1.3 2.3% AMC 6 2 0.8 2.3% 1st Mention 2009 US Consumer Brand Monitor, n=3336 Add'l Mention
  • 16.
    Intro to SocialMedia Tools Blogs RSS Podcasts Social Networks Skype YouTube Wikis Twitter Slideshare uStream
  • 17.
    Blogs • Just aneasy-to-publish Web site that allows comments • Blogs in Plain English - Lee LeFever • You read them all the time without even knowing it
  • 18.
    RSS = ReallySimple Syndication • Lets you easily track dozens of blogs or other Web sites without surfing • Truly opt-in “email” • RSS “baked in” to IE 7, Safari • Google Reader a free Web option
  • 19.
    Podcasts • TiVo forAudio (and now video) • Don’t need an iPod to use • Series of segments to which you can subscribe via RSS • iTunes free for PC or Mac • Create your own FREE podcast (listed in iTunes) through SMUG
  • 20.
  • 21.
    Wikis • Collaborative editingtools • Wikipedia the most famous • 2.9 million articles in English • Definitive stories quickly on − 35W Bridge Collapse − Virginia Tech shooting
  • 23.
  • 24.
    YouTube • World’s secondlargest search engine • Google bought for $1.65 Billion • “The world has voted, and we want to watch videos on YouTube.” - Andy Sernovitz, SocialMedia.org
  • 25.
    A Story fromTwitter
  • 27.
  • 29.
  • 44.
    Thesis #1: Airwas the original social medium
  • 49.
    Mayo Clinic andWord of Mouth • 91 percent of patients surveyed say they have said “good things” to an average of 40 people after a Mayo visit • 85 percent say they recommended Mayo to a friend − Advised an average of 16 to come − 5 actually came
  • 50.
    Sources of InformationInfluencing Preference for Mayo Clinic Word of mouth 84 Stories in the media 57 MD recommendation 44 Advertising 27 Internet/Websites 26 Personal experience 24 Mailings to home 18 0 20 40 60 80 100
  • 51.
    #2: Electronic toolsmerely facilitate broader, more efficient transmission by overcoming inertia and friction
  • 53.
    #4: Social mediaare the third millennium’s defining communications trend
  • 55.
    Gutenberg: Global MassLiteracy Zuckerberg: Global Mass Publishing
  • 57.
    #7: Hand-wringing about meritsand dangers of social media is as productive as debating gravity.
  • 58.
    What else dopatients know about you?  Copyright 2009, Health Grades, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  • 60.
    If you thinkblocking is a viable long-term option...
  • 63.
    Health Care Corollary: UseCommon Sense and Keep it Professional
  • 65.
    Basic Social MediaGuidelines for Health Care Professionals • If you don’t have a pre-existing, real-life friendship with patients, don’t create one on Facebook • If you do create Facebook friendship with patients, do it with a purpose • Apply the “Front Page” test to your online postings
  • 66.
    #10: Social mediastrategies can’t compensate for an inferior offering or bad service
  • 67.
    United Breaks GuitarsBreaks United
  • 69.
    The Octogenarian IdolStory • Alerted to interesting video of elderly couple playing piano in Gonda atrium • Video shot by another patient and uploaded to YouTube by her daughter • Video had been seen 1,005 times in six preceding months since upload • Embedded in Sharing Mayo Clinic, posted to Facebook, Tweeted on 4/7/09
  • 70.
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  • 72.
  • 73.
  • 76.
  • 77.
  • 78.
  • 80.
  • 81.
  • 82.
  • 83.
  • 84.
    May 26, 2009:Live in Studio Good Morning America
  • 87.
    Results to Date •More than 7 million views on YouTube • >1.4 million views on Sharing Mayo Clinic • From 200 views/month to 5,000 views/hour • National TV coverage in U.S. and Japan
  • 88.
    #17: Social mediaare free in any ordinary sense of the word (or at least ridiculously inexpensive)
  • 91.
    Total Cost forMayo Clinic Facebook, YouTube and Twitter $0.00
  • 93.
    In the EuropeanUnion, based on current exchange rates: €0,00
  • 94.
    MSRP for HDVideo Camera $149.99
  • 95.
    What’s wrong withthis picture?
  • 97.
  • 98.
  • 99.
  • 100.
    Yearly Cost fora Customized Blog $75.00
  • 101.
    #18: As Iapproaches zero, ROI approaches infinity
  • 104.
    #19: MacGyver isthe model for social media success
  • 105.
  • 106.
    Mayo Clinic MedicalEdge News Media Syndications
  • 107.
    First Foray inNew Media • Existing Medical Edge radio mp3s • Launched Sept. ‘05; Downloads up 8,217 percent Oct. vs. Aug.
  • 108.
    Step 2: More,Longer Podcasts
  • 111.
    The most harmfulTV show in U.S History? • Married with Children? • Baywatch? • The Survivor series? • The A-Team?
  • 114.
    “Kids will takea chance. If they don’t know, they’ll have a go.” -- Sir Ken Robinson, TED 2006
  • 115.
    #29: Your kidsaren’t smarter than you are. They’re just not afraid to look dumb.
  • 116.
    #33: Social mediawill decrease diffusion time for research and innovations
  • 117.
    Discovery by RichardBerger, M.D., Ph.D. Ulnotriquetral (UT) Ligament Split Tear
  • 118.
  • 123.
    USA Today Nov 12,2009 3031031-7
  • 125.
    Last Friday 3031031-9
  • 126.
    Less than 24hours after my initial appointment, I not only had a new diagnosis - a UT split tear - but had surgery to correct the problem. As I write this, my right arm is in a festive green, but otherwise annoying cast. The short-term hassle, however, should be more than worth the long-term gain - the potential for a future without chronic wrist pain. A future, that without Twitter and those in the medical community willing to experiment with new communications tools, might not exist for me. 3031031-10
  • 128.
  • 130.
    The 37th Thesis Applyingsocial media in health care isn’t just inevitable: it’s the right thing to do in the interest of patients.
  • 131.
  • 132.
    Mayo Clinic Centerfor Social Media • Mission: Lead the social media revolution in health care, contributing to health and well being for people everywhere − Grow social media use by Mayo Clinic − Create resources for use at Mayo Clinic that can be shared with organizations wanting to use social media in health and health care
  • 133.
  • 134.
    A word fromour medical director, Victor Montori, M.D.
  • 135.
    Social Media HealthNetwork • Membership group associated with Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media • Open to organizations and individuals wanting to use social media to improve health and health care • Dues based on organization revenues • Industry members, but no industry grant funding
  • 136.
    What do youget? • Access to resources to speed your organization’s adoption of social media − Curriculum/Training materials − Guidelines/Policies/Job Descriptions − Technical services and support • Free and discounted conferences, webinars, member meetings • Community, blogging platform options • Member site for sharing, learning
  • 137.
    Services for Patients/Consumers •Medical/Health Literacy • Social Media Literacy • User-rated patient support group directory • User-rated library of health/medical videos
  • 139.
    Charter Members • MayoClinic • Bon Secours Health System • Inova Health System • Mission Health System • Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre • Swedish Medical Center
  • 140.
    For Further Interaction: •Google Lee Aase or SMUG U • @LeeAase on Twitter (or keep chatting at #MCCSM) • aase.lee@mayo.edu