I’ve just updated the hospital social media lists for the provinces of BC, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.   If you know of any others to add, please let me know. Both Eastern Health and Western Health in Newfoundland look like they’ve only just added their Twitter accounts. Why not send them a welcome (@EasternHealthNL, @WesternHealthNL). [...]
The viral video. The holy grail of social media. We all hope that when we put videos on YouTube they get watched. Here is a great little story of one organization whose success far exceeded their expectations. The McGill Dances for Cancer Research is toe-tapping good fun. If you haven’t seen it yet, it is [...]
Physicians from within and outside Canada, health communicators and media, patient advocates and even, briefly, Ontario health minister Deb Matthews participated in the pre-arranged one hour debate on Wednesday, May 30 using the 140-character microblogging site Twitter and a prearranged virtual meeting spot (#hcsmca).
Recently, physicians in urban centers joining in protest against proposed cuts in health coverage to refugees. Many physicians have already been joining the discussion on twitter using the #refugeehealth hashtag. And more than 5,000 people have already signed this on-line petition. But how else can physicians use social media to amplify their voice in this advocacy issue?
Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion at an Invest Ottawa lunch with CMA’s Pat Rich, Quinte Pediatrics Dr. Dempsey, and B-sharp’s Michael Martineau. Pat Rich, irreverent as always, spouted off the top five reasons why your doctor is probably not using social media. I loved the list for its [...]
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