Video and communications expert Drew Keller spoke this afternoon at the 6th Annual Health Care Social Media Summit at the Mayo Clinic. He described the experience of working with doctors and suggested that they have two modes of communication: private and professional. In private, and with patients, they have natural, easy ways of using language, expression, and ... Continue Reading about Doctors and the Private-Professional Divide
Repurposing Content | What’s Old is New Again
Those of us who write things for public consumption all face the same challenge: what do we do with it after it’s published? Once something hits the information stream it passes along from public view never to be seen again. Thus the importance of repurposing content. But it can be repurposed. Today at The Mayo Clinc Center for Social Media Residency, Meredith ... Continue Reading about Repurposing Content | What’s Old is New Again
Announcing edX Medicine in the Digital Age
In 2012, the Medical Futures Lab offered Medicine in the Age of Networked Intelligence, a powerful 50,000 foot view of medicine and its radical disruption. The course was huge success and drew the attention of the social health community well beyond the confines of Rice University and the Texas Medical Center. I was thrilled to co-teach and co-create this course ... Continue Reading about Announcing edX Medicine in the Digital Age
Low Platelets: I’ve Got Friends with Low Platelets
If you’ve ever Googled, 'Why does my stool look like BBQ sauce?’ then you may want to check out this latest production from ZdoggMD, I've Got Friends with Low Platelets. Here the plight of the thrombocytopenic e-patient is played out in a brilliant Garth Brooks parody. Acoustic guitar complete with spleen percussion. This may be ZDogg’s best stuff to ... Continue Reading about Low Platelets: I’ve Got Friends with Low Platelets
Medicine X | Ed – A New Conversation in Medical Education
I’ve been fortunate enough to attend Stanford Medicine X over the past 4 years. Each year I’m surrounded by the most remarkable people and ideas. And each year I think: What are we doing to bring these ideas to medical students? I think we’re closer. A natural evolution into medical education This weekend marked the announcement of the Medicine X | Ed 2015, a ... Continue Reading about Medicine X | Ed – A New Conversation in Medical Education
App Crowdsources Assistance for Arrest Victims
If you need evidence that social networks can save lives, have a look at PulsePoint, a crowdsourcing app for connecting cardiac arrest victims with assistance. As reported in Re/code this morning, PulsePoint’s free app connects to local 911 call centers and alerts users when there is someone nearby in need of CPR. PulsePoint users get an alert the same time as ... Continue Reading about App Crowdsources Assistance for Arrest Victims