I was part of the Engage with Grace blog rally last year and I’m excited to participate again. Engage With Grace is a movement designed to help advance the conversation about the end-of-life experience. It began with a simple idea: Create a tool to get people talking. Their tool is a slide with five questions designed to initiate dialog about our end-of-life ... Continue Reading about Engage With Grace – Again
Should Doctors Tweet Between Patients?
Sometimes I have downtime in clinic and I peek in on Twitter. Is this a problem? It’s an interesting question because I think there are considerations for physicians and other health professionals. Let me say first of that the needs of my kids (in my home and in my clinic) are always met before my communication needs. Professional calls (barring ... Continue Reading about Should Doctors Tweet Between Patients?
Why Social Media for Doctors Makes Perfect Sense
Last week I wrote Why Social Media for Doctors Doesn’t Make Sense. Some read it and understood that my intent was to explain the challenges of physician social adoption. Others took the title and echoed about “the doctor who doesn’t get it.” Funny, funny people. Honestly there are some sad truths buried in that little post – it’s a little painful to read. So ... Continue Reading about Why Social Media for Doctors Makes Perfect Sense
Why Social Media for Doctors Doesn’t Make Sense
When I discuss social media with physicians they often giggle and look confused. It’s as if none of it makes sense. And probably for good reason. Doctors have changed. A generation ago doctors were dependent upon relationships for success. Pediatricians, for example, were dependent upon obstetricians for new babies. Medical societies allowed pediatricians to ... Continue Reading about Why Social Media for Doctors Doesn’t Make Sense
Should Children’s Hospitals Compete in Social Media?
I participated in an interview last week for an upcoming publication. As the interview wound down, the dialog downshifted into small talk that included, among other things, hospital blogs. The interviewer (who had recently been exploring the blogging community) asked me what I thought about Thrive’s (Boston Children’s Hospital blog) recent birthday nod to Seattle ... Continue Reading about Should Children’s Hospitals Compete in Social Media?
Social Media for Doctors – On 30 Minutes a Day
Yes, I know. The title conjures up images of schmaltzy business self-help books with happy stock photo models adorning the cover. But this idea doesn’t need a book, just a few hundred words. I haven’t met a doctor who didn’t have concerns about the time commitment that social media potentially demands. So I tell doctors that they need a social media budget. ... Continue Reading about Social Media for Doctors – On 30 Minutes a Day