European Hospitals in Social Media October 23, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in eHealth, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Hospital, Web 2.0.trackback
We all know how valuable the work of Ed Bennett is. He is trying to describe how American hospitals are using social media. Just take a look at his statistics or his recent slideshow. But what about Europe? Lucien Engelen and his team have recently launched the European Hospitals blog.
On the blog, they publish data about how European hospitals are using or trying to use social media. My favourite example is Switzerland:
But here is a summary:
Follow their blog for more info on this important issue.
well that nobody is using hyves in switzerland is not surprising. it is only used by dutch people.
You can’t compare Switzerland to the US as most hospitals in Switzerland are public and are not out to make a profit.
Interesting stuff, Canada is also publicly funded, but there is some uptake of social media. Do either of you (Berci or Ed) have resources for Canada?
Rob