Social Media Guidelines for Medical Professionals: Summary June 2, 2012
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In the past few weeks, some amazing articles, reports and videos have been published focusing on the social media guidelines for medical professionals. At the end of last year, we crowdsourced an open access social media guide for and about pharma. I thought I would publish a summary of the most important thoughts and articles dedicated to this subject.
- Guiding Principles for Physician Use of Social Media my Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media
- A 12-Word Social Media Policy
Having noted this, among the most common concerns that seem to limit participation are those regarding professionalism. So let’s make this as easy as possible, with 12 words to light your way:
- Don’t Lie, Don’t Pry
- Don’t Cheat, Can’t Delete
- Don’t Steal, Don’t Reveal
- Doctors warned not to use social media with patients
- When it comes to doctors and social media, hospitals fail miserably
Interacting with the computers without mouse but with hand in the OR May 29, 2012
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Imagine how many problems could be solved by not using non-sterile computer mouse in the OR or in any medical rooms. I just found Leap Motion, an amazing interactive mouse-less control device. I want this!
Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements.
Social Media Revolution (parody): Video May 29, 2012
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Do you remember the recent video featuring some staggering statistics about social media? Well, here is the parody.
Farris Timimi: The Role of Social Media in Healthcare May 25, 2012
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Farris Timimi, MD is an amazing leader in the social healthcare space, also he is a cardiologist and Medical Director of Mayo Clinic’s Center for Social Media. In this short video he says very important things about social media and medicine. One example:
“If we can trust doctors with scalpels and lives, we can trust them with Twitter or Facebook”
“This [social media] is not an addition to your job, this is a part of your job!”
iDoo, Your Personal Mobile Trainer is Looking for Beta Testers! May 23, 2012
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iDoo that I came across at the recent Smartmobil conference aims to become a mobilized personal trainer who even measures your performance. In order to reach this goal, the developers are looking for beta testers. It looks great and I hope a lot of people will sign up through the link below.
iDoo gives you the flexibility to perform the perfect training, anywhere, anytime. The app is based on a patent pending algorithm that uses several sensors of the smartphone to compare the movement of the user with the perfect motion desired by the exercise. The app features several exercises, targeting different muscles and body parts.
We are looking for testers to try out the first 15 warm-up exercises! Apply for the test following the link here, and be among the first users to try this revolutionary fitness app ever.
Next Stop: Paris! May 22, 2012
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Just like last year, I’m a keynote speaker again at the upcoming Doctors 2.0 and You, the event of the year in the medicine 2.0/health 2.0 space. This year, I will come up with a brand new topic.
On Wednesday, I will be the moderator in the session about big data in healthcare.
And on Thursday, I will speak about how crowdsourcing helped my way through medical school as a real geek.
Here is a great summary about what’s coming up in Paris. Until my keynote is published online, here is my speech from last year when I talked about the favorite social media tools of a physician.
See you in Paris!
The Story of Send by Google May 18, 2012
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Do you know what happens when you click on send e-mail? Here is the answer:
Win the new book about Randy Pausch here! May 17, 2012
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Are you ready for a great give-away contest? The first commenter who tells me at which institute Pausch was a professor wins the book Dream New Dreams.
In Dream New Dreams, Jai Pausch shares her own story for the first time: her emotional journey from wife and mother to full-time caregiver, shuttling between her three young children and Randy’s bedside as he sought treatment far from home; and then to widow and single parent, fighting to preserve a sense of stability for her family, while coping with her own grief and the challenges of running a household without a partner.
And here is his last lecture before dying of the complications of pancreatic cancer just to remind everyone what a great person he was:
Teaching Older Physicians About Social Media May 11, 2012
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Yesterday, I gave a talk at the Congress of the National Society of Cardiology and the president of the Society had some interesting questions after my talk. Basically, I presented many ways and examples of medical professionals using social media in an efficient and safe way. He asked me about what he should do now as a 55 years old physician. Is there a way he could learn about social media?
And luckily, there is a great way to help him get through the most important aspects of social media from the physician’s perspective.
The Social MEDia Course, a free online course with 16 Prezi.com formatted presentations, badges and tests. I hope he will enjoy it.
He also noted that he doesn’t have hours a day to use the internet, as he thought that’s comes with using social media. I told him he could save hours a week by using a few social media resources to keep himself up-to-date, interact with colleagues and crowdsource. So using it saves time and efforts!
Like this:
Social Media Data on Video May 11, 2012
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Here is a recent compilatin of data and facts you should know about social media:
(Hat Tip: Life in the Fast Lane)
