SII Learning Series - Social Media and Health care

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 - Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Supporting Innovation and Improvement (SII) Learning Series

Category Applications/Coaching of Quality Improvement – Patients as Partners

Title: Social Media and Health care

Presenter: Graeme Drew, Senior Communications Manager with ImpactBC

Description:

The purpose of this online session is to share and exchange information about what social media is and how it may be applied to improve and transform health care.  The one-hour webinar will also explore the challenges and opportunities for those using or planning to use social media tools as part of their communication and is intended to spark useful dialogue about this popular and controversial topic.

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Social Media and Health Care Webinar

This one-hour webinar was hosted by Graeme Drew, Senior Communications Manager of ImpactBC to explore challenges and opportunities for applying social media to improve health care in British Columbia. The webinar included brief presentations by the eHealth Strategy Office of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and the Public Affairs Bureau of the Government of British Columbia.

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Social Media and Health Care

These reference slides were used in the Jan 12/11 webinar hosted by ImpactBC as part of their Supporting Innovation & Improvement (SII) Learning Series.

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Link to MoHS Social Media Guidelines

This seven page document titled Guidelines for Conducting Citizen Engagement, Specific to Social Media  is one part of the provincial government’s Citizens @ the Centre: BC Government 2.0 initiative.

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Social Media Toolkit - CDC

This excellent 55 page document produced in August 2010 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov) provides information for novice and advanced users of social media working in health care.

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Online database of social media policies

This online database of social media governance documents is an excellent reference tool for health care organizations (and others) to develop policies and guidelines for the use of social media. The site was created by Chris Boudreaux, an executive with Conversean (www.converseon.com) headquartered in New York.

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UBC eHealth Strategy Office

This page explains the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine’s eHealth Strategy Office and its mandate of purpose driven e-health.