Social Media and Health Care

This podcast is from the 2015 Carilion Children’s Pediatric Conference. In this podcast you will hear Dr. Alice Ackerman, chair of Pediatrics at Carilion Children's and Laura Sams, social media consultant for Carilion Clinic, discuss about how social media is impacting the health care industry and how providers, patients and parents are utilizing social media to connect and learn more about health conditions.

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From: Carilion Clinic

Related topics : social media and children's health / social media consultant / social media conference

Social Determinants of Health: Our Forgotten Children

This Social Media Project is based on Healthy People 2020's newly added Social Determinants in Health section meant to bring awareness about the ever increasing population of homeless youth and what we can do as a community to help decrease its prevalence.

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From: melanie ramboldt

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Using Social Media to Investigate Adolescent Health

Using Social Media to Investigate Adolescent Health

Air date: Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 3:00:00 PM

Runtime: 01:01:21

Description: Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series

Social media is widely used by adolescents, these technology allow opportunities for teens to display and describe health attitudes, intentions and behaviors. These new technologies provide an innovative means to investigate adolescent health. For the past 7 years, we have been investigating how adolescents choose to...

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From: nihvcast

Related topics : using social media / social media information

Can screen-time damage children's mental health?

Headcase (inmyheadcase.com) founder, Liz Fraser, discusses the potential mental health consequences for children of a lot of time spent on social media and playing computer games, with psychologist Donna Dawson.

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From: Headcase

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Social Media Video Series: Patients are there. Are you? (Part I)

The rapidly-evolving social networking and technology phenomenon offer opportunities to effectively communicate with patients, caregivers and health care organizations -- and are essential in creating online communities.

To help healthcare organizations prepare for their journey into the social realm, we launched a social media video series. These videos been developed to enhance your understanding of social media, and how best to leverage its growing popularity, specifically as it relates...

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From: Ontario Hospital Association

Related topics : healthcare organizations using social media / social media network sites / social media help / manage social media / social media plan

The Healthcare Social Media Evolution

Whether it's Facebook, Twitter, or a favorite blog, a growing number of families are using social media as their primary source for health and wellness information and advice. Akron Children's Hospital invites you to join the evolution!

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From: AkronChildrens

Related topics : social media and children's health / using social media / social media blogs

Webinar: Using Social Media to Amplify Outreach and Enrollment Efforts. Part Two (5/8/13)

Learn how social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc.) can be integrated into Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment activities organizations are implementing. Hands-on practical advice for engaging and growing social networks is offered and organizations effectively using social media tactics in their enrollment efforts share lessons learned.

Additional information available at: http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/professionals/outreach/strategies/.

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From: CMSHHSgov

Related topics : organizations that use social media effectively / organizations using social media / social media integration

Melania Trump Outlines Plan To Tackle Social Media Bullying | NBC News

Melania Trump says one of her main focuses as First Lady will be finding “better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children, especially in social media.”

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From: NBC News

Related topics : social media news / social media plan