Is Social Media in Healthcare a Necessary Risk?

Social Media & Medicine

Why Social Media is Important:

In Sum, over 60% (37% of all U.S. Adults) are actively using social media & digital medicine to supplement traditional health resources and activities
Over 500 hospitals currently use YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Blogging for physician education and patient collaboration

Just a few areas we urge our clients to consider:

What are the HIPAA guidelines around social media tactics like blogging,microblogging, social bookmarking and other online engagement tools?
What legal issues should cause concern with implementing a social media policy?
What social media tools and platforms are most effective to help your program reach your goals?
How do these programs impact physicians, nurses, clinician colleagues,office staff and consultants.
Providing resources for backup and protection of data, hardware and software

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Additional Information

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June 15, 2011

October 11, 2010

Clarian Health People Mover Monitoring System:
Issue: Clarian's People Mover train nearly always ran on time, but passengers didn't know it.
Improved Clinical Engineering in a Large Integrated Multi-Hospital System:
Issue: In any healthcare setting, it’s critical that all clinical (diagnostic and therapeutic) equipment works properly and is safe.
Creating an Eclipsys Community of Excellence:
Issue: Multiple hospital systems within Ascension Health were using similar electronic medical record (EMR) systems such as Eclipsys.

Cardiology PACS Implementation:
Working to implement a multi-hospital, vendor neutral Cardiology PACS solution. CoreTech was engaged as the lead project management resource to work on the project from the beginning.

da Vanci Robot:
New and improved technology is being developed every day. It seems almost impossible to keep up with the latest gadgets and devices with the most up-to-date features that you just have to have. Every aspect of the world, from business to recreation, is being affected by the latest and greatest technology we have to offer. So what do these advancements have to offer the medical field? In this article I would like to focus on one device which sparked my interest, the Da Vinci Surgical Robot which is provided by Intuitive Surgical. It looks about like what you have pictured in your head: a giant robotic octopus with mechanical arms that are controlled by a surgeon. However, its capabilities are tremendous! The Da Vinci robot is an entire system, from the robotic arms performing the surgery to the surgeon’s controls directing the orchestra of devices. This system provides a third viable option for surgery besides the typical open surgery and laparoscopic surgery.