Part 1: Value of social media in healthcare is already outlined – just not ...

For whatever reason – whether it’s budget, time, buy-in or understanding – healthcare hasn’t fully embraced social media. But luckily the ePatient movement has already—perhaps unknowingly—done the grunt work and outlined the tenets of realizing social media’s value in healthcare. Patient engagement thought leaders, such as Dave deBronkart (@ePatientDave), have been indirectly driving home the values of optimal social media use for quite some time.In the following Perspectives by Fenton + TEDMED video, ePatientDave with commentary from James Merlino, Chief Experience Officer at the Cleveland Clinic, outline the “5 Es of the ePatient,” which parallel

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  1. HIMSS

    107.0 days ago

    Value of #socialmedia in #healthcare already outlined – just not realized http://t.co/1tCrEbr6 Lessons from @ePatientDave #HITsm

  2. Blausen Group

    107.0 days ago

    RT @HIMSS: Going to have a #socialmedia presence at #HIMSS13? http://t.co/A2Hg7wyB Keep these 5 Es in mind to make an impact. #HITsm

  3. Luis Saldana

    107.0 days ago

    RT @HIMSS: Value of #socialmedia in #healthcare already outlined – just not realized http://t.co/1tCrEbr6 Lessons from @ePatientDave #HITsm

  4. TEDMED

    107.0 days ago

    RT @tarynfortdoyle: Wish I thought of this. @TEDMED @HIMSS 5 Es of the ePatient http://t.co/KdV1r8Rk

  5. P. F. Anderson

    107.0 days ago

    RT @HIMSS: Value of #socialmedia in #healthcare already outlined – just not realized http://t.co/1tCrEbr6 Lessons from @ePatientDave #HITsm

  6. Gregg Masters

    107.0 days ago

    Going to have a #socialmedia presence at #HIMSS13? http://t.co/4rr1po4e Keep these 5 Es in mind to make an impact. via @HIMSS #HITsm

  7. rob halkes

    107.0 days ago

    RT @gaborgy: Value of social media in healthcare is already outlined – just not realized http://t.co/aVFVwwgK #hcsm #hcsmeu

  8. Leonard Kish

    107.0 days ago

    yes. RT @MichaelGaspar: @Healthmessaging But, fundamentally, tenets of #socialmedia & #patientengagement same. http://t.co/gxZNOi0W #hitsm

  9. Keith W. Boone

    107.0 days ago

    T*: Just found this post via @HIMSS featuring @ePatientDave relevant to much of what we've been talking about: http://t.co/bCJJMwvr #HITsm

  10. iHealthBeat.org

    107.0 days ago

    Value of social media in healthcare is already outlined – just not realized (via @HIMSS blog) | http://t.co/6gGgN53i #hcsm

  11. David Harlow

    107.0 days ago

    Value of #HCSM is already outlined – just not realized | @HIMSS Blog – http://t.co/nTB4BwkR ^ Nice bytes @epatientdave #s4pm

  12. Greg Matthews

    107.0 days ago

    What's it take to get over the goal line? Value of social media in healthcare is already outlined – just not realized http://t.co/aIDQPBy4



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