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FierceHealthcare.com- If you’ve got it, flaunt it. That’s the message from fiercehealthcare on patient satisfaction scores. Instead of simply looking at 3rdparty patient satisfaction measurement as a hurdle to cross for reimbursement, many organizations are using these scores as marketing tools. Hospitals in California, Minnesota, and elsewhere are posting HCAHPS data on Facebook, Twitter and [...]

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QUESTION: There is so much talk about patient-centered care now that the issue often feels less like a movement than a collective talking point. We asked some of our favorite bloggers, entrepreneurs, clinicians and thought leaders where they saw the line between rhetoric and action. We will feature their answers all week. Dr. Kevin Pho [...]

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Permanente Journal- Noted blogger Ted Eytan, MD has co-authored an article laying out the costs and benefits for hospitals to enter the social media fray. The scholarly piece is methodical if a bit obvious to frequent readers of blogs like his and ours. In short, hospitals that engage patients via social media greatly raise their [...]

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Hospital Impact—A great piece by Nancy Cawley Jean examines the hospitals making best use of social media tools. Not long ago, only a few organizations such as Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic were actively using social media sites. Now, that picture is dramatically changed. Jean cites the popular Found in Cache blog that chronicles social [...]

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Health Populi- Recently the American Medical Association released a set of recommendations for its members regarding social media. The recommendations are common-sense stuff like ‘protect privacy,’ ‘be aware that this can impact your reputation,’ and ‘maintain boundaries with patients.’ Jane Sarasohn-Kahn at the Health Populi blog did a great job of breaking down the recommendations [...]

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Here’s a great new infographic from Path of the Blue Eye and the blog Cool Infographics.

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Dr. Jennifer Shine Dyer thought she was pushing the envelope when she moved her practice from fax to email communication. Then her patients told her, “email is for old people.” Dr. Dyer’s story of reaching teenage diabetics through a little creativity and a lot of Facebook and Twitter is an inspired look at the future [...]

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