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Tag Archives: Patients
Seeing Care Through Our Patients’ Eyes
Dr. Thor Sundt, a Mayo Clinic cardiovascular surgeon, gave a great presentation about a video project our cardiac surgery division did, in which they followed a patient and his family with a video camera through their entire experience. I hope to post some excerpts from his talk in an update, but for now would invite [...]
Posted in Health Care, New Media, video Also tagged Cardiac Surgery, Health Care, patient safety, patient satisfaction Leave a comment
Patient Voice in Health Care
Today I’m participating in an event for patients, family members and health care professionals at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. It’s called “The Voice of the Patient in Harmony with Care: Safety Through Patient and Provider Partnerships.” My presentation, which I’m giving at 9:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., is entitled, “The Internet and Partnership Communication Opportunities [...]
Posted in Conferences, Facebook, Health Care, Social Media Also tagged Facebook, Health Care, Long QT, Mayo Clinic, Medicine, Organ Donation, Social Media, Transplant, Yahoo, YouTube Leave a comment
Facebook 302: Facebook for Medical Support Groups
Sites like CarePages and CaringBridge have been developed to meet important needs for hospitalized patients and their families and friends. But Facebook, as a powerful general-purpose social networking site, may prove to be an even more useful alternative to these dedicated patient communication sites. I will start by describing the very real needs CarePages and [...]
Posted in Facebook, Health Care Also tagged CarePages, CaringBridge, closed group, Facebook, Families, Hospitals, secret group, Social Media, socialmedia, video, Video sharing, Web Video, YouTube Leave a comment
e-Patient Connections