Presentation given at the eHealth Summit: Scaling up eHealth Innovations for Inclusive Health during the Philippine National Science & Technology Week, 28 July 2015 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia.
Mental Health for physiotherapy and other health students
Social Media and Healthcare
1. Social Media & Healthcare
Iris Thiele Isip Tan MD, MSc
@endocrine_witch
Chief, University of the Philippines Medical Informatics Unit
Professor, University of the Philippines College of Medicine
eHealth Summit
SMX, 28 Jul 2015
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6. Hashtag
Used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet
Created organically by Twitter users as a
way to categorize messages
- Twitter Help Center
#
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7. #HealthXPH: A Series of Fortunate Events
How it began ...
www.endocrine-witch.net
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9. It’s a collaborative effort
of healthcare stakeholders -
healthcare professionals,
institutions, academe, patients
and policy makers.
What is #HealthXPH
@bonedoc
www.remomd.comHands 2 by Eastop
http://www.freeimages.com/photo/1434811
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10. It will discuss, use and continually push
the boundaries of social media and
other emerging technologies in healthcare to
impact the Philippine healthcare landscape.
What is #HealthXPH?
@bonedoc
www.remomd.com
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11. It encourages collaboration and application
of emerging technologies to
improve delivery of healthcare.
What is
#HealthXPH?
@bonedoc
www.remomd.com
App Sketching by Johan Larsson,
https://flic.kr/p/dHLKPt
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12. What is #HealthXPH?
@bonedoc
www.remomd.com
It is open and free.
It aims to educate all healthcare stakeholders.
Image credit:
“Holding hands” by sbekulator http://www.sxc.hu/photo/835200
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13. Social media is going to impact
Philippine healthcare. #HealthXPH
wants to make it a positive one.
What is
#HealthXPH?
@bonedoc
www.remomd.com
Paparazzi by Shena Tschofen,
https://flic.kr/p/bEjPKP
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14. What is
#HealthXPH?
@bonedoc
www.remomd.com
Social media and other emerging technology is
making it easier for patients to access their
healthcare professionals, institutions and policy
makers. #HealthXPh will give insights on
how to effectively manage this upsurge.
Paparazzi by Shena Tschofen,
https://flic.kr/p/bEjPKP
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15. Social media opens new possibilities
to participatory medicine
practice in the Philippines.
#HealthXPH is taking advantage of that.
What is
#HealthXPH?
@bonedoc
www.remomd.com
Doctors with patient, 1999 by Seattle Municipal Archives
https://flic.kr/p/7bEsuE
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16. #HealthXPh Discussing Emerging Technologies
that Impact Philippine Healthcare
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HealthXPh/
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17. Tweet chat
Pre-arranged chat through tweets
that include a predefined hashtag
to link those tweets together
in a virtual conversation
- Susan Gunelius
http://weblogs.about.com/od/twitterfaqs/f/TwitterFAQTweetChat.htm Multiple Tweets Plain by mkhmarketing
https://flic.kr/p/dVaqmj
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26. Impressions
No. of tweets/participant x
no. of followers that
participant currently has;
added up for all participants Multiple Tweets Plain by mkhmarketing
https://flic.kr/p/dVaqmj
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44. McMahon KL. Power and Pitfalls of Social Media in
Diabetes Care. Diabetes Spectrum Nov 2013;26(4):232-5.
HCPs, social media
& patient care
Ignore Like me
Build
empire
Evaluate
& refer
Patient
education
& support
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47. By OpenStax College [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
What’s an
endocrinologist?
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57. “As opposed to the doctor-centric, curative
model of the past, the future is going to be
patient-centric and proactive.”
Elias A. Zerhouni MD, NIH Director
Dec 2007
Image by JD Hancock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/4100030094/
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59. Search
the Internet for
health information,
I can. Yes, hmmm.
Image credit
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” by JD Hancock,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/5813423429/in/set-72157626898819900
~80% find the health
information they need
Pew Internet & American Life Project
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60. Existing content in the WWW does
not meet the content needs of
underserved communities.
Lazaras & Mora (2000). Online content for low income
and underserved Americans: the digital divide’s new frontier.
Image credit
“I fought the lawn ... and the lawn won.” by JD Hancock,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/3521006248/in/set-72157618524893239/
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61. Local-oriented content
Accessible to those with low literacy
Information in multiple languages
Information created by the
underserved communities
Lazaras & Mora (2000). Online content for low income
and underserved Americans: the digital divide’s new frontier.
Image credit
“I fought the lawn ... and the lawn won.” by JD Hancock,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/3521006248/in/set-72157618524893239/
More ...
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62. Image credit
“Career-limiting move” by JD Hancock,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/3591682866/in/set-72157626809398652
Do we have an obligation for protective
action to improve quality and
support safety of social networks?
Weitzman et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2011;18:292-297
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66. Twitter Content Categories
Dann S. First Monday 2010; 15(12)
Conversational
Query
Referral
Action
Response
Phatic
Greeting
Fourth wall
Broadcast
Unclassifiable
News
Headlines
Sport
Event
Weather
Pass
along
RT
UGC
Endorsement
Status
Personal
Temporal
Location
Mechanical
Physical
Work
Automated
Activity
Spam
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