Building An Evidence Base: The Impact of Professional Networks on Healthcare...
As someone who has spent the past few years drumming up interest for the rigorous study of social networks and social learning technology in healthcare, this recent manuscript by Cunningham et al. is...
View ArticleDeconstructing Your Social Network
My latest column was recently published by Medical Meetings. See here: Deconstructing Your Social Network. In the column I introduce two simple views of my social network and begin to deconstruct how...
View ArticleLANDMARK STUDY: Variation in Physician Networks Across the US
About 4 years ago I started to ask questions about the ways that social networks and social learning might be used to understand and support healthcare quality. The reality is that, at least in the US,...
View ArticleThe real value of networks lies within the community
There is great value in learning about the science of social networks. As you might imagine, I believe that there is not a single facet of our lives that is not impacted by our social graph. But the...
View Article“Bringing the Social Media #Revolution to Healthcare” – A Book Review
Summary: There is little doubt that the Mayo team and their guest essayists have compiled an invaluable book about social media in healthcare. From the 100-year-old, opening quote of the Foreward, the...
View Article#HCSM Review Call for Submissions
We’re hosting HealthCare Social Media Review here next week, and our theme is: “Building Evidence for a Future of Open and Connected Healthcare.” My premise is simple: Patients need other patients for...
View ArticleIreland stakes its claim as a hotbed of healthcare innovation – #DOTMED...
It was an absolute thrill to kick off the inaugural #dotmed conference this past Friday. I was joined by nearly a dozen speakers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs from around Ireland and around the world...
View ArticleWhat is the evidence that supports the emerging #HCSM revolution?
I just received some great news from the editors at the Journal Of Medical Informatics Research: “.@BrianSMcGowan Your paper is actually the most viewed paper of the year – second most tweeted – it...
View Article#HCSM Review 33: Social Media and Rapid Learning in Healthcare
For nearly a decade there have been some great efforts made to support the idea of a ‘rapid-learning healthcare system.’ This is a term and an idea that predates social media, but it is an idea that is...
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