Making the Business Case for Social Media in Healthcare

Posted on August 8th, 2011 by Admin

The Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media is collaborating with Modern Healthcare to produce a special event this month as part of the magazine's webinar series.

On Thursday, August 25, 2011 we will produce a live webinar called Making the Business Case for Social Media in Healthcare: Mayo Clinic Shares Real World Applications to Improve Patient Care and Demonstrate ROI.

For those looking for a good introduction to social media and its application in healthcare -- and how to make the case for social media in your organization -- this webinar should be extremely helpful.

Shirley Weis, Mayo Clinic's Chief Administrative Officer, will describe her support for creation of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media and the important role she sees social media playing for Mayo Clinic.
I will be moderating the session and providing some examples from our Mayo Clinic experience, and will also describe our Social Media Health Network and the role it is playing in helping health-related organizations apply social tools.
We will be joined by two members of our Center for Social Media Advisory Board. Dr. Christian Sinclair, a palliative care specialist, will discuss why as a physician he believes being involved in social media is the right thing to do. Why it's good business. And Chris Boyer, senior manager for digital communications at Inova Health System, will tackle the ROI question: Why is it good business for healthcare providers to participate in social platforms?

For more information or to register for the webinar, which is $249, go to the overview page on ModernHealthcare.com. Webinar participants can save $200 on registration for the Social Media Summit to be held at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. in October. If they decide to join the Social Media Health Network, they also can save $200 on that membership, too.

Current Social Media Health Network members save $190 on the webinar registration; go to this post on the Network site for the $59 member discounted registration link.

For more information on how your organization can be part of the Social Media Health Network, see the Joining page.

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