Posted on April 11th, 2013 by Lee Aase
In the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, our goal is not to do all of the social media at Mayo Clinic, but to provide guidance and assistance so others can use these tools effectively for health-related purposes. We particularly want to help our Mayo Clinic staff bring their ideas to fruition, so that’s why [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2013 by Lee Aase
Farris Timimi, M.D., the medical director for the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, recently was interviewed for a feature about social media on TheHeart.org. Dr. Timimi discussed why physicians should be engaged in social media and answered some common objections. Click the image below to watch the interview:
Posted on February 11th, 2013 by Lee Aase
When Mayo Clinic launched our Center for Social Media in 2010, one of our first acts was to create an External Advisory Board for the Center and for the Social Media Health Network to bring in thought leaders from other institutions and industries, as well as patient representatives, to help us develop our programs. We [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2013 by Lee Aase
As of this morning we have reached capacity for our Feb. 6-7 Social Media Residency in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will not be able to accept further registrations. We have cohorts scheduled to meet in Rochester, Minn. Apr. 15-16 and in Jacksonville, Fla. June 13-14. The Social Media Residency provides training for Mayo Clinic employees, but [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2013 by Lee Aase
All employees of organizational members of the Social Media Health Network automatically are upgraded to Member accounts the network site by validating their email address. This will give them full access to Mayo Clinic’s online social media training resources, including the soon-to-be-released online version of our Social Media Residency. Member organizations also receive these additional benefits: [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2013 by Lee Aase
In the coming week you will see the beginnings of our plan to integrate the content currently on the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media site (a.k.a. the Blue site) and this Social Media Health Network (the Green site). The Blue site has heretofore been our open site, available to anyone in the world who [...]