Health Care Social Media Resource–Glossary

 

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20 Excellent Social Media Networking Resources for Health Professionals

1. AMA Policy: Professionalism in the Use of Social Media
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The Health Communicator’s Social Media Toolkit
3. Cleveland Clinic Social Media Policy
4. David Harlow, Esq. – HealthBlawg
5. Deloitte – Social Networks in Health Care: Communication, collaboration and insights
6. Healthworkscollective
7. Healthin30/Social Media | Social Networking
8. Found in Cache – Hospital Social Network List – Ed Bennett
9. IBM Social Computing Guidelines
10. Intel Social Media Guidelines
11. Kaiser Permanente Social Media Policy
12. KevinMD
13. Lee Aase
14. Mashable
15. Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media
16. New AMA Policy Helps Guide Physicians’ Use of Social Media
17. Pew Internet & American Life Project, August 26, 2011
18. Social Media Governance
19. Social Media Today
20. Web 2 0 Governance Policies and Best Practices

All of these websites offer guidelines for using socialmedia and setting a formal institutional policy