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Items tagged as "Social Media"
Mayo Clinic Releases Guideline Video for Workplace Social Media Use
Mayo Clinic has a new educational video to communicate our guidelines for appropriate employee use of social media and to encourage creative work-related application of social tools in health care. #SocialAtMayo – Social Media Guidelines for Mayo Clinic Employees is part of our orientation program for new hires and also will [...]
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Surveillance Scans Add Little To Detecting Relapse Of Aggressive Lymphoma
Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, according to a Mayo Clinic study.The overwhelming majority of patients with this aggressive lymphoma already have symptoms, an abnormal physical exam or an abnormal blood test at the time of relapse. Lead author Carrie Thompson, [...]
Created by Dana Sparks
Saving Lives by Reducing Surgical Site Infections
Mayo Clinic and six other U.S. health care systems avoided approximately 135 surgical site infections and saved more than $3.7 million dollars through an improvement project directed by the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons. Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major cause [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Patient Education Doesn't Stop in Doctor's Office
Today's patients are educating themselves far beyond traditional waiting room pamphlets. With social media, search engines and active disease communities, engaging with patients in the online space where they're searching for answers offers physicians a new way to educate their patients. During this week's Health Care Social Media Summit at Mayo Clinic, Kansas City pediatrician [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Revolutionizing Health Care with Social Media
Bringing the Social Media Revolution to Health Care is a new book to help health care professionals use social media tools for promoting health, fighting disease and improving health care. Introduced by the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media the book features essays by 30 industry thought leaders offering inspiration and encouragement to both [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Social Networking Could Help Solve Medical Mysteries (Medical Edge TV)
The chest pain experienced by one of the women you’re about to meet was much more than a difficult recovery after giving birth. She had a heart attack when a rare and deadly condition stopped blood flow to her heart. After sharing her experience with others through social networking sites, [...]
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