Social Media

Reference

Definitions derived from Wikipedia and HLWIKI International:
http://hlwiki.ca

Do you have one or more favourite social media resources youwould like to share with us?
Which links do you find in this page helpful to you and why?

Connect with us on Facebook or Twitter:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ehealthstrategy
Twitter: twitter.com/eHealthStrategy

Twitter:

@emergencyinfoBC – any emergency information in B.C. alerts, e.g. earthquakes, tsunami, will come out of this channel.
@PAHOWHO – global health news, more geared towards the Americas (mandate of PAHO).
@WHO – global health news
@Gillianshaw – our very own Vancouver Sun Tech writer with always interesting news.
#hcsm – Healthcare Communications and Social Media.
@juliaoftoronto – Julia Belluz
@picardonhealth – Andre Picard, the Globe and Mail’s health reporter, is a champion of public health and has a very active and engaging Twitter feed; never a dull moment with Andre.
@researchimpact – David Phipps/York Knowledge Mobilization Unit. David has a clear, uncluttered and yet inviting twitter feed; great for those interested in learning about knowledge mobilization!
@esacproject, #eSAC, @felipemejiaMV (Felipe Mejia Medina) – ESAC project. This group, connected to mobilizing eHealth in Latin America, is part of a research project that is linking the use of ICTs to health policy leaders and hosts regular Tweet Chats and distributes enormous content.

Apps:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Linkedin:

Crowdsourcing for Health Innovation
LinkedIn Groups – there are a number of professional groups that are just stellar in prompting the kind of depth of discussion and focus that you cannot get on other sites; for example, Design Thinking, Program Evaluation and Systems Thinking.

Web Resources:

PatientsLikeMe – www.patientslikeme.com
CureTogether – curetogether.com
Quantified Self – quantifiedself.com
Pain BC – www.facebook.com/PainBC
Healthwatch – www.healthwatch-uk.org
Bad Science – www.badscience.net, www.badscienceblogs.net
Science-Based Pharmacy – sciencebasedpharmacy.wordpress.com
ebm-first – www.ebm-first.com
Evidence Based Only – evidencebasedonly.blogspot.ca/2012/01/friends-of-science-in-medicine-fsm.html
The Canadian Association of Witch Doctors (CAWD) – witchdoctor.ca
The Quackometer – www.quackometer.net
White Coat, Black Art (CBC) – www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/white_coat_black_art
Hootsuite – www.hootsuite.com An invaluable tool for keeping track of lists and managing social media profiles.
Bottlenose – www.bottlenose.com A terrific complement to Hootsuite, this social media tracking program helps you to both discover social media tools and people, but also spot trends as they unfold.
Yoni Freedhoff – www.weightymatters.ca A bariatric surgeon from the University of Ottawa, Dr. Freedhoff shows just how far social media can go with promotion and communication on health issues, but particularly with regards to diet and obesity. He is on pretty much everything with regards to social media!
Reddit – www.reddit.com When topics get hot, they really get hot. Reddit is a great place for searching out ideas that go viral and learning what practitioners and non-professionals think about issues.
Julia Belluz – www2.macleans.ca/science-ish/ Editor for Maclean’s Science-ish blog, Julia is as up on what the current debates are in medicine and healthcare in Canada as anyone and has a lively and engaging Twitter feed and perhaps the best science and medicine blog anywhere.
Google + – plus.google.com When it works, it works really well. This is a far more visual and simple tool that has some remarkably good content on it.
David Phipps / York Knowledge Mobilization Unit – www.researchimpact.ca/blog/index.html David’s got a clear, uncluttered and yet inviting blog; great for those interested in learning about knowledge mobilization.
The Equity, Health and Human Development listserv – EquityListservInst (PDF) created by PAHO/WHO for public health professionals. The listserv disseminates selected, innovative, appropriate, integrated, evidence-based, scalable, interoperable and sustainable resources. It also represents a virtual space that supports and enhances contributions to improving the quality and access of health services leading to better health outcomes, particularly for underserved populations in developing countries.