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Tag: social media healthcare

  • What is #HealthXPh?

    #HealthXPh is a  collaborative effort  by healthcare stakeholders (e.g. healthcare professionals, healthcare institutions, academe patients, policy makers)  to discuss and use, emerging technologies in social media and healthcare to positively impact the Philippine health landscape.

    How will you change healthcare tru social media?
    How will you change healthcare tru social media?

    While social media has been in the Philippines for quite sometime, collaboration between various healthcare stakeholders is a new thing for most of us. The following statements are what #HealthXPh could be.

      • It’s a collaborative effort of healthcare stakeholders- healthcare professionals, institutions, academe, patients and policy makers.
      • It will discuss, use and continually push the boundaries of social media and other emerging technologies in healthcare to impact the Philippine health landscape.
      • It aims to educate all the healthcare stakeholders.
      • It encourages collaboration and application of emerging technologies to improve delivery of  healthcare.
      • It is open and free to all the stakeholders.
      • Social media is going to impact Philippine healthcare. #HealthXPh want to make it a positive one.
      • Social media opens new possibilities to participatory medicine practice in the Philippines. #HealthXPh is taking advantage of that.
      • Social media and other emerging technology is making it easier for patients to access their healthcare professionals, institutions and policy makers. #HealthXPh will give insights on how to effectively manage this upsurge.

    What is not #HealthXPh?

      • It will not be a clinic online.
      • It will not replace the doctor-patients interactions inside a clinic.
      • It will not treat patients.
      • It will not pass judgement or bias on any healthcare issue but will maintain a healthy, lively discussions to educate.
      • It will not undermine authority, nor attack stakeholders to promote issues.
      • It will not jeopardize the doctor-patient privileges.

    These statements are still proposals and are subject to the discussions on #HealthXPh community. I highly encourage healthcare stakeholders  to participate in the discussions at #HealthXPh on Google Plus. We will be live online on Google Hangout starting this January 2014. An introductory Google Hang Out on Air for core panelist will happen on December 28, 2013 Saturday 10 AM.

    (Photo credits to@amanda_lyons at www.visualsforchange.com )

  • Get ready for #HealthXPh Discussing Emerging Technologies as it Impacts Philippine Health care

    Not long ago, a group of Filipino physicians ventured into blogging and made available to the public,  their personal thoughts on almost every conceivable topic. The now defunct Blog Rounds gave us a sneak peek at the human side of being a physician. A few continued  and some concentrated on engaging the public to address issues that affect health care in the Philippines. Some readers gave feedback that these blogs help shape their health views and decision making process . 

    Blogging is an example of social media platforms that engages readers to act (or not act) on issues like health policies and laws. It is an example of emerging technology that impact public health because of its widespread use, accessibility and varying of  levels of engagement. Other social media platforms that more popular these days are twitter, facebook, instagram, pinterest and Google+.

    Despite being branded as the “social media capital of the world”, the Philippines plays catch up globally  in adapting to these emerging technologies.  With a social media presence, it is not uncommon nowadays to get health queries from Google empowered patients, both in the clinics and online. Yes, there are some movers and pushers, but most Filipino physicians remained lukewarm. Email and sms has been here for awhile and even these emerging technologies needed more push to be maximally used as a tool to enhance physician practice and patient engagement in the Philippines.

    Why?

    That’s one question we will try to answer in the upcoming #HealthXPh– a Google Hangout on Air. #HealthXPh  is like a mini TV show, broadcast online – Google + Hangout and Youtube, with all the participants discussing physician and patient engagement to effect change in Philippine health care.

    healthxPH2A core of panelist , experts on their fields and the pushers and movers of  emerging technologies are assigned to discussed predetermined topics that impact the Philippine health landscape.

    This will be a collaborative effort between healthcare leaders or experts and patients, and staged by social media mavens, to engage the public on health issues. Pionering core panelist include:

    How can you join? 

    • Follow us on twitter and FB with hashtags #HealtheXPh and join this Google+ community.
    • Be a physician or patient panelist on chosen topics. We have lined up interesting topics on emerging technologies (like social media) as well as medically inclined/patient engaging topics that will impact Philippine health care . Just join the community and we will approach you once we’ve determined you are a maven on the topic.
    • Be the interactive audience. Add us and tweet/chat/hang questions on the hangout!
    • Be a partner. Help us realize this online engagement! You can volunteer technical help (on Google Hangout, tweetchat, crowdsourced data management and site development).

    The first #HealthXPh Google+ Hangout on Air will be on December 28, 2013 at 10 AM PST. Discussions will run on introductions (first),  how to go about this mini TV show-the technical side of it and the laying down of collaborative framework and topics for #HealthXPh.

    Remember this is not a one time event. The community will grow and broadcast topics until there are speakers who will talk on relevant topics! We will roll out the schedule once we fix it and you can choose which Hangout topic you want to join.