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ABSTRACT: Do Patients “Like” Good Care? Measuring Hospital Quality via Facebook

Abstract With the growth of Facebook, public health researchers are exploring the platform’s uses in health care. However, little research has examined the relationship between Facebook and traditional hospital quality measures. The authors conducted an exploratory quantitative analysis of hospitals’ Facebook pages to assess whether Facebook “Likes” were associated with hospital

Posted on 4 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Patient Education, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

ABSTRACT: Use of Social Media by Spanish Hospitals: Perceptions, Difficulties, and Success Factors. [Telemed J E Health. 2013] – PubMed – NCBI

Abstract Abstract This exploratory study has two aims: (1) to find out if and how social media (SM) applications are used by hospitals in Spain and (2) to assess hospital managers' perception of these applications in terms of their evaluation of them, reasons for use, success factors, and difficulties encountered during

Posted on 4 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

MANUSCRIPT: Fostering and Evaluating Reflective Capacity in Medical Education: Developing the REFLECT Rubric for Assessing Reflective Writing

Purpose Reflective writing (RW) curriculum initiatives to promote reflective capacity are proliferating within medical education. The authors developed a new evaluative tool that can be effectively applied to assess students’ reflective levels and assist with the process of providing individualized written feedback to guide reflective capacity promotion. http://bevwin.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/50335188/REFLECT rubric to assess reflective writing.pdf

Posted on 4 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

RESOURCE: 40 Useful Tips For Anyone Taking A MOOC

Once, students had to pay a pretty penny to get access to Ivy League courses and top-tier educational resources. Those days are long gone, as there are now thousands of free online learning opportunities available from some of the biggest names in education and business in the world.As these resources

Posted on 3 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Online Learning, Resources

RESOURCE: Informatics Professor: Implementing the Learning Healthcare System Can Be Facilitated Using the Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine

The enthusiasm for big data and for the use of analytics and business intelligence with that data is reaching a fevered pitch. I share that enthusiasm, but also know from both my clinical and my informatics experience that knowledge will not emanate just by turning on the data spigot from

Posted on 30 Jan 2013
By Joel Selzer
In Informatics & Analysis, Rapid Learning Healthcare System

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