This presentation is the full version of one I'm delivering several times in September 2009, and is posted here for reference. It's updated with some of our latest Mayo Clinic social media activities.
1. Social Media in Health Care: The
Mayo Clinic Experience and
Perspective
Lee Aase
Manager, Syndication and Social Media
Mayo Clinic
September 2009
2. Agenda
• Preliminaries and Introductions
• Social media and why you should care
• The MacGyver Mindset and Toolbox
• Mayo Clinic’s Experience
• A Particular Case Study
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3. About Lee Aase
• B.S. Political Science
• 14 years in politics and government at
local, state, national levels
• Mayo Clinic since April 2000
• Media relations consultant
• Manager since 2004
• Media Relations/Research Comm
• Syndication and Social Media
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5. Disclaimers
• These results not typical
• Use as directed
• Read and follow label directions
• Side effects may include vertigo, watery
eyes, crackberry thumb and iPhone
application addiction
• Social media tools are an essential part of a
balanced communications diet
• If insufficient media coverage persists,
consult your communications doctor
• Your mileage may vary
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11. Intro to Blogs
• Just an easy-to-publish Web site that
allows comments
• Blogs in Plain English - Lee LeFever
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12. RSS = Really Simple Syndication
• Lets you easily track dozens of blogs
or other Web sites without surfing
• Truly opt-in “email”
• RSS “baked in” to IE 7, Safari
• Google Reader a free Web option
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13. Podcasts
• TiVo for Audio (and now video)
• Don’t need an iPod to use
• Series of segments to which you can
subscribe via RSS
• iTunes free for PC or Mac
• Create your own FREE podcast
(listed in iTunes) through SMUG
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15. Wikis
• Collaborative editing tools
• Wikipedia the most famous
• 2.9 million articles in English
• Definitive stories quickly on
• 35W Bridge Collapse
• Virginia Tech shooting
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17. YouTube
• World’s second largest search engine
• Google bought for $1.65 Billion
• “The world has voted, and we want to
watch videos on YouTube.” - Andy
Sernovitz, SocialMedia.org
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19. Other Important Platforms
• Slideshare.net: YouTube for
PowerPoint and Keynote
• uStream.tv: Your own global
television channel
• Skype: Audio and Videoconferencing
• Mix and Match
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20. A Taste of Tweetcamp
• Understanding the Phenomenon
• Exploring Applications
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21. Twitter vs. Facebook
• Facebook is primarily for
strengthening existing connections
(or re-establishing former ones.) For
your friends.
• Twitter enables you to connect with
people who have common interests.
For the friends you don’t know yet.
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22. Twitter vs. Blogs
• Twitter is a micro-blogging platform.
• Limited length reduces writer’s/artist’s
block
• Blogs provide opportunity for more
thoughtful reflection and development
• Tweeting = great way to take notes
on a live event
• Blog = platform for review/synthesis
• Twitter = great for spreading word
about posts
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23. 5 Reasons Twitter Beats Email
• “Brevity is the soul of wit” - and of
Twitter
• No expectation to read and respond to
everything
• Conversations open and discoverable
• Direct messages can reach recipients
with priority
• Blocking or unfollowing punishes
abuses
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24. Twitter Hashtags
• Enable easy gathering, especially
around an event, such as:
• #hcsm
• Follow in search.twitter.com or log
into room on Tweetchat.com
• Create a hashtag simply by using it
in a tweet
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25. Twitter Etiquette
• Follow your interesting followers
• Following not = endorsement
• Auto d to new followers = Not Cool
• “Protecting” updates also = Not Cool
• Replying (@) = Cool
• Re-Tweet (RT) to credit sources, help
followers find interesting tweeters
also = Cool
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26. Making Twitter More Productive
• Desktop Applications
• Tweetdeck
• Twhirl
• Phone Applications
• Twittelator
• Tweetie
• Twitterific
• Various Web sites like HootSuite
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30. Twitter Case Study #2: “Tweetup”
in Baltimore
Me: Are you based in Baltimore?
Me: I’m going to be there Tuesday for this conference.
(asae.center.or/hcc) on a panel RU available late pm?
Me: I’m flying out Tues at 6:45 p.m. Any avail in the later
afternoon? I think my panel is done about 2:30
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42. Sources of Information Influencing
Preference for Mayo Clinic
Word of mouth 84
Stories in the media 57
MD recommendation 44
Advertising 27
Internet/Websites 26
Personal experience 24
Mailings to home 18
0 20 40 60 80 100
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50. Total Cost for Mayo Clinic
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
$0.00
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51. Key Tool: Flip Video Camera*
• Affordable for all campuses (and you)
• Recording interviews (with tripod)
improves existing processes
• Authenticity without writer’s cramp
• Provides potential blog resources
• Audio of full interview
• Video excerpts
• Limited group of video editors to
ease adoption, ensure quality
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52. Cost for a Standard Definition Flip
Video Camera
$150.00
HD available for an additional $80
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58. Complying with HIPAA
• Comments moderated to prevent privacy
breaches
• Patients can divulge own info in
comments
• When comments aren’t from patient,
de-identify
• Get HIPAA releases for special
comments or video we shoot and upload
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59. Benefits of Comment Threads
• Patient stories most popular on .org
• Outlet for grateful patients who want
to tell their stories
• Prompts patients to think about
sharing stories
• Alerts us to great stories we may
want to feature in publications,
Medical Edge, media pitches
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60. Where Sharing Mayo Clinic Fits
• News Blog - Breaking research news;
“Hard” news - Like U.S News, Time
• Podcast Blog - Evergreen “news you
can use” - Like Prevention
• Sharing Mayo Clinic - Features;
behind the scenes at Mayo Clinic,
and stories from patients in their own
words - Like People
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61. Other Blogs...
• Health Policy Center Blog
• Physician Update Blog - For referring
MDs but not limited to them
• Diversity in Education Blog
• Advancing the Science - Medical
science blog - our medical version of
Scientific American
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63. Old-Style Online Newsroom vs.
MacGyver Online Newsroom
• Web 1.0 Online Newsroom
• Typically purchased from a Vendor
• Costly - up to $10,000 + monthly fee
• Password-Protected Access
• “MacGyver” Online Newsroom
• DIY
• $45/year or $0.12/day
• Open to customers/patients/links
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64. Answers to Objections
• “But what about the cost in staff time
to maintain all of these social media
platforms? They’re not really that
cheap!”
• AT&T free phone service in 1969
• Pitney Bowes free fax machines
and supplies in 1989
• YouTube, Facebook and Twitter
free in 2009
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65. Stephen Covey’s “8th Habit”
Going beyond effectiveness to greatness
“Find your voice and inspire
others to find theirs”
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66. “8th Habit” Opportunity
I can go to any group, and I do it all the time, all over the world, and I
ask a simple question: “How many honestly believe that the vast
majority of the workforce in your organizations possess more talent,
more intelligence, more capability, more creativity, more resourcefulness
than their present jobs require or even allow them to use?” Literally,
almost everyone raises their hands…. Think of the loss of what we could
call “voice,” of people’s intelligence, capability, creativity. And yet I
can ask the next question: … “How many feel pressured to produce
more for less?” and you know what, the same amount of hands go up.
Now just put those two questions together: Here there’s this enormous
capability and talent and intelligence, and also this great pressure to
produce more for less, and they’re not able to even use it.
-- Stephen Covey
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69. Affirming our Employees
Dear staff,
This 4 minute video actually made me tear
up…the patients mentioning our Judd
Sessions, classes and pamphlets…in relation
to their satisfaction with their care. How
wonderful to hear.
The patient/family testimonials reminded me
how we are making a difference through patient
education in the lives of our patients/families.
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74. Two Case Studies of Mainstream
Media Facilitated by Social Media
• Wall Street Journal Health Blog
• Pitched via Facebook
• Previewed on News Blog
• Embedded from YouTube
• CBS Radio Network
• Flip audio downloaded from news
blog made national network air
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77. Healthline becomes Medical Edge
Weekend
• Host is Mayo Clinic M.D. with 20
years local radio experience
• Previous syndication not feasible
• 1999: Unlikely profitable
• 2008: $20K/month unavailable
• Opportunity for creative application
of social media tools
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78. The MacGyver Syndication Plan
• Production continues at KROC-AM
• Segments delivered to affiliates as
mp3 files for next week’s broadcast
• Topic for live production posted to
blog, promoted via Twitter
• Listen live through audio stream
from flagship station
• Podcasts posted 9 days later
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79. Official Launch Next Week
• Already a “win”: formerly local
program now internationally available
• Gradual growth is practical because
costs are nearly $0.00
• Unbridling a physician’s passion
• Significant new social media content
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82. Enhancing Distribution of
Patient-Generated Content
• Alerted to interesting video of elderly
couple playing piano in Gonda atrium
• Embedded in Sharing Mayo Clinic,
posted to Facebook, Tweeted on 4/7/09
• Video had been seen 1,005 times in six
preceding months since upload
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101. Results to Date
• More than 4.3 million views on YouTube
• More than 1.4 million views on Sharing
Mayo Clinic
• Before posting to Sharing Mayo Clinic:
1,000 views in six months
• After posting, Facebooking and
Tweeting: 5,000 views per hour
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102. Lessons
• Your mileage may vary, but...
• You’ll go a lot farther if you get a car.
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103. Summary
• Twitter, Facebook, YouTube: $0
• Sharing Mayo Clinic blog: $75
• Bringing joy to the world through
music: Priceless
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104. Immense Potential
• Marketing we couldn’t buy at any price
• 500,000 annual unique patients,
50,000 employees as ambassadors
• More efficient care delivery
• Patient support groups
• Chronic disease management
• Workplace Collaboration
• Free versions let you prove concept,
gauge readiness
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105. “I’m going to speak about
opportunities and vulnerabilities
interchangeably. If you capitalize
on something, it’s an opportunity.
If your competitor capitalizes on it,
it’s a vulnerability.”
- Alpheus Bingham
Innocentive
August 5, 2009
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109. Tips on Personal Steps to Explore
• Establish a permanent personal email
• Get profiles in Facebook, LinkedIn
• Get a Twitter account
• Get a Flip camera (or iPhone 3G S?)
• Create a personal YouTube account
• Start a personal Blog
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110. Visit Mayo Clinic Social Media Sites
• Follow, subscribe or “Fan”
• http://twitter.com/mayoclinic
• http://www.youtube.com/user/mayoclinic
• http://sharing.mayoclinic.org/
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mayo-
Clinic/7673082516
• Consider sharing your Mayo Clinic story
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111. Starter Steps for Organizations
• Claim your Twitter “handle”
• Create a Facebook “fan” page
• Create a YouTube channel
• For Extra Credit: If you have
organizational commitment, create a
multi-author blog
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