Get Social Health

Hosted ByJanet Kennedy

The Podcast: Get Social Health is a podcast about social media and how it’s being used to help hospitals, medical practices, healthcare practitioners and patients connect and engage via social media. 

The Podcast: Get Social Health is a podcast about social media and how it’s being used to help hospitals, medical practices, healthcare practitioners and patients connect and engage via social media. Get Social Health presents conversations with professionals actively working in the field and provides real-life examples of healthcare social media in action.

As a career marketing and businesswoman, I have a strong appreciation of the power of social media. My goal is for Get Social Health to encourage healthcare systems and physician practices to enter social media and begin engaging with patients, community, and practitioners.

social media for healthcareDuring the podcast, guests share their backgrounds and business experience along with their social media expertise that will educate and illuminate. We discuss specific case studies, experiences, and best practice examples. Topics may include lessons learned and how to address specific social media topics like social media training, HIPAA awareness, negative feedback or emergency communications. Our goal is to present some specific actionable ideas and takeaways about the daily work being done.

Want to know more about me? I’ve been a guest on some other podcasts!

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The Healthcare IT Marketer Podcast with Jared Johnson

Podcasters Paradise Podcast with The Real Brian


All Episodes

The Public Physician – Dr. Bryan Vartabedian

Physician, author, digital thought-leader and educator, Dr. Bryan Vartabedian, is a pediatrician who embraces his role as “The Public Physician.” Known as @Doctor_V in Twitter, he joined Get Social...

Ogilvy Team on Social Media for Pharma

Developing and managing social media for pharma is probably the most complicated and challenging role in healthcare marketing. Regulations, rules and legal oversight can present roadblocks to a “spontaneous” communication...

Physician Reputation Management with PractImage

Everybody talks about physician reputation management in healthcare but there’s more to it than Googling your name. I spoke with Brandon Ives, the founder of PractImage, a service that...

Social Media for Medical Air Transport

Hospitals aren’t the only businesses impacted by changes in healthcare. Have you ever wondered how the medical air transport business works? On Get Social Health my guest Rich Obertots, CEO of...

Thrive 4-7: Teaching Wellness Skills

Do companies and corporations finally get the importance of wellness programs for their employees? Connie Mester is betting her startup on the idea that they are. She has taken...

Twitter Evangelist @AllergyKidsDoc

It’s always fun talking to another Twitter fan! Dr. David Stukus is a real Twitter evangelist, Tweeting under @AllergyKidsDoc, recruiting other physicians to the platform and demonstrating best practices....

Really Local Marketing with Tyson Downs

Have you ever thought about how your doctor or dentist finds new patients? For the vast majority of healthcare practitioners their goal is not to be an internationally known...

Physician Liaison Programs – Critical to Practice Growth

A shocking statistic – a specialty medical practice can depend on patient referrals for as much as 60% – 90% of their business. That makes an active, productive physician liaison...

Mayo Clinic’s New Social Media Summit

Lee Aase visited the Get Social Health podcast to talk about the new format for the Mayo Clinic’s Social Media Summit scheduled for June 15-16, 2015 in Rochester, MN....