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

Healthcare Hackathon for Caregivers

Caregivers of people with dementia face many challenges. To aid in problem solving for them, NCHICA, Northwest AHEC and Quintiles sponsored a healthcare hackathon on April 11-12, 2015. 00:00...

MediKidz – Super Heroes for Health Education

Dr. Kate Hersov was a Pediatrician with a problem that would take some Super Heroes to solve. She was working in New Zealand with children who had difficult health situations and no...

David Harlow IS @Healthblawg

David Harlow is a healthcare lawyer and well-know in healthcare social media circles with his blog and Twitter persona @healthblawg. He joined Get Social Health to talk about marketing...

Patients Like Me: Sally Okun

Patients Like Me is a health data-sharing platform that is transforming the way patients manage their own conditions. Sally Okun, VP Advocacy, Policy & Patient Safety at Patients Like Me visited...

Nurse Friendly Andrew Lopez

One of the most active nurses in social media is @NurseFriendly aka Andrew Lopez. As Nurse Friendly he truly lives up to his Twitter handle and supports an active...

NC Doctors Day – Thank Your Local MD

Pam Highsmith of the NC Medical Society Shares 2016 Plans for NC Doctors Day   National Doctors Day is an annual event held March 30th that celebrates local physicians....

Live Tweeting a Heart Transplant

Baylor Scott White Health in Dallas, Texas is a hospital with a strong specialty in transplant surgery. To bring attention to the need for organ donation, Digital Communications and...

Digital Health Mini-MBA: Reed Smith

Reed Smith is a leader in digital marketing for healthcare having been a Hospital Association Marketing Director, a Platinum Fellow in the Mayo Clinic Social Media Health Network and...

Humanizing Your Brand – UNC Healthcare

Jason Papagan is well-known in the healthcare marketing field as the Digital Marketing Director for the UNC Healthcare System. For those that know him, they know he is a...