People Always, Patients Sometimes

Hosted ByJanet M. Kennedy

People Always, Patients Sometimes focuses on the challenges of empowering and engaging patients in the discovery and development of new treatments. The podcast is presented by Spencer Health Solutions, a leader in home-based healthcare technology.


All Episodes

Healthcare Social Media Tips

An end of year show calls for a “Greatest Hits” episode. Since all the Get Social Health guests were wonderful interviews, how could I pick a “best”? Therefore I...

Consolidating 80 Websites: Chris Boyer

In January of 2013, Chris Boyer accepted a massive challenge; join the North Shore LIJ Health System to create a unified digital presence. The challenge? There were at least...

Healthcare Innovation in Action

Innovation in healthcare – everybody’s talking about it but how do you do it? Today’s guest on Get Social Health, AJ Montpetit,  has a unique perspective because he works...

“Don’t be an Egg-Head” & other social media lessons

When faced with the challenge of encouraging more members of the Australian Private Hospitals Association to utilize social media, Marketing Director Lisa Ramshaw went right to the top –...

Building a Brand Journalism Team: Michael Yoder

It started with a desire to connect with people via social media and platforms like LinkedIn. As a result of his early adopter experience, Michael Yoder ended up at...

#HCSM Tweet Chat Founder Dana Lewis

Meet Dana Lewis, the founder of one of the most popular healthcare tweet chats, #HCSM. The Healthcare Communications Social Media Tweet-chat or “Hicksum” to those in the know (which...

Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media – Lee Aase

It is universally held that social media is inherently “social” but it does not always follow that social media is friendly too. In the case of Lee Aase, Director...

Patient Community Building in Hospitals

In the “olden days” – like 10 years ago, patients had to have their own support community when dealing with illness or injury. Families and friends, if available, were...

Content Strategy for Healthcare

Meet Ahava Leibtag – Content strategist, writer, website consultant. Ahava  is President of Aha Media Group. She has worked in healthcare digital consulting with clients such as Johns Hopkins...