Our friend from Nijmegen, @lucienengelen, presents an infographic prepared by one of his colleagues about the use of social media in hospitals, comparing the Netherlands, the UK, and the US. Tom van de Belt did this by crawling through the websites of hospitals in the same way an interested patient might do so. Here's an excerpt showing the relative use of Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter:
No surprise on my part with this result. US hospitals tend to be slower on the uptake of such tools. Indeed, some even block the use of social media on their hospital servers!
No surprise on my part with this result. US hospitals tend to be slower on the uptake of such tools. Indeed, some even block the use of social media on their hospital servers!