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About @MakalaArce (Johnson)
• Luther College graduate
• Mayo Clinic Public Affairs intern (Jan 2010)
• Employee #1 of Mayo Clinic Center for Social
Media (now Mayo Clinic Social Media Network)
• Communications Associate, Specialist, Senior
Specialist
• Married June 4, 2016 (saved 3 characters on
Twitter handle)
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It’s not just about Mayo…
• Mayo Clinic Social Media Network:
– Organizations using social media to promote health, fight
disease & improve healthcare
• SocialMedia.MayoClinic.org
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Lesson #2: Social media is inevitable.
If you don’t create your online
presence, someone else will or maybe
already has.
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Case #3: The case of the shrinking
attention span epidemic
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Case #3: The case of the shrinking
attention span epidemic (continued)
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Unique Myelofibrosis Cases
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Lesson #3: Best practices are only
guides. Not all videos are intended to
go viral.
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Case #6: The case of the new
procedure (continued)
“As I write this, my right arm is in a
festive green, but otherwise annoying
cast. The short-term hassle, however,
should be more than worth the long-
term gain - the potential for a future
without chronic wrist pain. A future, that
without Twitter and those in the medical
community willing to experiment with
new communications tools, might not
exist for me.”
As you can imagine, some people don’t think social media and medicine should ever go in the same line, but I want to challenge that notion, or if I may be so bold, to disprove it.
The obligatory slide
Ever since the days of Drs. Will and Charlie Mayo…
We view social media as word of mouth, which Mayo Clinic has been built on for 150 yrs.
Mission: improve health and well-being of patients everywhere
Established – 2010
Not just marketing.
Apply social tools in all shields, and both Internal and External communications.
We want to provide reliable healthcare information in an environment of sometimes questionable information saturation.
Don’t accept Facebook friend requests from patients.
There are cases where people were about to be hired but a social media post changed the employer’s mind.
Don’t say: “Hate it when patients can’t handle a simple blood draw.”
Social media residency, social media certification
What I plan to do is introduce a scenario and then explain the lesson we learned.
Syndicated News Media Resources - Existing Medical Edge radio mp3s
Featured on front page for about 3 weeks
Launched 2005; downloads up 8,217% in 2 months
Longer podcasts - Previously left on the cutting room floor
What others say about you is going to outweigh what you don’t say about yourself.
And if we don’t, we’re vulnerable to whatever others say about us.
Unique Myelofibrosis cases
If it’s on a rare disease or condition, people are willing to watch longer videos.
We need to meet the needs of our patients.
Can create lists. – Spanish, work, family
Can create lists. – Spanish, work, family
First of all, you should occasionally conduct a Google search of your name.
Openclipart.org
Case Study: Dr. Berger’s Discovery of UT Ligament Split Tear
Case Study: Dr. Berger’s Discovery of UT Ligament Split Tear
Case Study: Dr. Berger’s Discovery of UT Ligament Split Tear
Case Study: Dr. Berger’s Discovery of UT Ligament Split Tear
If we knew this information, what would we do differently?
Not true A/B test in screenshots; 2 different examples
Lesson: Medical illustration over general consumer image (kleenexes)
As of Sept, 2015, out of all our 2015 organic Facebook posts (over 1,000), this post ranked 114th for engagements, but 2nd for clicks! Over 27,000 people clicked on the link!
The morale of this story isn’t that more people have finger nail concerns than you would think, but rather, that looking at engagements isn’t enough. Don’t forget about the clicks.
We need to understand our objectives and make sure the metrics address those.
Know the benefits:
Build personal brand and establish expertise
Read breaking news
Connect with others with similar interests
Improving the patient experience and practice efficiency.