social networks lead to innovation and healthcare quality

February 2013

#SocialQI:Simple Solutions for Improving Your Healthcare

Presented by:

Brian S. McGowan, PhD@briansmcgowan

www.SOCIALQI.com

Problem #1: Variation In Care

http://www.healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov/maps

Problem #2: Failure to Advance

Problem #3: Overload & Filter Failures

Problem #4: Lack of Information

“Despite recent improvement in timely publication, fewer than half of trials funded by NIH are published in a peer reviewed biomedical journal indexed by Medline within 30 months of trial completion. Moreover, after a median of 51 months after trial completion, a third of trials remained unpublished.”

Can the Study of Social Network Science Help Us Change Healthcare?

Social Network Science Shows How Behaviors Flow Through Networks

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa066082

Social Network Science Is Beginning to Be Employed Across Professional Networks

The impact of “networked weather”

The Question Remains:Do Social (Media) Networks Impact Innovation in Medicine?

February 2013

Physicians Believe Learning Through Social Media Improves Their Patient Care

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Using Social Media enables me toaccomplish job tasks more effectively

Using Social Media improvesmy job performance

Using Social Media increasesmy job productivity

Using Social Media enables meto care for patients more effectively

Using Social Media helps improvethe quality of my patient care

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http://www.jmir.org/2012/5/e117/

Data Suggests Innovation is Driven by Your Place Within Your Network

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23348089

Healthcare Quality is Driven by Social Network Structure

http://christakis.med.harvard.edu/pdf/publications/articles/128.pdf

February 2013

#SocialQI:Simple Solutions for Improving Your Healthcare

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