Social Media at work

I've been spending more time networking lately, and have been thinking about the use of social media sites. I've written a little about it here before, but the topic is far from exhausted.

One of the blogs I follow, Candid CIO, just posted a piece on Ministry's new policy regarding social media at work. Like everything thing else in the workplace, you'd like to think that a policy isn't necessary if everyone is working with the best interest of the institution at heart. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case. I'm sure Will had to work hard to get the policy they have, and it will certainly need to evolve over time.

A web developer buddy has a pretty strong Twitter presence, but he's paying someone to do it for him. The new UK basketball coach, John Calipari, clearly has a professional web site, tweets, blog, facebook, etc. It's overwhelming, yet an interesting way to access information.

It really is a process of building a persona, whether you're an SEC basketball coach, a healthcare CIO, or just a college student.

Time for me to go update my facebook page...

Low Hanging Fruit

The articles that always get me are ones that focus on getting the software RIGHT. If it works, and you follow up to get the information out of it, it can be a really great thing. If the software looks like programmers thought it up, it won't get the adoption it needs to be useful (or meaningful).

If you subscribe to the Archives of Internal Medicine, you can see the original. Otherwise, enjoy the abstract pointed to above.

With EMR system notifications, just as with email, you can't send a missive to a group and hope that one of them decides to act. All recipients, especially if they are busy doctors, will assume that someone else will do the responding.

The real lesson, post-implementation, be sure to circle back and see what is really being used and how effectively.