Ruth Carlos, MD - Engaging Patients on Twitter

Get Social Health with Janet Kennedy

Today on Get Social Health my guest is Dr. Ruth Carlos. She's the Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, as well as a professor of radiology at the University of Michigan. In 2016 she led a team of researchers to win the Stanford Medicine X / Symplur Signals "Everyone Included Research Challenge." We'll talk about her work getting patients engaged in healthcare via social media on Get Social Health.

Listen to the podcast or drop in at the time stamps below:

01:13 Introduction

02:53 Patient access

03:57 Patient comprehension of said access 05:24 Medicine X Challenge 06:52 Diving head first into Twitter chat 07:38 Twitter focus 08:54 Hey scientists! Use Twitter! 10:59 Curating Twitter 12:12 Medicine X Team, Assemble! 15:55 How we Medicine X'ed 16:40 Democracy of social media 18:26 What do you do with this information? 19:34 Social Media and Patient Education 21:51 Exciting publication 23:14 Patient-centered care, an annual event? 24:08 Layman accessibility 24:37 Patient engagement and perspective 26:32 Appreciation for accessibility 28:16 Personal academia 29:26 Machine learning in 2018 30:21 End 31:10 Social Media Tip - Mandi Bishop 31:54 Closing Find Dr. Ruth Carlos online:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

The Winning Team:

• C Matthew Hawkins MD - @MattHawkinsMD
• Edith Mitchell MD - @EdithMitchellMD
• Andrea Borondy Kitts, Patient advocate - @findlungcancer
• Bruce Hillman MD, Editor in chief of jacr - @BruceJHillmanMD