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Social media: What role for the community-based cardiologist?

Feb 14, 2012 10:25 EST


With clinical practice—and life!—exerting ever-increasing demands on the cardiologist, is there time and is it worth becoming involved in social media? Physicians are often portrayed as Luddites, but does this truly explain a common reticence to adopt new social media?

What are your thoughts on the role of social media in cardiology practice?

To view Dr Bilazarian's presentation on social media and healthcare, click here.

See:

Talking about a (healthcare) revolution: The digital age ushers in precision medicine





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Social media: What role for the community-based cardiologist?
# 1 of 3
February 16, 2012 03:57 (EST)
b patterson

Bring it on. Tell your handlers we'd like to hear more about this.  Personally I now consider my EMR to be indispensible.  I'm not sure that means it has paid for itself even though like you we have collected for PQRI and plan to do so for MU.  But I don't see how facebook, twitter, or other social media can play any useful role in my practice.  I have paraticipated in both by the way. They seem basically like toys for people with too much time on their hands.  If you've discovered otherwise I'd like to hear about it.
# 2 of 3
February 17, 2012 12:55 (EST)
cynthia

OMG, (as one says online) ....  you have HANDLERS !!  That means you are a celebrity! LOL

all kidding aside, you gave an excellent overview of social media for your fellow physicians. Thank you. I am forwarding the link to some colleagues.  (I am not a doctor myself but am involved with communications in healthcare and other fields.)
# 3 of 3
February 19, 2012 07:21 (EST)
fbj
Dr. Blilazrian just remember social media's  only purpose from your prespective is to give out three things on the web 1. Information 2.Direction 3. Assiatance or the IDA princple. I hope that helps you and your handlers. LOL

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About Dr Seth Bilazarian
Seth Bilazarian MD has been a Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist at Pentucket Medical Associates in Massachusetts since 1993. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, Vascular Ultrasound, Interventional Cardiology, and Vascular and Endovascular Medicine.

Dr Bilazarian performs coronary and peripheral interventions at Lahey Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been an investigator in the interventional laboratory for new devices including drug-eluting stents, distal protection devices, imaging devices (OCT and InfraRed), and anticoagulant pharmacotherapy.

Dr Bilazarian is an active participant in clinical trials in congestive heart failure, hypertension, coronary disease prevention, prediabetes management, anemia, atrial fibrillation, and anticoagulation/antiplatelet therapies in the outpatient setting. He has authored numerous papers and book chapters in clinical cardiology. He was appointed as a physician advisor to the circulatory device panel of the FDA in 2008.
About this blog
My intent is to create a forum for dialogue on issues pertinent to private practice cardiology around topics such as:

  • Integration of new data and guidelines on inpatient and outpatient practice in clinical and interventional cardiology
  • Practice approaches to the extra clinical issues in dealing with managed care insurers
  • Strategies for navigating the restrictions of pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) on pharmacologic therapies for our patients
  • Experiences with restrictions on testing and imaging
The video blog (VLOG) will provide an opportunity to share broadly different approaches to the common conundrums we face in caring for patients. My hope is that this forum will provide useful data points for practice outside of tertiary and academic centers and a look inside community hospitals and physician?s practice patterns in the office, starting with mine.