These perspectives define his unique social media journey, and his story has brought audiences to their feet.
Kevin shares his story nationwide with both clinicians and non-clinicians, and regularly keynotes major conferences.
Kevin built the KevinMD platform from scratch in 2004. It now receives over 3 million monthly page views, and exceeds 250,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter. Kevin was named the web’s top social media influencer in health care and medicine. The New York Times called KevinMD “a highly-coveted publishing place for doctors and patients.” Forbes called KevinMD a “must-read health blog.” And CNN named @KevinMD one of its five recommended Twitter health feeds.
Kevin’s signature keynote, “Connect and be heard: Make a difference in heath care with social media,” takes your audience through Kevin’s social media journey since 2004. With video, audio, and an emphasis on storytelling, he inspires audiences to use social media and be health care influencers in the following ways:
Strengthen the doctor-patient relationship
Make your voice heard in the health reform conversation
These perspectives define his unique social media journey, and his story has brought audiences to their feet.
Kevin shares his story nationwide with both clinicians and non-clinicians, and regularly keynotes major conferences.
Kevin built the KevinMD platform from scratch in 2004. It now receives over 3 million monthly page views, and exceeds 250,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter. Kevin was named the web’s top social media influencer in health care and medicine. The New York Times called KevinMD “a highly-coveted publishing place for doctors and patients.” Forbes called KevinMD a “must-read health blog.” And CNN named @KevinMD one of its five recommended Twitter health feeds.
Kevin’s signature keynote, “Connect and be heard: Make a difference in heath care with social media,” takes your audience through Kevin’s social media journey since 2004. With video, audio, and an emphasis on storytelling, he inspires audiences to use social media and be health care influencers in the following ways:
Strengthen the doctor-patient relationship
Make your voice heard in the health reform conversation
It is truly unfortunate that Daniel Neides used his platform, and the reputation of a world-renowned institution like the Cleveland Clinic, to propagate fake health news. In this case, he fails to dispel the false connection between vaccines and autism: “Make 2017 the year to avoid toxins (good luck) and master your domain: Words on Wellness.”
As director and chief operating officer of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute, Dr. Neides …
A huge thank you for your continuing readership in 2016. I sincerely appreciate the vibrant KevinMD community, driven by your readership, contributions, and conversations.
KevinMD is about to enter its 13th year as the leading platform for the voice of the health care professional. I look forward to another great year.
I had the pleasure of addressing the AMA Medical Student Section today in a keynote. As I told them: To make a difference, you need to start with passion. There was no shortage of that from what I saw during the morning assembly.
Here is a short interview I did on Periscope shortly after the keynote. Enjoy.
I did a quick take on Facebook Live, imploring doctors and patients that they need to be on the same side. We want to same thing: Better care for patients. Neither can change health care by themselves. If we truly want to make a difference, doctors and …
So what’s the best way to establish that public presence? Create content online using social media, of course.
Two of the best ways is to write articles on blogs and create videos on YouTube. These pieces of social media will contribute to your digital footprint, and likely will be found if patients Google you. If the content …
Vox’s Julia Belluz wrote a nice article explaining why doctors overprescribe antibiotics. She essentially gives two reasons: doctors unsure of the diagnosis want to be “safe,” and patient demand.
But there’s a third reason that’s an extension of demand: patient satisfaction.
More patients have to take time off work to see their clinician, only to spend a few minutes in the exam room. Those who take that inconvenience likely won’t want a lecture on …
Did you hear about that recent, groundbreaking study on defensive medicine? Probably not. The sites where I regularly read health policy news — Vox, the Incidental Economist, and the Upshot, for instance — all failed to mention it. (Correct me if I’m wrong.)
Published in the British Medical Journal, researchers found that doctors who charged more, presumably by ordering more tests, were sued less often: “In six … specialties, a greater use of …
The health care landscape is evolving, such that more information is becoming transparent. Seven out of ten internet users use the web to look for health information, but sometimes the information that they’re reading online isn’t always the most reliable. Read more…
During my social media journey, I’ve gathered a few anecdotes that I’d like to share with you. The first story is an internal medicine physician in Las Vegas, Zubin Damania. You may have heard of him, because he’s also known as Read more…
Patients have more avenues than ever to express themselves online, whether it’s through a physician rating site or through social media. It’s inevitable that every single doctor eventually will be faced with criticism on the web, so you need to know what to do …
It’s important for physicians to monitor their online presence because more patients than ever are researching their doctors on the web, and negative news stories or negative patient reviews can be a part of your online presence and you want to know when …
