It’s been a while since I’ve done a Twitter roundup, so I figured why not do one today. Plus, there’s been some interesting announcements from social media companies that could impact healthcare that might be worth highlighting. So, here we go. A few tweets that caught our attention along with a little bit of commentary on each.
The only way I'm ever engaging with an anonymous account on here again is if you SuperFollow me. ???https://t.co/PpUQaGvXVq
— Lisa Bari ? (@lisabari) February 25, 2021
Ok, this was a little bit of a snarky way to share that Twitter now has paid Super Follows, but they also announced that they’re going to have groups. There aren’t many details on each, but Super Follows looks like a way for those with large followings to charge their followers for tweets or other unique engagement opportunities. It’s similar to what Patreon has proven to be successful, but on Twitter. The Twitter groups is going to be interesting to watch. It might be an easy way to follow a bunch of people that are interested in a topic you’re interested in. We’ll have to see how it works.
what could possibly go wrong https://t.co/RhLQi8teEV
— Amy Bucher (@amybphd) February 25, 2021
This has been a controversial topic ever since Google Glass came out and people saw how augmented reality could be interesting. Obviously, lots of privacy questions around this though that I think Facebook will need to answer. Although, many healthcare groups either haven’t gotten answers from Facebook in the past or they didn’t like the answer.
BIG NEWS! Our amazing all-volunteer team had reached a milestone: 250 appointments booked for eligible #Massachusetts residents, 80 just today despite an even more broken #COVIDvaccine scheduling system. Our small contribution to #VaccineEquity!
Here are just a few testimonials❣️ pic.twitter.com/jZqzpMLMaP— Massachusetts COVID Vaccine Help (@macovidvaxhelp) February 25, 2021
This is kind of a feel good story that sadly shouldn’t be needed. It’s great to see people helping seniors that aren’t tech savvy get a COVID vaccination appointment. It’s also sad that the systems are so poor that they need this kind of help.
Yet another reminder of the lack of reliable data interchange in health. My Ortho provider (Epic) gave me a paper document to take to my PCP (Epic) because, "we can fax it but the providers don't always receive the faxes."
— Jan Oldenburg (@janoldenburg) February 25, 2021
Stories like this is why it’s hard to read other stories about Epic’s Care Everywhere sharing hundreds of millions of records. Read the full thread for a lot more commentary on the situation, but needless to say we still have work to do on both healthcare interoperability and care coordination.
