rocking the boat: the impact of social media on hta
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Supporting evidence-informed decision-making by producing and brokering HTAs is central to CADTH’s mandate. By taking advantage of the cost-effective tools such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and others, CADTH is using social media to support organizational objectives, including improved communications, transparency, patient engagement, dissemination, and knowledge mobilization. Presented by Dr. Janice Mann (@JustSayIt_MD) at HTAi 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Rocking the Boat
THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON HTA
HTAi 2014Monday, June 16th
DR. JANICE MANN
@JUSTSAYIT_MD
Twitter – The Basics
• Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging
service that enables users to send and read short 140-
character text messages, called "tweets”
• www.Twitter.com to sign-up
CADTH on Twitter
CADTH
@CADTH_ACMTS
An independent, not-for-profit organization providing evidence to support informed health care decisions.
Celebrating 25 yrs in 2014.
En français @ACMTS_CADTH
CADTH Twitter Facts
In the beginning:
• Joined Twitter December 2011
• Started actively tweeting January 2012 – focus on CADTH
Symposium
Now:
• Almost 3000 followers
• Sent > 2500 Tweets on CADTH Symposium, CADTH
projects/reports/tools, feedback opportunities, conferences
we’re attending and presenting at, nominations to CADTH
committees, answering questions,…
How CADTH Benefits from Twitter
• Being a part of the conversation
• Gives CADTH a “personality”
• Not just a “push” of CADTH content but interaction
• Reaching non-traditional audiences
• Increased engagement of key audiences: other HTA
producers, pharmacists, physicians, professional societies,
and patient groups
• Quickly identify trends, respond to customer needs,
disseminate evidence in a highly targeted manner, and
enhance connections
• Twitter a formal component of the CADTH Symposium for 3
years
Being a Part of Relevant Conversations
Using Twitter at Your Conference
• Strategy involves before/during/after components
• Sign up to Twitter (Organization, Exec, Staff)
• Choose a hashtag and advertise it
• Analytics by registering the conference hashtag at
www.symplur.com
• Display tweets
• Help signing up (live at booth and delegate bag card)
• Tweet-up
• Free WiFi
• After the event, thank those who tweeted, sponsors, venue
Other Social Media Efforts at CADTH
@CADTH_ACMTShttp://www.linkedin.com/company/canad
ian-agency-for-drugs-and-technologies-in-
health
http://www.youtube.com/user/CADTHACMTS http://www.slideshare.net/CADTH-ACMTS
HTA in the Twitter-sphere
A Sampling…
• @HAS_sante (Haute Autorité Santé – France)
• @NICEcomms (National Institute for Health and Care
Excellence)
• @ScHARRHEDS (ScHARRR at University of Sheffield)
• @iqwig (Institute for Quality & Efficiency in Health Care)
• @INESSS_Qc (Institut National d’excellence en santé et
en services sociaux)
• @icer_review (Institute for Clinical and Economic
Review)
• @HTAatIHE (Institute of Health Economics, Alberta)
Hashtags to Get Noticed
• #HTA
• #healtheconomics
• #cdnhealth
• #pharma
• #innovation
• #meddevice
• #KMb
• #ACA
• #Obamacare
• Many, many more…
Don’t Forget About: YouTube
Don’t Forget About: LinkedIn
Don’t Forget About: SlideShare