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Part of the Diabetes Prescrip0on? Amy Tenderich DiabetesMine.com

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Part  of  the  Diabetes  Prescrip0on?  

Amy  Tenderich  DiabetesMine.com  

 

 Amy  Tenderich    Editor-­‐in-­‐Chief  of  DiabetesMine.com  www.diabetesmine.com  One  of  the  world’s  Top  20  Health  Blogs        Diabetes  advocate,  Book  author  

           @DiabetesMine                @AmyDBMine  

 

                       Facebook.com/DiabetesMine  

     

     

It’s  Everywhere!  

You  are  here:  

@AmDiabetesAssn  

#2015ADA    

Blogs  by  Individuals…  

The  Diabetes  Online  Community  (DOC)  

Constant  &  Growing  Usage    

•  790,000  on  DiabeWcConnect.com  (560K  likes  on  Facebook)  

•  #DSMA  Twi[er  Chat  (April  2014-­‐2015):  60,577  Tweets,  141  million  impressions*  

•  #IWishPeopleKnewThatDiabetes  day  (4/22):  6,000  Tweets,  12  million  impressions*  

*Stats  compiled  by  Christopher  Snider,  Tobesugarfree.com  

Professional  Blogs…  

   

     

   

   

     

   

   

     

   

     www.diabetesmine.com/testkitchen  www.diabetesmine.com/product-­‐reviews    

Advocacy!  

Opening  Up  New  Channels  

     

In  a  Nutshell,  We…  •  Connect  PWDs  and  affected  others,  online  and  off  

•  Share  real-­‐world  informaWon  •  Acknowledge  challenges,  vent,  commiserate  

• MoWvate  and  cheerlead  •  Ba[le  misconcepWons    •  Spread  awareness  •  Change  the  relaWonship  with  Pharma  and  providers  

OK,  But…    

• What  about  misinforma<on?  

•  Does  SM  improve  health  outcomes?  

• What  about  reaching  the  masses?  

 Self-­‐CorrecWon  is  Key  

 The  SM  world  is  self-­‐policing  …    

•   to  address  misinformaWon  •   to  idenWfy  and  reject  quackery  •   to  earn  respect  (from  medical  professionals)  

The  Credibility  Checklist  • Honest  disclosures  • Accessible  and  readable  privacy  policies  • Highly  rated  by  users  /  readers  • Voluntary  accreditaWons*    

 Codes  &  Badges  for    Ethical  PracWce  in  Social  Media  

h[p://www.rds4disclosure.org      

h[p://www.hon.ch/med.html  (Health  on  the  Net  FoundaWon)  

h[p://www.blogwithintegrity.com  

Is  There  Proof  (aka  Research)  Social  Media  Improves  Outcomes?    

Does  SM  engagement  help  PWDs:    •  Have  be[er  metabolic  control?  •  Experience  fewer  acute,  chronic  

complicaWons?  •  Experience  less  depression  and  more  

emoWonal  well-­‐being?    

h[p://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/03/166241115/social-­‐media-­‐helps-­‐diabetes-­‐paWents-­‐and-­‐drugmakers-­‐connect  (12/3/12)  

Jury  is  s0ll  out,  but  research  is  being  conducted  and  is  accumula0ng.    

>75,000  PWDs  in  group  educaWon  less  likely  to  end  up  in  ER!  1    

1.  Nainggolan,  L. Group  Diabetes  EducaWon  Be[er  Than  Individual  Counseling. Can  J  Public  Health.  2004;105:  e192-­‐e197.  Available  at:  h[p://www.medscape.com/viewarWcle/828195/.    

Body  of  Research  is  Growing  

•  PaWents  made  more  informed  treatment  decisions,  managed  symptoms  more  effecWvely,  and  coped  with  side  effects  be[er  –  using  PaWentslikeme.com  website.1    

 •  ParWcipaWng  in  online  support  group  led  

to  improvements  in  medical  decision  making,  personal  empowerment,  and  posiWve  behavioral  outcomes.2  

1.  Wicks  P,  Massagli  M,  Frost  J,  et  al.  Sharing  health  data  for  be[er  outcomes  on  PaWentsLikeMe.  J  Med  Internet  Res  2008;12(2).  Available  at:  h[p://www.jmir.org/2010/2/e19/.    

2.  Barak  A,  Boniel-­‐Nissim  M,  Suler  J.  Fostering  empowerment  in  online  support  groups.  Computers  in  Human  Behavior  2008;  24:1867-­‐83.  

   •  Social  Networking  

intervenWons  beneficially  reduced  HbA1c  when  compared  to  controls…  (and)  also  significantly  improved  systolic  and  diastolic  blood  pressure,  triglycerides  and  total  cholesterol.3    

3.  Athanasiou,  T.  Online  Social  Networking  Services  in  the  Management  of  PaWents  with  Diabetes  Mellitus:  SystemaWc  Review  and  Meta-­‐Analysis  of  Randomised  Controlled  Trials,  Diabetes  Research  and  Clinical  PracWce  (Impact  Factor:  2.54).  11/2014;  106(2).  Available  at:  h[p://reasearchgate.com.    

Era  of    the  ePaWent  •  DEFINITION:  PaWents/caregivers  equipped,  enabled  &  engaged  in  

their  health  care  due  to  the  availability  of  Internet  health  info.      

•  “Peer-­‐to-­‐peer  healthcare  is  a  way  for  people  to  do  what  they  have  always  done  –  lend  a  hand,  lend  an  ear,  lend  advice  –  but  at  internet  speed  and  at  internet  scale.”1    

 

•  ACA  idenWfies  paWent  engagement  as  an  integral  component  of  quality  in  ACOs  and  PCMH2,3      

1.  Fox,  Susannah.  “Medicine  2.0:  Peer-­‐to-­‐peer  healthcare.”  www.pewinternet.org/.  18  Sept.  2011.                                                                                                                                                                        Web.  10  Apr.  2012.    

2.  James  J:  PaWent  engagement.  Health  Affairs.  2013  (February).  h[p://www.healthaffairs.org/healthpolicybriefs/brief.php?brief_id=86  (Summary  of    findings  from  February  2013  issue  of  Health  Affairs.)    

3.  U.S.  Department  of  Health  and  Human  Services.  Affordable  Care  Act  to  improve  quality  of  care  for  people  with  Medicare.  2011.  Available  at:  h[p://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/03/20110331a.html.)  

 

Expanding  Reach…    

•  #DSMA  goes  internaWonal:    – #GBDOC:  Wed,  9pm  GMT  – #OzDOC:  Tues,  8:30  EDT  

•  DiabeWcConnect.com    •  DiabetesSisters.com  (T2  blog)  •  TheType2Experience.com  (6  bloggers)  •  Diabetes  Hope  Conference      

Working  on  It…  

The  DOC  is  sWll  disproporWonately  T1D  …      Were  constantly  looking  for  ways  be[er  include  &  support  the  majority  of  PWDs  with  T2.  

Call  to  AcWon    

•  Help  make  Social  Media  connecWons  with  the  PaWent  Community  part  of  the  prescrip<on!  

www.hopewarshaw.com/diabetes-­‐online-­‐community  

   

Q  and  A    

(Thank  You!)