by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Social Media, Uncategorized
Does awareness of a health issue, either personally or at the population level, improve health? I am not convinced it does. For example, consider the problem of smoking – which was clearly identified as a health concern in the early 1960s. Or how about the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Healthcare 3.0, Uncategorized
In the book, The Artist’s Way, one of the two criteria Julia Cameron suggests for releasing your creativity is “The Artist’s Date”. The Artist’s Date is a date with yourself. It allows you to get out in the world and see things outside of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Twitter Ethics, Uncategorized
We all know that tweets with photographs and videos have higher engagement than stand alone tweets. Some say up to 1200% more engagement. We also all know that tweets with humor get more engagement. Finally, and sadly, we also knowt highly negative tweets –...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Uncategorized
Here’s a great article which summarizes the history of the WHO: A Brief History of The World Health Organization. If you had to summarize it in one word, that word would be “visionary”. In a world which every day is becoming ever more connected, this article is more...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Uncategorized
Here’s the list of the CDC-managed Twitter Accounts as of 2016. CDCEmergency Tweets by CDCemergency 2 CDCgov Tweets by CDCgov 3 CDC_eHealth Tweets by CDC_eHealth 4 CDCFlu Tweets by CDCFlu 5 NIOSH https://twitter.com/niosh/ 6 CDCGlobal Tweets by CDCGlobal 7...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Social Media, Uncategorized
My Top Three Design Tips for All Things Social Media in Healthcare: 1. Mobile first. 2. Mobile first. 3. Mobile first. Got it?