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Using Social Media in Crisis/Disaster Situations – Opportunities and Lessons

by Robbo on January 16, 2011

We welcomed a lot of first timers to the Health Care Social Media Australia and New Zealand (#hcsmanz) tweetup held tonight. The relevance and immediacy of the topic due to the floods in Queensland may have had something to do with it.

The use of social media in disseminating information and correcting rumours by the Queensland Police Service during the flooding in Queensland and particularly Brisbane was praised by all.

Here are links to the transcript of this evening’s tweetup and links posted during the discussion

Health Care Social Media Australia and New Zealand

is a discussion group of interested professionals working in the health sphere in Australia and New Zealand have commenced a weekly discussion group on Twitter looking at the issues of social media use in health care. The hash-tag #hcsmanz is used to view the conversation. At other times the hash-tag is used to identify material that may be interesting to those in the discussion group.

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The tweetup is held each Sunday evening at 22:00NZ, 20:00AEDT, 19:00AEST, 19:30ACDT, 17:00AWST. Please come and join us.

If you wish to know more send a message to myself, Ed Butler or Ben Harris-Roxas or follow @hcsmanz on Twitter.

You can set up a hashtag #hcsmanz on your twitter-feed to follow and participate in the discussion and even subscribe to a “newspaper”, The #hcsmanz Daily to see the interesting links produced during the discussion.

There is a #hcsmanz page which shows the last 100 tweets and links to transcripts of each meeting.

We look forward to seeing you next week.

Tagged as: #hcsmanz, 2011, crisis, disaster, emergency, Health care and Social media Australia and New Zealand, healthcare, social media, tweetup, twitter

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Residential Aged Care Communiqué: Practice Change

by Robbo on September 10, 2010

in Residential Aged Care Coronial Communique

This is the first edition of the Residential Aged Care Practice Change. Rather than looking at deaths in Aged Care facilities brought to the attention of the coroner it is looking at improvements resulting from changes in practice at individual Aged Care Services.

Just a reminder.

The aims of the Communiqué are:
• To improve the awareness of clinicians, health workers, carers and those in positions of governance about adverse events resulting from systems failures. Lessons from past cases can then be applied to their own institutions.
• To improve residential aged care workers’ understanding of the coronial system and the work performed by the Clinical Liaison Service.

You can subscribe by email at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine with the communiqué becoming available online much later.

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Tagged as: aged, Aged Care, coroner, coronial inquiry, death, emergency, response, Victorian Institute of Forensic medicine

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Residential Aged Care Coronial Communique

by Robbo on September 7, 2010

in Professional Services,Residential Aged Care Coronial Communique

The June Residential Aged Care Communiqué is out. This is a great resource that highlights selected cases that have been reported to the State Coroner’s Office that may interest the Aged Care Community.

You can subscribe by email at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine with the communiqué becoming available online much later. The download is below as it is not yet available on the website.

This issue looks at deaths arising from two commonly used and we would think benign pieces of equipment. A urinary catheter and a hot water bottle. There are many contributing factors all being the usual suspects. Communication, following policy and protocols and training amongst others.

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Tagged as: aged, Aged Care, coroner, coronial inquiry, death, emergency, response, Victorian Institute of Forensic medicine

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Residential Aged Care Coronial Communique

by Robbo on March 19, 2010

in Professional Services,Residential Aged Care Coronial Communique

The February Residential Aged Care Communiqué is out. This is a great resource that highlights selected cases that have been reported to the State Coroner’s Office that may interest the Aged Care Community.

You can subscribe by email at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine with the communiqué becoming available online much later. The download is below as it is not yet available on the website.

This issue looks at a couple of patient emergencies that resulted in death.

The two cases presented illustrate dramatic differences in teamwork during an emergency response. However, both cases highlight the need for practical “hands-on” training for staff to ensure protocols and procedures are put into action when the need arises. The second case is an excellent example of how a high functioning team improves their practice after the death of a resident.

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