Healthcare & social media. Social media & health. #hcsm. Whatever you call it, it’s a force to be reckoned with. Google says that “94% of prospective patients [say that] reputation of [a] facility is important in hospital selection” and that “YouTube traffic to hospital sites has increased 119% year-over-year”; Geocentric says that 81% of people click on a sponsored link when looking for health information; and the PwC Health Research Institute says, “90% of adults 18-24 years of age said they would trust medical information shared by others in their social media networks.”

And I want to contribute to the growing body of information on this topic!

So I am excited to announce that on Wednesday, May 22nd, I will be hosting the next HealthCare Social Media Review. This Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in health care social media. It is a peer-reviewed blog carnival, the host of each edition deciding which of the posts submitted for consideration are suitable for inclusion.

I welcome you to submit your blog posts on this topic for inclusion in the review. You can submit in one of two ways – by emailing me at amelia (dot) burke (at) gmail (dot) com by 5pm (ET) on May 21st with the following information:

• Email Subject Line: HealthCare SocialMedia Review
• Blog Title:
• Blog URL:
• Post Headline:
• Permanent link to post:
• Your Name: Name, Username, Nickname, or Pseudonym
• Description or brief excerpt:

You can also submit through the Blog Carnival HQ.

To learn more about the HCSM Review, visit HealthWorks Collective or follow @healthworkscollectiv on Twitter.

I look forward to your posts!