Calling all Aussie General Practitioners

Griffith University is undertaking a nationwide survey in an attempt to explore Australian general practitioners’ World Wide Web, Internet and Social Media / Web 2.0 usage to deliver health care in the early 21st century. This survey is the first Australia wide study into general practitioners’ usage trends and impact associated with such modern communication applications and health care delivery. The study is being organised by Dr Wayne Usher and this is the Link to the survey

Specifically this study is designed to

1. Ascertain the degree to which Australian GPs use the World Wide Web and the Internet (Web 1.0) for health care delivery
2. Determine to what degree Social Media (Web 2.0) applications play in the delivery of health care by Australian GPs
3. Investigate why Australian GPs recommend certain health websites over others
4. Determine the level of influence pharmaceutical companies have on health website recommendations and drug prescribing made by Australian GPs to the health consumer

In the spirit of this survey the HealthEngine and Life in The Fast Lane teams will be passing this message to the GP community in Australia through web 2.0 channels ONLY rather than using conventional email…this will help us determine if there really is an online community of physicians communicating via social media! The channels being used are

• Social Media Networks
  • Twitter (#GPsurvey and #in)
    • @HealthEngine @sandnsurf @PrecordialThump
    • Monitor Tiny URL RT with Topsy.com
  • Facebook
    • HealthEngine – FB page
    • UCEM – FB page
    • Networked Blogs
  • Stumble Upon
    • http://su.pr – URL shortening service which posts to SU
    • http://su.pr/1YBiRa
• News and RSS feeds through Blogs such as
  • HealthEngine – Aussie Health Professional SearchEngine
  • LifeInTheFastLane – Aussie Medical Blog
  • 6 minutes – Australian news and views blog
• Professional Networks such as
  • LinkedIn (using #in via Twitter accounts)
  • MedConnect
  • MultiMedix Posting to the GP networking group

Here is the Link to the survey

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1. Australian Hospital Social Network List 2009
2. Is Social Media the Rock’n'Roll of HealthCare?
3. Calling all Aussie Doctors
4. Physician Social and Professional Networks
5. Social bookmarking and feed aggregation