Raising Awareness for Medical Conditions Through Online Technologies and Social Media

AUTHOR: Ashley Levinson-Sells
February 1, 2014
Mantua, NJ
On twitter: @jerzgurlie

It has become painfully obvious that there is one thing limiting raising awareness  for your cause, mine in particular for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is not having one centralized cohesive place or plan for all resources to come together. Its time to revolutionize this theory and create a coalition for your campaign, in which you all work together to have one voice.. It is my belief that as separate entities your message can become diluted. As a united front your voices will be louder, your talents utilized properly and your message will be stronger! 

By improving access to online information, resources, support and services, your coalition will provide links to the full range of patient and healthcare services for the consumer and provider. Through Education and partnership with the medical community, patients and organizations, A Coalition will be able to collaborate in providing easy integration of information, in support of users’ needs.

You want to do more to exploit the educational potential of online technologies and use social media as a platform. Therefore, we need to do all we can to accelerate the move to the next generation of e-learning activities and resources within the health/social/business communities.

There needs to be better digital resources,  more widely available and more flexible learning packages that  incases of a medical cause, healthcare providers can adapt to their patients’ needs. You must support innovation in the market by improving our knowledge of where e-learning works and you must keep information and resources moving, to take advantage of new methods in all areas, and to keep demanding a better response from the technology with utilize.

By engaging technology,  you will be able to provide an immediate response to the needs of patients and the healthcare industry through a comprehensive set of online resources and will increase awareness of this syndrome, its symptoms and the risks associated with it.

Additionally, by effectively promoting and implementing research and education, the condition you're advocating for will be more recognizable among various medical disciplines. This will allow for earlier detection and better patient care!

Online educational materials and programs (Forums, chats, blogs, podcasts, seminars)  will also allow you to empower those you serve to take control of their health and live healthier lives, while researchers continue to identify the causes of the condition and ultimately find a cure or more effective treatments to control the condition.