Endocrinology Advisor Social Media Survey 2014

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  • While more than half of respondents think their social media usage will increase in 2015, nearly one-third still remain unsure.

    Do Endocrinology Advisor Readers Think They Will Use Social Media More in 2015?

    While more than half of respondents think their social media usage will increase in 2015, nearly one-third still remain unsure.

  • Slightly more than one-third of respondents said using social media has had some benefit for their career.

    Does Social Media Benefit Endocrinology Advisor Readers' Careers?

    Slightly more than one-third of respondents said using social media has had some benefit for their career.

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  • About two-thirds of endocrinologists surveyed use social media to share clinical information and professional news, with most using LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook for this purpose.

    What Types of Info Do Endocrinology Advisor Readers Share Via Social Media?

    About two-thirds of endocrinologists surveyed use social media to share clinical information and professional news, with most using LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook for this purpose.

  • Overall, social media for personal use was more popular than for business purposes, but 42% reported using it for both.

    How Do Endocrinology Advisor Readers Use Social Media?

    Overall, social media for personal use was more popular than for business purposes, but 42% reported using it for both.

  • The majority of those surveyed do not use Doximity, but among those who did, monthly usage was most common.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' Doximity Usage Frequency

    The majority of those surveyed do not use Doximity, but among those who did, monthly usage was most common.

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  • Of the approximately 63% who reported using LinkedIn, weekly and monthly use was most common.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' LinkedIn Usage Frequency

    Of the approximately 63% who reported using LinkedIn, weekly and monthly use was most common.

  • Overall, only 22% of those surveyed said they use Instagram, but the majority of those who did use it on a weekly or monthly basis.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' Instagram Usage Frequency

    Overall, only 22% of those surveyed said they use Instagram, but the majority of those who did use it on a weekly or monthly basis.

  • Among the 45% of respondents who reported using Pinterest, most said they use the service on a weekly to monthly basis.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' Pinterest Usage Frequency

    Among the 45% of respondents who reported using Pinterest, most said they use the service on a weekly to monthly basis.

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  • For those who reported using YouTube, weekly and monthly usage was more common than daily.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' YouTube Usage Frequency

    For those who reported using YouTube, weekly and monthly usage was more common than daily.

  • Those who reported using Twitter did so most commonly on a monthly basis.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' Twitter Usage Frequency

    Those who reported using Twitter did so most commonly on a monthly basis.

  • Google+ was the fourth most popular social media service overall after Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, but ranked second behind Facebook in terms of frequency of use.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' Google+ Usage Frequency

    Google+ was the fourth most popular social media service overall after Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn, but ranked second behind Facebook in terms of frequency of use.

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  • Facebook was the social media service users were most likely to use more than once per day (20%), followed by Google+ (13%). Approximately 6% or fewer of all respondents reported using Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn or Doximity multiple times per day.

    Endocrinology Advisor Readers' Facebook Usage Frequency

    Facebook was the social media service users were most likely to use more than once per day (20%), followed by Google+ (13%). Approximately 6% or fewer of all respondents reported using Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn or Doximity multiple times per day.

  • Although respondents generally favored using social networks for personal purposes, LinkedIn, Google+ and Doximity were more likely to be used for business. However, Facebook, which dominated in overall use (80%), was used by less than one-third for business.

    Most Popular Social Media Service

    Although respondents generally favored using social networks for personal purposes, LinkedIn, Google+ and Doximity were more likely to be used for business. However, Facebook, which dominated in overall use (80%), was used by less than one-third for business.

  • More than 80% of respondents use social media to access information about products and services.

    Do Endocrinology Readers Use Social Media to Access Info on Products & Services?

    More than 80% of respondents use social media to access information about products and services.

How do endocrinologists and diabetes educators use social media?

Do you suffer from fear of missing out — also known as FOMO — wondering if other health care providers are getting more out of social media websites than you? Could you get a better job if you networked on LinkedIn? Attract more patients by promoting your practice on Facebook? Be the first person to know about drug recalls that affect your patients from Twitter?

Endocrinology Advisor’s Social Media Survey attempts to answer those questions. Overall, 119 health care providers responded to our survey in November 2014, answering questions about how they used eight well-known social media services: Facebook, Google+, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn and Doximity.

The results are in: Respondents were more likely to use some form of social media primarily for personal use than for business purposes (46% vs. 12%) Less than half, however, reported using social media for both personal and business reasons (42%; composite use across all websites).

The slides here further break down our findings about what information health care providers specializing in endocrinology like to consume on social media websites, general attitudes about how this form of media affects clinicians’ careers and much more.

Not every participant answered every question. We have indicated total number of respondents for each area addressed. Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

This is the first installment of Pulse Point, our new crowdsourced feature that aims to bring you easy to absorb visual insights on the latest trends among your clinician peers.

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