CDC Uses Social Media for Peanut Recall

us cdc logo CDC Uses Social Media for Peanut RecallThe Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is making excellent use of social media tools in service to public health with a page devoted to the peanut and peanut-containing product recall.  The tools and resources for consumers include:

Leadership from a dot.gov?

That’s right.  A government agency long associated with slow response times to critical foot safety issues has set the example for health care communications at large.  The American Association of Health Care Journalists suggests filing it under  “no sooner said than done.”  I’d append it with “job well done!”

[Via: ModernHealthcare.com - registration required - and SocialMedia411]

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