Thursday, January 29, 2015
Pembroke Regional Hospital Launches Official Facebook Page
PEMBROKE – The Pembroke Regional Hospital is excited to announce it has expanded its online presence with the launch of an official Facebook page.
“As part of our broader communications plan, we are always looking for new ways to interact with our patients, our visitors, the general public and our community partners,” said Hospital President and CEO Pierre Noel.
“Over the past several years, social media has become a communications tool which more and more hospitals and healthcare facilities have embraced to inform and engage their stakeholders. After taking a look at what others were doing throughout the province and within the Champlain Local Health Integration Network, we felt Facebook was a great starting point for our hospital,” Mr. Noel said.
Public Affairs and Communications Coordinator Carolyn Levesque said that development of the hospital’s Facebook page which can be found at www.facebook.com/pembrokeregionalhospital, along with a supporting Social Media Commenting policy and Terms of Use will help expand the hospital’s communications toolkit and allow public interaction to be more efficient, effective and timely.
“In addition to the appeal of Facebook for those already using social media, our page will provide a forum for those who wish to be more involved and engaged in local healthcare. Having an official Facebook page will also be beneficial for recruitment purposes and will allow us to quickly share photos, news and information from some of our community partners,” Ms. Levesque said.
“Now that our page has gone live, we hope that those in our region who are registered with Facebook will take a moment to visit and ‘like’ it so that our news items can become part of their Facebook news feed.”
Ms. Levesque added that PRH will also be upgrading its website in 2015 to not only provide a more modern, refreshed look, but also to improve navigation aspects.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Carolyn Levesque, Public Affairs and Communications Coordinator
Pembroke Regional Hospital
(613) 732-3675, ext. 6165 / carolyn.levesque@pemreghos.org
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