The Weekly Scoop #30 – Best Practices in Healthcare Social Media

The Multidimensional Role of Social Media in Healthcare

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Can a hashtag change healthcare? In our world, it can. Gone are the days of healthcare being ten years behind the technological curve. Now, individuals and organizations are meeting up online and using these tools to make a difference in healthcare.

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Consumers Seek Healthcare Advice On Facebook,

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Physicians, please take note-“Patients’ need for emotional support is opportunity for clinicians. Unfortunately, many doctors are uncomfortable with social media, report says.”

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The older generation of physicians may disapprove..

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The struggle of physicians to embrace social media as a part of their medical school training is highlighted in this post. The medical student who composed the post discusses the difficulty resolving the lack of social media coverage in medical school versus the growing development of health care social media.

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