Social media in medicine

How social media can make physicians better doctors

Originally published on HCPLive.com by Mike Hennessy Some patient advocates, tech-savvy physicians, and other Health 2.0 proponents tout e-mail, online forums, and social media technologies because they can potentially help strengthen the patient–physician relationship by providing patients with greater access…

Originally published on HCPLive.com

by Mike Hennessy

Some patient advocates, tech-savvy physicians, and other Health 2.0 proponents tout e-mail, online forums, and social media technologies because they can potentially help strengthen the patient–physician relationship by providing patients with greater access to their physicians and facilitating more open communication.

Yet, after seeing patients all day, do physicians really want to spend a significant portion …

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How social media can make physicians better doctors