Social Media and the Practicing Hematologist: Twitter 101 for the Busy Healthcare Provider.

ABSTRACT: Social media is a relatively new form of media that includes social networks for communication dissemination and interaction. Patients, physicians, and other users are active on social media including the microblogging platform Twitter. Many online resources are available to facilitate joining and adding to online conversations. Social media can be used for professional uses, therefore, we include anecdotes of physicians starting on and implementing social media successfully despite the limits of time in busy practices. Various applications demonstrating the utility of social media are explored. These include case discussions, patient groups, research collaborations, medical education, and crowdsourcing/crowdfunding. Social media is integrating into the professional workflow for some indiv

SUBMITTER: Thompson MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4679678 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature