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Doctors tell how they use social media as professional watercooler

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David May, MD, describes Twitter as a doctors lounge. When he wants to discuss the latest journal articles or clinical research, there are always other doctors on hand to offer their opinions and add to the discussion. But unlike a doctors lounge, the discussion isnt limited to colleagues down the hospital corridor. It can include thousands of people from around the world.The social media world is such an intense, immediately responsive place that you can have tremendous amounts of traffic pointing out the good and bad about an article itself technically, about the concepts that were put forward, and about potential flaws that were in a paper,

Social Medicine is the Next Big Thing After Social Media

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You want a vision for the future of health care? Donât look to policymakers and regulators. Look to innovators and innovations. Look to San Diegoâs wireless mesas and San Franciscoâs silicon valleys. Look at Scanaduâs protean medical Tricorder. They get it, and itâs awesome. Watch their one-and-a-half-minute video before reading on.

Scanaduâs vision embraces patient-centric healthcare as a personal information service

Should This Doctor Have Slammed Her Patient on Facebook?

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An OB-GYN is in the middle of a social media maelstrom after complaining about a patient on her Facebook page. Dr. Amy Dunbar, 33, of St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo., posted on the social networking site in late January about a patient who continually showed up late to her scheduled appointments. Dunbar wrote:"So I have a patient who has chosen to either no-show or be late (sometimes hours) for all of her prenatal visits, ultrasounds and NSTs. She is now 3 hours late for her induction. May I show up late to her delivery?"When asked in the comments why she didn't cancel the procedure or transfer the woman to another doctor, Dunbar

mHealth: It's time to 'grab on'

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Mobile health is one of the more transformative developments in healthcare, according to Patricia Abbott, associate professor of nursing at the University of Michigan, School of Nursing, Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems. "The real winners will be the ones who grab on in the front end, and don't wait," she says.The future of mHealth will be one in which, "in a very short period of time, we’ll look back and we won’t believe we didn't have it." The speed at which mHealth is becoming mainstream "goes hand in hand with the way technology is changing and the way people are thinking,” Abbott says. “People who have grown up with computers

Doctors and nurses use YouTube over LinkedIn for networking. But why?

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YouTube is the second-most popular social site for professional networking among physicians, RNs and allied healthcare professionals, according to a new (PDF) survey of 2,790 healthcare professionals conducted by AMN Healthcare.

All in all, nearly half of the healthcare professionals surveyed use social media for professional networking. Facebook was the most popular outlet among respondents, followed by YouTube and then LinkedIn.

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This Is Why Your Doctor Can’t Tweet You

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These days you can get a text alert to remind you of most anything. Your bank sends you an alert when your account is running low, and your airline emails to let you know your upcoming flight has been revised. You can set a reminder to get your car's oil changed, so why can't your doctor's office send you an email or tweet to help you manage your healthcare?We know you're online looking for medical info anyway. The Pew Internet & American Life Project's “Health Online 2013” survey found roughly 70-75% of Internet users aged 18-64 search online for health information, as do 58% of Internet users aged 65 and over. Doctors are feeling the pressure

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