Social media in clinical practice /
[edited by] Bertalan Mesko.
- 1 online resource (ix, 155 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Gale virtual reference library .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Social media is transforming medicine and healthcare -- 2. Using medical search engines with a special focus on Google -- 3. Being up-to-date in medicine -- 4. Community sites : Facebook, Google+ and medical social networks -- 5. The world of e-patients -- 6. Establishing a medical blog -- 7. The role of Twitter and microblogging in medicine -- 8. Collaboration online -- 9. Wikipedia and medical wikis -- 10. Organizing medical events in virtual environments -- 11. Medical smartphone and tablet applications -- 12. Use of social media by hospitals and medical practices -- 13. Medical video and podcast -- 14. Creating presentations and slideshows -- 15. E-mails and privacy concerns -- 16. Social bookmarking -- 17. Conclusions.
This book uses real stories and examples highlighting key concepts in the use of social media. Medical professionals must be able to meet the special needs of technology-aware patients and use digital technologies in their work and communications properly. Each physician should find the tools that will assist them in their workflow, and patients need to be educated how to use the internet. It is the responsibility of medical professionals to contribute to this process.
9781447143055 (hard cover : alk. paper) 9781447143062 (electronic book)
Internet in medicine.
Medicine--Communication systems.
Physician and patient.
Social media in medicine.
Social media.
R859.7.I58 / S63 2013
610.285
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Social media is transforming medicine and healthcare -- 2. Using medical search engines with a special focus on Google -- 3. Being up-to-date in medicine -- 4. Community sites : Facebook, Google+ and medical social networks -- 5. The world of e-patients -- 6. Establishing a medical blog -- 7. The role of Twitter and microblogging in medicine -- 8. Collaboration online -- 9. Wikipedia and medical wikis -- 10. Organizing medical events in virtual environments -- 11. Medical smartphone and tablet applications -- 12. Use of social media by hospitals and medical practices -- 13. Medical video and podcast -- 14. Creating presentations and slideshows -- 15. E-mails and privacy concerns -- 16. Social bookmarking -- 17. Conclusions.
This book uses real stories and examples highlighting key concepts in the use of social media. Medical professionals must be able to meet the special needs of technology-aware patients and use digital technologies in their work and communications properly. Each physician should find the tools that will assist them in their workflow, and patients need to be educated how to use the internet. It is the responsibility of medical professionals to contribute to this process.
9781447143055 (hard cover : alk. paper) 9781447143062 (electronic book)
Internet in medicine.
Medicine--Communication systems.
Physician and patient.
Social media in medicine.
Social media.
R859.7.I58 / S63 2013
610.285