Social Media and the Health System

You won't want to miss this article from the Permanente Journal. The article is titled, "Social Media and the Health System." Here's a key snippet from this article:

Although there are risks for health systems to participate in social media, there are also risks in not participating. In a patient-centered model of health care, absence from social networks that are important to patients might lead to a gap between patients and clinicians. In this article, we will focus on the promise of social networking and review potential risks of both participation and abstention.

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