Infographic: How healthcare professionals use social media

July 5, 2012 | Betsy Caron - Web Producer

Healthcare IT News has covered the rise of social media in healthcare from many angles, including privacy concerns, live OR tweets and the need for organizations to adopt social media policies. This infographic illustrates some of the many ways healthcare professionals are using social media in their careers.

[See also: 10 tips for optimal social media use.]

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Ed Bennett say: Nice graphic

August 15, 2012 | 15:44 PM GMT

Thanks - I will use this in my presentations

Lotte Meijling say: Other ways social media can be used

July 10, 2012 | 08:03 AM GMT

Nice infographic. However this does not shed light on some other possibilities of social media that healthcare profs can take advantage of. Monitoring and aggregating patients' stories, as well as doctors', for example can be used to get a look at the bigger picture. Imagine a dashboard in which you can see what people are talking about concerning some clinical areas. Same goes for healthcare profs.

This has been done by Philips; known as the 'ListenInsideHealth' project. Check out a nice info video here: http://vimeo.com/17892944
or read all about monitoring the 'modern' patient here: http://www.oxyme.com/read/2012/7/10/understanding-the-modern-patient-how...

We're very interested in starting this conversation!