Social media has become a source of debate in the medical laboratory community as to
what is appropriate and what is inappropriate for sharing through online communication. As …

Tweets. Hashtags. Blogs. Hangouts. Podcasts. Wikis. What do these social media platforms
and verbiage have to do with education, and why should you care? Social media is used on …

Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of social media among
healthcare workers in an attempt to identify how it affects the quality of patient care. Results …

Social media use is very common and can be an effective way for professionals to discuss
information and interact with colleagues. Twitter (Twitter, Inc, San Francisco, California) is a …

Context.—Social media (SM) use in pathology and medicine today is widespread, receives
active advocacy, and is said to bring a host of benefits. In latter days, the harmful effects of …

Medical professionals are increasingly engaging with social media in an effort to provide
credible evidence-based information and combat the misinformation that patients are finding …

Background: Social media are dynamic and interactive computer-mediated communication
tools that have high penetration rates in the general population in high-income and middle …

Social media are now providing a space to discuss medical conditions outside of the
healthcare providers' office. Patients and their families use social media technologies to …

New healthcare models have been developed to keep up with the dynamic changes of the
Internet revolution through social media. Physicians are taking this new technology and …

The use of social media (Facebook, Twitter etc) within the health care sector has been
advocated by a number of experts as providing value to health care providers, consumers …