Tweet doctors? Really!!? Could your doctor start communicating with you via Twitter. I don�t think so�
However, a poll conducted by Case Western University showed 59% of percent of doctors who participated in the poll said that Twitter would become an integral part of the way doctors communicate with patients and other medical professionals.
Here is a another perspective taken from the news story in Healthcare IT News:
Doctors don't generally use Twitter to give medical advice but to guide the public to reputable sources of information or share breaking medical news, said Kevin Pho, MD, in a post on his medical blog, www.KevinMD.com
Pho conducted a similar poll in Aug. 2009, asking medical professionals how they used Twitter. He found that about 45 percent did not use the service at all. Thirty-six percent said they used it to share and keep up with news and information and only 1.5 percent said they used it to connect with patients.
Read the full article here
Twitter becoming essential tool for docs
So I guess I could be wrong on this one, but we�ll just have to wait and see. How do you plan on using social media tools like Twitter? We�d like to know. Post a reply here or reach out to us at:
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