Ebook: Social Media in Clinical Practice

The number of patients using social media and the number of applications and solutions used by medical professionals online have been sky-rocketing in the past few years, therefore the rational behind creating a well-designed, clear and tight handbook of practical examples and case studies with simple pieces of suggestions about different social media platforms is evident. While the number of e-patients is rising, the number of web-savvy doctors who can meet the expectations of these new generations of patients is not, this huge gap can only be closed by providing medical professionals with easily implementable, useful and primarily practical pieces of advice and suggestions about how they should use these tools or at least what they should know about these, so then when an e-patient has an internet-related question, they will know how to respond properly. As all medical professionals regardless of their medical specialties will meet e-patients, this issue with growing importance will affect every medical professionals which means there is a huge need for such a easily understandable handbook.​

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Social media has been clearly changing the way medicine is practiced and healthcare is delivered. 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.

The constantly evolving digital world must be used in the practice of medicine to improve the care of patients. However, the only way to do so effectively is via evidence-based, meaningful and strategic use. Social Media in Clinical Practice provides practical guidance in this mission and is thus essential reading for all medical personal looking into approaching this for the first time.

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Social media has been clearly changing the way medicine is practiced and healthcare is delivered. 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.

The constantly evolving digital world must be used in the practice of medicine to improve the care of patients. However, the only way to do so effectively is via evidence-based, meaningful and strategic use. Social Media in Clinical Practice provides practical guidance in this mission and is thus essential reading for all medical personal looking into approaching this for the first time.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Social Media Is Transforming Medicine and Healthcare....Pages 1-12
Using Medical Search Engines with a Special Focus on Google....Pages 13-25
Being Up-to-Date in Medicine....Pages 27-38
Community Sites: Facebook, Google+ and Medical Social Networks....Pages 39-48
The World of E-Patients....Pages 49-58
Establishing a Medical Blog....Pages 59-70
The Role of Twitter and Microblogging in Medicine....Pages 71-78
Collaboration Online....Pages 79-86
Wikipedia and Medical Wikis....Pages 87-94
Organizing Medical Events in Virtual Environments....Pages 95-100
Medical Smartphone and Tablet Applications....Pages 101-108
Use of Social Media by Hospitals and Medical Practices....Pages 109-114
Medical Video and Podcast....Pages 115-121
Creating Presentations and Slideshows....Pages 123-128
E-mails and Privacy Concerns....Pages 129-133
Social Bookmarking....Pages 135-137
Conclusions....Pages 139-141
Back Matter....Pages 143-155

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Social media has been clearly changing the way medicine is practiced and healthcare is delivered. 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.

The constantly evolving digital world must be used in the practice of medicine to improve the care of patients. However, the only way to do so effectively is via evidence-based, meaningful and strategic use. Social Media in Clinical Practice provides practical guidance in this mission and is thus essential reading for all medical personal looking into approaching this for the first time.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Social Media Is Transforming Medicine and Healthcare....Pages 1-12
Using Medical Search Engines with a Special Focus on Google....Pages 13-25
Being Up-to-Date in Medicine....Pages 27-38
Community Sites: Facebook, Google+ and Medical Social Networks....Pages 39-48
The World of E-Patients....Pages 49-58
Establishing a Medical Blog....Pages 59-70
The Role of Twitter and Microblogging in Medicine....Pages 71-78
Collaboration Online....Pages 79-86
Wikipedia and Medical Wikis....Pages 87-94
Organizing Medical Events in Virtual Environments....Pages 95-100
Medical Smartphone and Tablet Applications....Pages 101-108
Use of Social Media by Hospitals and Medical Practices....Pages 109-114
Medical Video and Podcast....Pages 115-121
Creating Presentations and Slideshows....Pages 123-128
E-mails and Privacy Concerns....Pages 129-133
Social Bookmarking....Pages 135-137
Conclusions....Pages 139-141
Back Matter....Pages 143-155
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