http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/poll-is-twitter-necessary-for-physicians-and-other-medical-professionals.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/poll-is-twitter-necessary-for-physicians-and-other-medical-professionals.html#comment-109180 AnestesiaR también está en Twitter | AnestesiaR Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:38:06 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39379#comment-109180 [...] utilidades de twitter en la comunidad médica están en debate. Cada vez más médicos y enfermeras lo usan para comunicarse con sus pacientes u [...] [...] utilidades de twitter en la comunidad médica están en debate. Cada vez más médicos y enfermeras lo usan para comunicarse con sus pacientes u [...]

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/poll-is-twitter-necessary-for-physicians-and-other-medical-professionals.html#comment-108922 rtscribe Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:39:32 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39379#comment-108922 Social networking services like twitter and facebook are for social networking. Their essentially just another way to chat with friends, family and aquaintances. Why is spending more time at work chatting with friends, family and aquaintances considered a good thing or something to be encouraged? Social networking services like twitter and facebook are for social networking. Their essentially just another way to chat with friends, family and aquaintances. Why is spending more time at work chatting with friends, family and aquaintances considered a good thing or something to be encouraged?

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/08/poll-is-twitter-necessary-for-physicians-and-other-medical-professionals.html#comment-108897 whitny Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:55:06 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=39379#comment-108897 How might HIPAA derail someone's efforts to Twitter from the operating room? Does the "fanfare" surrounding surgical Tweeting suggest that Twitter enables surgery to become a spectator sport? Does a surgeon holding the knife become distracted by a constant stream of tweeted questions? And how many doctors operate under the assumption that all of their time spent with "patients" should be compensated for (because my insurance doesn't cover Twitter yet)? You say that doctors use Twitter to communicate with patients, and then you use the CDC as an example. I'm not sure if the CDC functions on the same level as a primary care doc or a specialist. What's an example of a vital piece of Tweeted information you received from a professional colleague? How might HIPAA derail someone’s efforts to Twitter from the operating room? Does the “fanfare” surrounding surgical Tweeting suggest that Twitter enables surgery to become a spectator sport? Does a surgeon holding the knife become distracted by a constant stream of tweeted questions? And how many doctors operate under the assumption that all of their time spent with “patients” should be compensated for (because my insurance doesn’t cover Twitter yet)? You say that doctors use Twitter to communicate with patients, and then you use the CDC as an example. I’m not sure if the CDC functions on the same level as a primary care doc or a specialist. What’s an example of a vital piece of Tweeted information you received from a professional colleague?

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