Comments on: Why doctors and nurses should engage in social media

By: Dr. George

Dr. George — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:01:34 +0000

The greater your presence on social media the greater the chance you are going to have to draw in more patients. Now days social media is almost a must for doctors.

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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:49:49 +0000

[...] Do you want your doctors and nurses to be blogging and Tweeting? Well, why not? Dr. Kevin Pho asks the question over on his blog. It’s a great way to provoke discussion, he says and a great way for medical professionals to associate themselves with their specialty when their names are Googles. [KevinMD] [...]

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Medicine, dog food marketing and social media — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:00:44 +0000

[...] one ranked medical blog, put up a post addressing this issue this morning. You can read it here: Why doctors and nurses should engage in social media. As he points out, you should be thinking about building for the future, not the [...]

By: Susan H

Susan H — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:58:16 +0000

I believe the spirit of this message is to make patients aware of nuances of the process of medical provision.
If healthcare providers do not do this, the only sources of information(or propaganda, or agenda-driven brainwashing) for patients are not apt to deliver a message which is beneficial to the interests of the healthcare provision community.

By: R Watkins

R Watkins — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:54:59 +0000

So I should spend less time seeing patients and more time “engaging in social media?” I don’t get it.

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Coming Up: A Big Week in Pharma Social Media « Impactiviti blog — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:56:58 +0000

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By: GaryK

GaryK — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:25:53 +0000

I fully agree with you Kevin.Social media networking is a natural thing we do in everyday life anyway but now we have another electronic means which is only growing.So for healthcare professionals it is important to help spread their message to those that are looking for it.