I came across an article that stated that approximately 90% of doctors are using social media for personal use. No surprise there. But around 65% are using it to support their professional practice. And there's nothing wrong with that. This way they can advertise their services, educate patients and non patients, simply put it stay connected with the people. The article didn't state how doctors are using social media specifically, but I hope that they are being professional about it. By that I mean present themselves in a respectful and exemplary manner-no drunk and passed out pics, engaging in reckless behavior ect. I don't know about you guys, but I doubt that I'd take advice from a guy who says to stop smoking and then I find pics of him constantly smoking. What do you think about doctors penetrating the social media for both business and pleasure?
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=1D8D221625984D2281CFC090F0DF62F2
Thanks for posting! Doctors are people just like us who have social websites to catch up with old friends, updating how the feel, pictures etc... I don't think it's a bad idea to have the physician on social media, they just have to be careful with how they use it and where to put their "proper" information. In class, we learned how people sometimes get hired, they look at social websites. I assume patients and future patients look on websites to see if their physicians are credible enough for their taste.
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