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Emerging Collaborative Trends

[By Staff Reporters]

All readers of the ME-P are aware that social media is going to play a significant role in health 2.0 initiatives going forward.

Social Media Use Growing

According to Dan Bowman of FierceHealthIT, on April 3, 2009, whether we want it to happen or not, social media – much like mobile technology – is going to play a big role in the future of healthcare. From professional networks, to collaborative consumer media and doctor rating websites, healthcare professionals across the nation are jumping on the bandwagon. And, with the federal government pushing physicians’ offices to utilize electronic medical records, it is only a matter of time before healthcare make a concerted push into social media, as well.

Publishers and Editors

“As a medical, practice management and health economics writer for almost four decades, I appreciated how electronic connectivity and social media facilitates communication in a quick and effective manner, and allows broadcast to large groups of people”

Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA

[ME-P Publisher-in-Chief]

The Research

A Manhattan Research survey found that 60 million US healthcare consumers use social media to find healthcare information online. A similar survey found that 60 percent of physicians are interested in, or are already using physician social networks. That same study concluded that “physicians who are currently participating in online physician communities and social networks write a mean of 24 more prescriptions a week than” their more old-fashioned counterparts.

Assessment

Of course, more Rxs – or more medical care for that matter – is not a quality indicator at all. Nevertheless, social media is not to be taken lightly.

Link: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/tags/ozmosis?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&cmp-id=EMC-NL-FHI&dest=FHI

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