Monthly Archives: July 2013

Why Online Patient Communities are Better than Real Life Support Groups

Posted on July 11, 2024 by

A support group has many potential benefits, some of which include improving coping skills, reducing anxiety, depression, isolation, ignorance about the condition and others. Online patient communities (OPCs) are a recent phenomenon. Some are open (with respect to type of … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why Physicians Should be in Social Media

Posted on July 8, 2024 by

In November, 2011 the AMA published a report on Professionalism in the use of Social Media. A brief summary of the paper was published in June, 2010. The issues addressed by the AMA are reasonable and practical in my view. … Continue reading →

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