Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2 weeks:

Tweeting the Meeting: An In-Depth Analysis of Twitter Activity at Kidney Week 2011 - PLoS ONE http://goo.gl/eOmLO

Avoiding the pitfalls of social media as a medical practitioner - NPR interview. Doctors are turning more and more to Facebook and Twitter to market their businesses. But some are overstepping the boundaries of doctor/patient confidentiality by discussing individual cases online and even offering medical advice to people they don't know. http://goo.gl/AzVHS

Impressive: @giustini 's 140 SlideShare presentations achieved more than 1 mln viewings - focused on #HCMS and medlib http://goo.gl/qHmKR

How to Save Time Doing Healthcare Social Media: A Primer for Physicians http://goo.gl/wIS34

How to Use a Free Blog by Blogger/Google for Business http://goo.gl/vAQcS

10 Places to Find Unique Content to Share http://goo.gl/zCCMB

SXSW PanelPicker - Digital Doctors http://goo.gl/G3qKz

Tips for doctors looking to engage with #HCSM by @RonanTKavanagh: "childlike playfulness, humility, politeness, and humour" http://goo.gl/zKZZ5

Smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds is common and there is potential for distraction (study) http://bit.ly/POqDEz

One Doctor’s Prescription to Avoid Social Media Overload http://goo.gl/bdtPU

Why the Internet is More Attractive than the Library http://buff.ly/LxlNFu

Promises and Challenges of Virtual Learning Environment in Medicine - IAMSE Web Seminar http://goo.gl/CvpPg

Twitter Use at American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions http://goo.gl/NBjOL


The articles were selected from my Twitter and Google Reader streams. Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive an acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.

Comments from Twitter:

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Dr John Weiner @AllergyNet: 13 excellent links RT @DrVes: Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles goo.gl/St4NL