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:

Cardiologist: Physicians Beware on the Twittersphere http://buff.ly/YWDE3x -- William Dillon, MD: "I was left at a conversational disadvantage because of the loss of context that is inherent to 140-character interactions on Twitter. This is a complex issue, and surely not suitable for Twitter. Engaging on this medium on this topic was a mistake. I learned from it."

"Smartphone will evolve to become a 'soulmate' device that knows your body better than you know it yourself" http://buff.ly/Rz6PaK

70% of Americans sleep with their cell phone within arm’s reach. 61% check their phones every hour. http://buff.ly/WX3UoT

10 reputation management tips for doctors http://buff.ly/S04bea

The Rise of Patient Communities on Twitter http://buff.ly/X2oXqa

Chronic Disease and Social Networks http://buff.ly/REhcKp

Increased Use of Twitter at a Medical Conference: A Report and a Review of the Educational Opportunities http://buff.ly/ZdwhVi

Online portal leads patients back to doctors' offices - amednews http://buff.ly/VPXTt8

Tweets, Google searches help solve migraine mysteries - Harvard Health blog http://buff.ly/VNLNB4 - Migraine Tweets – What can online behavior tell us about disease? http://buff.ly/R625Z5 -- We did a similar study for allergies.

Using Social Media to Improve Continuing Medical Education: A Survey of Course Participants http://buff.ly/Uh0u37

Internet-based self-management improved asthma control after 3 months - however, all benefits were lost after 12 mo http://buff.ly/Uh25G0

Online urologist ratings usually positive: study http://buff.ly/UZBf2U -- Online Reviews Of 500 Urologists http://buff.ly/UmXcv7

The interaction between the medical profession and the media is becoming increasingly complex http://buff.ly/UZChfb

What were the top Nature papers according to social media in 2012? Nobody is quite sure, apparently http://buff.ly/UhJPMP

94% of high school students accessed social media on their phones during class http://buff.ly/V6Yqbx

How to Supercharge Google RSS Reader with Styles and Extensions http://buff.ly/HT8L8a

Share, Discuss and Learn, Socially - Disrupting Medical Education by Redefining “Social Media” http://buff.ly/UpUkvD

Lessons from 12 Years of Blogging http://buff.ly/Wrzry8

Most STD educational apps have failed to attract user attention and positive reviews http://buff.ly/11aAryf

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