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 2-4 weeks:

Efficacy of a Text Message-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Young People: another negative study http://buff.ly/1eklD7V

Normal use of tablet PCs leads to a remarkable amount of microbial surface contamination. Standardized surface disinfection with isopropanol wipes as guided by the application significantly reduces this microbial load but voids the warranty http://buff.ly/15YdewE

Still unclear if doctor rating websites reflect the quality of care offered by individual health care providers http://buff.ly/17rXg1F

Faculty-administered Facebook page in anatomy education: the majority of students agreed it could be useful http://buff.ly/147J8dI

Diavideos is a web portal that provides easy access to a repository of trustworthy diabetes videos on YouTube http://buff.ly/147Jz7V

Social Media's Role in ENT: It is a physician's duty to ensure that patients are being educated properly http://buff.ly/147JO2M

The ethics of social media in dental practice: challenges (PDF) http://buff.ly/17Ck2nJ

Talk or Text to Tell? How Young Adults Prefer to Receive STD Results in a Wireless World - nearly all preferred face to face communication http://buff.ly/17Ck66Q

Online social networks for patient recruitment in clinical research: successful, cost-effective and efficient http://buff.ly/147LlWn

Can I get a retweet please? Health research recruitment via Twitter is effective for difficult-to-reach populations http://buff.ly/17CkxhG

The more young adults used Facebook, the more their life satisfaction levels declined over time (study) http://buff.ly/18lZfSg

Editing Wikipedia Pages for Med School Credit http://buff.ly/1hgSgPR

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.