Friday, November 20, 2009

Social Networking for Health Information

While finding health information online is not a new phenomenon, a recent NPR report highlights the growing trend of e-patients using social networking sites to communicate with medical professionals as well as to chat with other e-patients.

Patients are often far ahead of doctors and hospitals when it comes to using the Internet. E-patients are retrieving and sharing health information online in growing numbers.

Read more or listen at:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120381580

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