clipped from blogs.usatoday.comDoctors: A Tweet a day keeps the patients informed
Modern medicine is taking to Twitter. In a report in Telemedicine and e-Health, medical writer Mark Terry notes that doctors, hospitals and health agencies have started to deliver medicine via Tweet.
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hospitals such as the University of Maryland Medical System, and individual doctors have all taken to contacting patients through Twitter.
The journal report notes ten medical uses for Twitter recommended by clinical nurse Phil Baumann:
1. Disaster alerting and response
2. Diabetes management (blood glucose tracking)
3. Drug safety alerts from the Food and Drug Administration
4. Biomedical device data capture and reporting
5. Shift-bidding for nurses and other healthcare professionals
6. Diagnostic brainstorming
7. Rare diseases tracking and resource connection
8. Providing smoking cessation assistance
9. Broadcasting infant care tips to new parents
10. Post-discharge patient consultations and follow-up care
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