Social networks and medicine
Bastardot, F.; Vollenweider, P.; Marques-Vidal, P.
Revue Medicale Suisse 11(493): 2050
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 26685647 Document Number: 682664
Social networks (social media or #SoMe) have entered medical practice within the last few years. These new media--like Twitter or Skype--enrich interactions among physicians (telemedicine), among physicians and patients (virtual consultations) and change the way of teaching medicine. They also entail new ethical, deontological and legal issues: the extension of the consultation area beyond the medical office and the access of information by third parties were recently debated. We develop here a review of some social networks with their characteristics, applications for medicine and limitations, and we offer some recommendations of good practice.