My thoughts on the subject were always neutral, it’s just as in life there are good doctors and there are bad doctors, the same can be said for social media information. In this day in age, patients are turning to social media more and more after a diagnosis for support groups, in depth information, and coping strategies. In an article I found, they reference two studies, one for Facebook information and another for Youtube information. The Facebook study was done by the May Clinic in Florida, they found that many patients turn to social media like Facebook after a diagnosis; such as, esophageal cancer. However, there are few groups on Facebook to disseminate such information; Dr. Wolfsen even mentions their goal is to create a Facebook group for patients with esophageal cancer. In the second study, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic watched the top 100 most viewed IBD video’s and found the videos to be educational and important, but the content was “poor.” In the end, Dr. Wolfsen does agree that social media can benefit patients and improve their lives, even with his findings.
This is similar to my post about the FDA wanting to regulate healthcare in social media. As you can see healthcare in social media has a split view of it and with various forms of social media, there needs to be a governing body to decide if the information is accurate, safe, and educates the patient correctly.
The full article can be found here: http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=6AB55993D2CC4281AB5A37FDCD60A6B5
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