Twitter, Facebook, and Health Care

In last Thursday's edition of the New York Times, Dr. Pauline Chen reports on the new ways that doctors and their patients interact. With the advent of social media platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, increasing numbers of providers are communicating with patients via tweets, and the like. Not only is social media becoming a tool for doctor-patient interaction, but is also a burgeoning medium for patient-to-patient interaction. Check out the article here.