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    Professionals in healthcare fields such as physicians, nurses, and researchers can use social media to share information on healthcare policies and practices, promote healthy behaviors, educate patients and colleagues, and potentially improve health outcomes. Physicians often join online communities to read news, consult with colleagues on patient cases, discuss challenges, and network with others in their field. Some physicians also use social media to directly communicate with patients to supplement their clinical care.

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    Professionals in healthcare fields such as physicians, nurses, and researchers can use social media to share information on healthcare policies and practices, promote healthy behaviors, educate patients and colleagues, and potentially improve health outcomes. Physicians often join online communities to read news, consult with colleagues on patient cases, discuss challenges, and network with others in their field. Some physicians also use social media to directly communicate with patients to supplement their clinical care.

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    Professionals in healthcare fields such as physicians, nurses, and researchers can use social media to share information on healthcare policies and practices, promote healthy behaviors, educate patients and colleagues, and potentially improve health outcomes. Physicians often join online communities to read news, consult with colleagues on patient cases, discuss challenges, and network with others in their field. Some physicians also use social media to directly communicate with patients to supplement their clinical care.

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    Professionals ( surgeons, general physicians, nurses, pharmaceutical researchers ).

    Social media provide


    HCPs with tools to share information, to debate health care policy and practice issues, to promote
    health behaviors, to engage with the public, and to educate and interact with patients, caregivers,
    students, and colleagues. HCPs can use social media to potentially improve health outcomes, develop a
    professional network, increase personal awareness of news and discoveries, motivate patients, and
    provide health information to the community

    Physicians most often join online communities where they can read news articles, listen to experts,
    research medical developments, consult colleagues regarding patient issues, and network. 9 There they
    can share cases and ideas, discuss practice management challenges, make referrals, disseminate their
    research, market their practices, or engage in health advocacy. 14,15 A growing minority of physicians also
    uses social media to communicate directly with patients to augment clinical care. There they can share
    cases and ideas, discuss practice management challenges, make referrals, disseminate their research,
    market their practices, or engage in health advocacy.

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