Can Twitter improve healthcare communication?
Twitter, the social network based around the phrase “What are you doing right now?”, continues to gain popularity in world of healthcare. But can it help improve communication with patients’ families?
Children’s Medical Center in Dallas thinks so.
The latest facility to “tweet” during surgery (a concept created in February by Henry Ford Health System), Children’s sees the technology as a way to help communication between physicians and families.
Read more about the idea here.
Do you use Twitter? Know anyone that does? Feel free to share your thoughts.
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