Social media for nurses educating practitioners and patients in a networked world /

This is a ""how to"" primer for nurses and health professionals that provides, simply and clearly, the knowledge and skills they need to effectivly use interactive social media when educating consumers/patients on health issues and for their own professional development. The book...

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Main Author: Nelson, Ramona,
Other Authors: Joos, Irene Makar,, Wolf, Debra M.,, EBSCOhost.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, [2013]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 271 pages) : illustrations.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction: social media and the transitioning roles and relationships in health care
  • Software applications supporting social media
  • Selecting devices and related hardware to support social media
  • Applications and tools promoting health 2.0 via social media
  • Consumer-centered virtual health communities
  • Personal health records (PHRs)
  • Telehealth
  • Business models and health-related social media
  • Professional guidelines, policies, regulations, and laws impacting health-related social media communication
  • Social media and health care-tomorrow and beyond.