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- Title
The use of Twitter to facilitate sharing of clinical expertise in urology.
- Authors
Sternberg, Kevan M; Loeb, Stacy L; Canes, David; Donnelly, Laura; Tsai, Mitchell H
- Abstract
The use of social media in the urologic community is common and increasing. Although the potential benefits of platforms like Twitter have been described in the literature, the use of social media in the clinical context of Urology has not been explored.In this case report, we describe how we used Twitter to share ideas about the clinical management of a complex urologic patient. By posting a clinical scenario, a timely discussion was generated with global participation and expert suggestions. This knowledge was applied to the surgical management of a patient with positive clinical outcomes.The ability of Twitter to facilitate rapid communication with a wide network of contributors makes it a potentially useful tool for clinical decision making. Care must be taken to ensure patient confidentiality and caution used appropriately when evaluating the sources and content of the clinical information shared.
- Subjects
ELECTRONIC health records; MEDICAL students; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL informatics; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 2, p183
- ISSN
1067-5027
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jamia/ocx055