Is It Appropriate to Share Health Information on Social Media?
Social media is widely used for exchanging news, photos and opinions. But today, it’s also being used by patients to share health information with their physicians. Some 65 percent of millennials and 43 percent of all adults think it’s okay to contact doctors about health concerns by posting on their social media pages or through […]
Doctor-rating websites offer helpful but limited advice
By Julie Corliss, Harvard Health Letters If you’ve ever used the Internet to find a health care provider, chances are you’ve run across doctor-rating sites like Healthgrades.com or RateMDs.com. In addition, websites that offer reviews of everything from restaurants to repairmen (such as Yelp and Angie’s List) also feature critiques of doctors, dentists, and other […]
