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This chapter outlines the efficacy of using social media in healthcare. Written by a UK-based Crohn’s disease patient, the chapter describes how contemporary IT tools and techniques can be used effectively to actively engage patients in their own care. Examples of patient-to-patient interaction via new social media are provided. The concept of the “i-patient” is introduced and the need to empower both patients and healthcare professionals is suggested.
A patient comes because she’s sleeping 16 h a day, and it takes ten doctors and a coma to diagnose sleeping sickness
Dr Gregory House, “Fidelity”, HOUSE (TV series)
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Seres, M. (2014). The Role of Social Media in Healthcare: Experiences of a Crohn’s Disease Patient. In: Bali, R., Bos, L., Gibbons, M., Ibell, S. (eds) Rare Diseases in the Age of Health 2.0. Communications in Medical and Care Compunetics, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38643-5_15
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