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Conferences

Attended Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)
Friday, September 16, 2011 to Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Accepted Abstracts

Medicine 2.0'10 (Maastricht, NL)

The Proof of the Pudding: First Results of a Primary Care Consultation Service on Twitter
Bart J Brandenburg, Erik Jansen

Social media have seen a spectacular rise in use and popularity over the last few years. Since health is an important factor in anyone’s life, it comes as no surprise that a considerable part of the communication on social media is health related. This raises the question what role health professionals could and should play in the world of social media. Based on this idea two Dutch physicians assisted by a communication and IT specialist started a free primary care consultation service on T...

Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)

What Lies Around the Bend? Exploring Next Steps in Social Media and Primary Care
Bart J Brandenburg, Erik Jansen

In 2009 we, two Dutch physicians assisted by a communication and IT specialist, started a primary care consultation service on Twitter, called @tweetspreekuur. The free service consist of an account where Twitter users can ask health related questions (24/7). Answers are given within 24 hours by primary care physicians, sometimes after consultation of a medical specialist in our network. We reported our first year results at the Medicine 2.0 Maastricht conference and were pleased and honored ...

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