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Social Media and Health Care Professionals: Benefits, Risks, and Best Practices

C. Lee Ventola Additional article information INTRODUCTION Many social media tools are available for health care professionals (HCPs), including social networking platforms, blogs, microblogs, wikis, media-sharing sites, and virtual reality and gaming environments.1–8 These tools can be used to improve or enhance professional networking and education, organizational promotion, patient care, patient education, and public health […]