The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Social Media

In the world today the use social media and smart phone are on the rise in the healthcare setting, social media is no longer an alternative tool in the healthcare, as it allows the nurse’s and all the health care group share information, ideas and professional experiences through online communication, social media provides a number of benefits including the marketing of brands like the major health care brands do. In fact, most businesses and professional organizations currently taking benefits of using the use social media for their marketing, which will connect with their consumers. Social media as help to promote good health care delivery. Social media platforms include such electronic communication outlets as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,

Nurses can positively use electronic media to share workplace experiences, particularly those events that are challenging or emotionally charged, but it is imperative not to mention patients by name or provide any information or details that could possibly identify them in order to protect patients’ right to privacy. But despite the multiple benefits of social media, laws and regulations dictate harmful affect its use within the medical professional setting. Social media has an aspect which can destroy a nurse reputation with harmful effects, and also beneficial effect. This paper explained the advantage and disadvantage of social media, its benefits, and harmful effect in health care

Social media is an important tool for communicating with other health care professional which help to enhance and to facilitate teamwork/collaboration between the groups. Social media also provides numerous benefits including the marketing, most professional organization uses social media for the marketing their major health care brands which will help them connect with their consumers. It can also be used for recruitment and other processes like customer feedback. With the use of social media Hospital information systems such as electronic health records, electronic medical records, clinical decision support systems, picture archiving and communication systems, and laboratory information systems are easily