Topic > The Importance of Social Media in Nursing

Professional networking, education, and improving patient care are three benefits of social media in healthcare. Online communities where physicians can communicate with colleagues are an important part of social media in healthcare (Ventola, 2014). There doctors are able to communicate about patients' problems. Maybe they want to express their opinions on a certain surgery or have noticed that many patients come in with certain symptoms more than others. The fact that social media is able to communicate with so many people is an advantage because information can reach much further and much faster than before. It can mean life or death for someone waiting to hear about a potential transplant or perhaps to learn an improved technique that has been discovered. The fact that information is now so quick and easily available is what makes social media huge