John Sharp is an IT Manager for a major medical center in Northeast Ohio. Areas of expertise include: ehealth, personal health records, Web 2.0 technologies, social media and project management. He is active in the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society and the American Medical Informatics Association. The opinions expressed on this blog are those of the author.
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Physician Blogging – What does it Look Like?
May 15, 2007
In an article in USA Today titled, “Paging Dr. Blog: Online Discourse Raises Questions,” notes that physician blogs include everything from venting about difficult patients to medical education to issues which border on violating privacy. How realistic is this concern – it is difficult to tell. There is also a concern if they are presenting medical information but in an anonymous fashion, can they be trusted? Is this a licensed physician or a pretender?
The article notes that only 1% of blogs relate to health topics. One potential benefit is noted – patients may better understand the way physicians think, although recent books may do a more thorough job on this.
