How many similar patients were you able to find? How do sites like this one assist people with newly diagnosed conditions?

Written Assignment 4

Social Networking and Other Web-Based Applications in Healthcare

Patientslikeme
We are all touched by chronic conditions of varying degrees of severity. Visit the website Patientslikeme (http://www.patientslikeme.com/patients), and search for other patients with symptoms that you or someone you know shares. How many similar patients were you able to find? How do sites like this one assist people with newly diagnosed conditions?

Social Media Challenges
The dangers are many for health practitioners who use social media sites such as Facebook. Browse the internet to see whether you can find any recent examples of health care professionals misusing social media. Did any details of the article(s) surprise you? Explain.