Social Media and Healthcare

Instructions:

• Explore at least two social media sites related to consumer health 
• Review a support group site as well as a patient education site (two examples are provided but you may use others) 
• Discuss the type(s) of information you found on each site. 
• Include in your discussion of the sites responses to the following questions:
• Who “sponsored” the site? 
• Did consumers participate in the providing information?
• Did the site provide information that was informative?
• Did the informaton provided help build awareness of the conditions cited?
• Did the support group site build a sense of community?

https://www.facebook.com/kidneypatientgroup/