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The Flattening of Healthcare: Breaking Down Barriers in Healthcare Social Media
In the two previous posts in this series of Twitter visualizations, we’ve looked at the growth of patient communities and the dynamics and centrality of one of them. This time we will take a deeper look at the people who make up these communities. From looking at the visualization below (PDF version), one can think of them as virtual communities set in space like constellations of stars but with people orbiting one another. The laws of physics still apply, but gravity has become a function of conversations. Conversation is gravity. Boundaries are broken down. Traditional barriers like location, profession, demographi...
Source: Fox ePractice - January 7, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: Audun Utengen, MBA Tags: Shorts Breast Cancer Social Media Flattening of Healthcare healthcare social media healthcare social media analytics network centrality analysis Source Type: blogs