AMA December 2, 2019
Tanya Albert Henry

There’s no question that people are turning to internet search engines, blogs and social media to figure out what symptoms mean, learn more about a condition after diagnosis, connect with others facing similar health challenges and more.

Now it is time for those in health care, and those who shape social media and other online interactions, to make sure patients performing those searches are getting the most accurate health information and using tools that will ultimately lead to better outcomes for them, according to a panel of experts that included representatives from Twitter and Facebook.

The panelists spoke at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas, the largest conference for health innovation. The AMA, which is focused on...

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