Fierce Healthcare October 27, 2019
Paige Minemyer

Patients are increasingly using social media to share and find health information.

LAS VEGAS —You might not expect a heart doctor to work at Facebook.

But for cardiologist Freddy Abnousi, M.D., joining the social media giant became how he felt he could move the needle in a way he couldn’t advising individual patients with acute heart conditions.

“You could put a clinic and hospital on every corner and not impact health outcomes that much,” Abnousi said.

Now, as head of healthcare research at Facebook, Abnousi is leading the charge at the social media company, studying the social and behavioral factors that impact health and play an outsized role in the overall equation.

Abnousi was one of several speakers on...

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