CGH #031: Social Media And The Health Care Consumer

Update: Due to circumstances beyond our control, tonight's episode of "Consumer's Guide to Health" (and interview with Dr. Eric Robertson) has been canceled. It is rescheduled for Tuesday May 11 at 8:00pm central. Hope you can join us in two weeks for what should be a great episode.

Join me on BlogTalkRadio on Tuesday May 11, 2010 at 8:00 pm central time for the latest episode of "Consumer's Guide To Health". Social media and Web 2.0 are changing the way that patients and health care providers interact. This episode of "Consumer's Guide To Health" will examine social media and how Web 2.0 tools and sites apply to the health care consumer.

This episode's special guest is Dr. Eric Robertson, PT, DPT, OCS. Eric is a physical therapist that specializes in orthopaedic manual physical therapy. He is a faculty member of the PT program at Texas State University in San Marcos. Eric's main area of interest beyond manual physical therapy includes leveraging web technologies to improve evidence-based practice. He also has a blog entitled PT Think Tank - critical observations of health, science, and the physical therapy profession.

The BlogTalkRadio call-in number is 646-929-1567. You can listen online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/abesselink and also download this and previous episodes here as well.

Join us for the discussion!