Forty-eight percent of surveyed health care providers say they are using some type of social media website for professional networking purposes, according to a survey by health care staffing and recruitment firm AMN Healthcare.
Of the surveyed health care providers, 41% said they are using Facebook, 29% said they are using YouTube, 23% said they are using LinkedIn, 11% said they are using Twitter and 3% said they are using Foursquare for professional networking purposes.
The report is based on a 2011 survey of 2,790 health care professionals, including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians, pharmacists, dentists and allied health care workers.
Source: AMN Healthcare, "Use of Social Media and Mobile by Healthcare Professionals"