title: Incorporating social media into practice: a blueprint for reproductive health providers.
abstract: Industries are quick to adopt online applications that consumers are using to attract attention to products or services. The adoption of social media among medical professionals, although slow, is an inexorable reality particularly in reproductive health, where patients typically use online resources to pursue their health concerns. On the basis of the literature and personal experience with social media in infertility care, we provide guidance for reproductive health practitioners on how to use social media effectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Washington University St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA. omurtagk@wudosis.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Omurtag
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turek
mesh_terms: D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000379:methods; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D061108:Social Media