{"id":74530,"date":"2023-09-27T16:34:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/?page_id=74530"},"modified":"2025-02-18T23:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T05:48:57","slug":"leveraging-social-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When used with discernment, social media communication has the potential to effectively improve health literacy and promote wellness by actively engaging patients and the public. By integrating social media and traditional health care practices, patients are empowered to actively participate in their own care, thereby enhancing their knowledge, attitudes and expectations regarding their health.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, social media facilitates the establishment of vital support networks, both socially and emotionally, while also improving accessibility and widening access to relevant information. It enables increased interaction among individuals and facilitates the sharing and customization of health-related content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When used with discernment, social media communication has the potential to effectively improve health literacy and promote wellness by actively engaging patients and the public. By integrating social media and traditional health care practices, patients are empowered to actively participate in their own care, thereby enhancing their knowledge, attitudes and expectations regarding their health. Furthermore, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/\" class=\"readmore\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74531,"parent":74323,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v21.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Impact of Social Media - American Osteopathic Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Impact of Social Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When used with discernment, social media communication has the potential to effectively improve health literacy and promote wellness by actively engaging patients and the public. By integrating social media and traditional health care practices, patients are empowered to actively participate in their own care, thereby enhancing their knowledge, attitudes and expectations regarding their health. Furthermore, &hellip; Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Osteopathic Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-19T05:48:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-toolkit-3.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/\",\"name\":\"Impact of Social Media - American Osteopathic Association\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-27T21:34:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-19T05:48:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Practicing Medicine\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Social Media Toolkit\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Impact of Social Media\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/\",\"name\":\"American Osteopathic Association\",\"description\":\"Advancing the distinctive philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Impact of Social Media - American Osteopathic Association","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Impact of Social Media","og_description":"When used with discernment, social media communication has the potential to effectively improve health literacy and promote wellness by actively engaging patients and the public. By integrating social media and traditional health care practices, patients are empowered to actively participate in their own care, thereby enhancing their knowledge, attitudes and expectations regarding their health. Furthermore, &hellip; Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/","og_site_name":"American Osteopathic Association","article_modified_time":"2025-02-19T05:48:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-toolkit-3.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/","url":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/","name":"Impact of Social Media - American Osteopathic Association","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-09-27T21:34:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-19T05:48:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/leveraging-social-media\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Practicing Medicine","item":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Social Media Toolkit","item":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/practicing-medicine\/social-media-toolkit\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Impact of Social Media"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/","name":"American Osteopathic Association","description":"Advancing the distinctive philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74530\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}