Social media in clinical radiology: have you updated your status?

Over the last decade, the social media revolution has had a huge impact on world industry and how people communicate. This is no different in the healthcare landscape where it has captured audiences of healthcare professionals and patients alike. Social media is defined as a ‘set of interactive technology tools designed to encourage social networking and dialogic communication in virtual communities and networks’ (1). Social media platforms include online forums, networking sites, online professional networks, content posting sites and research forums (2). A recently published comprehensive analysis of social media encourages health care staff to embrace the ‘e-society’ and social media revolution as it has shown to provide improved outcomes for healthcare staff and patients (3). This article discusses the role of social media in the context of clinical radiology.