How Facebook saved a life a woman’s life

Will Newt Gingrich become the next healthcare social media evangelist? Writing with neurosurgeon Dr. Kamal Thapar, Gingrich recounts the story about how one of Dr. Thapar’s patients was in a coma. Since Dr. Thapar could not obtain her medical history, he read it by reading the woman’s Facebook posts from the months leading up to her coma. She had written detailed entries about her medications, hospitalizations, how she felt, and what was happening in her body. Using this inform

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