Dr. Prakasam’s Excellent Social Media Adventure

It was inspiring to read the interview that HCI Senior Editor Gabriel Perna conducted recently with Gnanagurudasan Prakasam, M.D., a pediatric endocrinologist based in Sacramento, California. What Dr. Prakasam has achieved goes beyond a surface “win” do a deeper type of accomplishment, and should be widely noted. And the results speak for themselves: the children whom Dr. Prakash cares for—all 1,500 of them, whto whom he is available 24/7—have a hospital readmissions rate of 5 percent, while the nationwide rate is between 9 and 15 percent. That is a huge breakthrough. Read More

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