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St. Louis Business Journal, April 29, 2009

Facebook and Twitter have joined the repertoire of technologies being used by St. Louis healthcare organizations to pursue the "better, faster, cheaper" mantra driving the industry. In February, for example, SSM Health Care decided to make Twitter a part of its external communication strategy.

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