Patient Participation at Health Care Conferences: Engaged Patients Increase Information Flow, Expand Propagation, and Deepen Engagement in the Conversation of Tweets Compared to Physicians or Researchers

Audun Utengen   ^{1 *} , MBA ;   Dara Rouholiman   ^{2 *} , BS ;   Jamison G. Gamble   ^{2 *} , MPH ;   Francisco Jose Grajales III   ^{3 *} , MS, CD, R Kin ;   Nisha Pradhan   ^{4 *} , BA ;   Alicia C Staley   ^{2 *} , MBA, MS ;   Liza Bernstein   ^{2 *} ;   Sean D Young   ^{5 *} , MS, PhD ;   Kevin A Clauson   ^{6 *} , PharmD ;   Larry F Chu   ^{2 *} , MS, MD

¹ Symplur, Los Angeles, CA, United States

² Stanford Medicine X, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States

³ Center for Social Innovation and Impact Investing, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁴ Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States

⁵ University of California Institute for Prediction Technology, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁶ College of Pharmacy, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, United States

*all authors contributed equally