NEO-tribes: The power and potential of online communities in health care

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-113

  Johnson, Grace J ^a   Ambrose, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; PHYSICIAN OFFICE VISIT (POV);

DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745202346     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1107458.1107463     Document Type: Review

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