Social networking in the national health service in England: A quantitative analysis of the online identities of 152 primary care trusts

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 356-360

  Hawker, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer health informatics; Internet; Organisation patient relations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INTERNET;

BEST PRACTICES; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONLINE IDENTITY; ORGANISATION-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY SOURCES; SOCIAL UTILITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78649496708     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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