Social but safe? Quality and safety of diabetes-related online social networks

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-297

  Weitzman, Elissa R ^a,b   Cole, Emily ^a   Kaci, Liljana ^a   Mandl, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIVACY; SAFETY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955689644     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.009712     Document Type: Article

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