Privacy and security concerns in adopting social media for personal health management: A health plan case study

Journal of Cases on Information Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 12-26

  Mitra, Sinjini ^a   Padman, Rema ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Demographic factors; Health and wellness; Online engagement; Relevance; Security; Social media; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH AND WELLNESS; ONLINE ENGAGEMENT; RELEVANCE; SECURITY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

HEALTH; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84880541163     PISSN: 15487717     EISSN: 15487725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jcit.2012100102     Document Type: Article

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