Empowering patients through social media: The benefits and challenges

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-58

  Househ, Mowafa ^a   Borycki, Elizabeth ^b   Kushniruk, Andre ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

E health; healthcare; patient empowerment; patient engagement; social media benefits; social media challenges; technology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT EMPOWERMENT; PATIENT ENGAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA BENEFITS; SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGY; TELEHEALTH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

E-HEALTH; HEALTHCARE; PATIENT EMPOWERMENT; PATIENT ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA BENEFITS; SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGY;

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84894432777     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458213476969     Document Type: Article

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