Use of social media across US hospitals: Descriptive analysis of adoption and utilization

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Griffis, Heather M ^a   Kilaru, Austin S ^b   Werner, Rachel M ^c   Asch, David A ^d   Hershey, John C ^e   Hill, Shawndra ^e   Ha, Yoonhee P ^c   Sellers, Allison ^a   Mahoney, Kevin ^d   Merchant, Raina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information; Internet; Social media

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL; INTERNET; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALS; INTERNET; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914666491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3758     Document Type: Article

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