Using patient experiences on Dutch social media to supervise health care services: Exploratory study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e7-

  Van De Belt, Tom H ^a   Engelen, Lucien J L P G ^a   Verhoef, Lise M ^a   Van Der Weide, Marian J A ^b   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^a,c   Kool, Rudolf B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Healthcare Inspectorate   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Rating sites; Social media; Supervision

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; STANDARDS;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84922310950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3906     Document Type: Article

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