Social Media and Emergency Preparedness in Response to Novel Coronavirus

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 323, Issue 20, 2020, Pages 2011-2012

  Merchant, Raina M ^a,b   Lurie, Nicole ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Massachusetts General Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; E-LEARNING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ISOLATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MISINFORMATION; PANDEMIC; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELECOMMUTING; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85082336538     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.4469     Document Type: Short Survey

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