Journal article
Harnessing social media for health information management
Electronic commerce research and applications, v 27, pp 139-151
Jan 2018
PMID: 30147636
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Abstract
•Propose a conceptual framework of social media based health information management.•Present research challenges of applying and analyzing social media for health.•Identify important yet under-explored research issues.•Discuss promising directions for future research in health information management using social media.
The remarkable upsurge of social media has dramatic impacts on health care research and practice. Social media are reshaping health information management in a variety of ways, ranging from providing cost-effective ways to improve clinician-patient communication and exchange health-related information and experience, to enabling the discovery of new medical knowledge and information. Despite some demonstrated initial success, social media use and analytics for improving health as a research field is still at its infancy. Information systems researchers can potentially play a key role in advancing the field. This study proposes a conceptual framework for social media-based health information management by drawing on multi-disciplinary research. With the guidance of the framework, this paper presents related research challenges, identifies important yet under-explored research issues, and discusses promising directions for future research.
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- Title
- Harnessing social media for health information management
- Creators
- Lina Zhou - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United StatesDongsong Zhang - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United StatesChristopher C Yang - Drexel University, United StatesYu Wang - International Business School, Jinan University, China
- Publication Details
- Electronic commerce research and applications, v 27, pp 139-151
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000426352300013
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85040053267
- Other Identifier
- 991014878448804721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Business
- Computer Science, Information Systems
- Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications