Adopting Social Media for Improving Health

Park, Albert; Bowling, Jessamyn; Shaw, George; Li, Chuqin; Chen, Shi

doi:10.18043/ncm.80.4.240

Cited by 19 publications

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“…Prior research explored the potential of social media technologies in healthcare [2][3][4][5][6][7]. However, compared to previous studies, this research backed its arguments with empirical data collected from the healthcare industry but also explored and identified new factors that are relevant to social media adoption behaviours.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the healthcare domain, social media has transformed our interactions with one another through community building, message amplification, rapid dissemination, and active engagement [1]. Social media offers healthcare organisations an abundance of potential benefits [2][3][4]. These benefits include patient engagement, social support and enhanced community outreach, health message implications, and improved quality of patient care [5,6].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Social Media Adoption by Health Professionals: A TAM-Based Study

2021

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This research identifies the underlying drivers impacting on healthcare professionals’ social media usage behaviours using the technology acceptance model (TAM) as the theoretical lens. A self-administered survey questionnaire was developed and administered to 219 healthcare professionals. Data are analysed applying the structural equation modelling (SEM) technique. The SEM model demonstrated an acceptable model fit (χ2 = 534.241; df, 239, χ2/df = 2.235, RMSEA = 0.06, IFI = 0.92, TLI = 0.93, and CFI = 0.92) and indicates content quality, perceived risk, perceived credibility, peer influence, confirmation of expectations, supporting conditions, and perceived cost significantly influence the notion of perceived social media usefulness. Furthermore, perceived social media usefulness positively affects social media usage behaviour of healthcare professionals. This research generates important insights into what drives the adoption of social media by healthcare professionals. These insights could help develop social media guidelines and strategies to improve the state of professional interactions between health professionals and their clients.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Social Media Adoption by Health Professionals: A TAM-Based Study

2021

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“…40 By incorporating these types of communication functions, palliative care mHealth may provide a unique platform for facilitating difficult conversations related to disease trajectory, goals of care, and advance directive completion. Researchers previously highlighted social media implications for end-of-life communication, 41 but few empirical studies have capitalized on using social media functions 42 to improve health or focus on important palliative care outcomes and services. 43 Use mHealth approaches to facilitate regular assessments.…”

Section: Recommendations For Palliative Care Mhealthmentioning

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“We're Taking Something So Human and Trying to Digitize”: Provider Recommendations for mHealth in Palliative Care

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Journal of Palliative Medicine

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Background: Mobile health (mHealth) is a promising tool for improving health outcomes. However, the benefits of using mHealth in palliative care are under studied. Objective: As a first step to designing meaningful palliative care-specific mobile applications, this research explored provider perspectives regarding the utility of mHealth in palliative care. Design: A qualitative phenomenological study with semistructured interviews. Setting/Subjects: Providers from multiple disciplines working in palliative care settings at an academic medical center. Results: Thematic analysis resulted in five provider recommendations regarding the utility and design of palliative care-specific mHealth, including (i) thoughtfulness to language, context, and delivery when assessing palliative care needs; (ii) include tools for prognosis and advance care planning; (iii) tailor health and qualityof-life goals; (iv) emphasize supports for family and caregivers; and (v) consider technology abilities of older adults. Conclusions: Palliative care providers are enthusiastic about the use of mHealth to improve care coordination, facilitate communication, enhance symptom monitoring, and improve patient-family support. However, providers have reservations about mobile functionality and depersonalized assessment and care. Providers stress the utility of mHealth to facilitate palliative care rather than replace important multidisciplinary services.

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“…Social media and patient-generated data are also rapidly expanding the data that can inform multiple levels of health care and public health delivery. As outlined by Albert Park and colleagues in this issue [26], these types of data provide a different view of health needs and can be used to detect emerging issues earlier and to better target health-related interventions. In addition, social media provide new channels for delivering information to individuals that can be targeted to an individual's level of health literacy and more rapidly inform a community about a crisis than traditional media.…”

Section: Big Data To the Rescuementioning

confidence: 99%