TY - JOUR
T1 - Social media in public health care
T2 - Impact domain propositions
AU - Andersen, Kim Normann
AU - Medaglia, Rony
AU - Henriksen, Helle Zinner
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - This paper investigates the impacts of social media use in Danish public health care with respect to capabilities, interactions, orientations, and value distribution. Taking an exploratory approach, the paper draws on an array of quantitative and qualitative data, and puts forward four propositions: social media transform the access to health-related information for patients and general practitioners, the uptake of social media can be a cost driver rather than a cost saver, social media provide empowerment to patients, and the uptake of social media is hindered by legal and privacy concerns
AB - This paper investigates the impacts of social media use in Danish public health care with respect to capabilities, interactions, orientations, and value distribution. Taking an exploratory approach, the paper draws on an array of quantitative and qualitative data, and puts forward four propositions: social media transform the access to health-related information for patients and general practitioners, the uptake of social media can be a cost driver rather than a cost saver, social media provide empowerment to patients, and the uptake of social media is hindered by legal and privacy concerns
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U2 - 10.1016/j.giq.2012.07.004
DO - 10.1016/j.giq.2012.07.004
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0740-624X
VL - 29
SP - 462
EP - 469
JO - Government Information Quarterly
JF - Government Information Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -