scholarly journals Communication in Healthcare: Global challenges in the 21st Century

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Rosanne Etheredge ◽  
June Fabian
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Good Doctor ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Communication Challenges ◽  
The Many

AbstractThis article explores the communication challenges brought about by the digital revolution in the 21st century for healthcare professionals internationally. It particularly focuses on the use of content-generating and sharing platforms like social media. Globally, healthcare has been irrevocably altered by digital innovation and health professionals deploy an extensive range of social media and web-based tools on a daily basis. However, many healthcare professionals use these platforms in a regulatory vacuum—where there may not be specific legal or ethical guidance—and without an appreciation of the associated risks. Given the special protections afforded to the practitioner–patient relationship, and the importance of a health practitioners' reputation, it is vital that we understand how to traverse the many ethical and legal challenges of the digital interaction. A comprehensive set of recommendations (see “Guidelines for Good Digital Citizenship in the Health Professions” on page 5 ff.) to keep practitioners out of trouble is provided. These hinge on the notion of being a “good person and a good doctor” as a formative maxim for ethical and legal safety. The constituents of publication, and the consequences of falling foul of acceptable publication standards on social media, are specifically discussed. “Publication” involves sharing content with a third party, or a group of people, and social media refers to platforms on which content can be shared with more than one person. Hence, most information that we post on social media can be considered as “published,” and as such may attach liability for health professionals who do not use these platforms with requisite care and sufficient forethought.

scholarly journals Patterns of use and perceived value of social media for population health among population health stakeholders: a cross-sectional web-based survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungwon Yoon ◽  
Sharon Wee ◽  
Vivian S. Y. Lee ◽  
Jing Lin ◽  
Julian Thumboo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Preventive Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Time Investment ◽  
Patterns Of Use

Abstract Background Although existing studies have described patterns of social media use in healthcare, most are focused on health professionals in one discipline. Population health requires a multi-disciplinary approach to ensure diversity and to include diverse stakeholders. To date, what is known about using social media in population health is focused on its potential as a communication tool. This study aims to investigate patterns of use and perceived value of social media usage among stakeholders in population health practice, policy, or research. Methods We conducted a web-based survey of delegates attending the Singapore Population Health Conversations and Workshop. We designed a 24-item questionnaire to assess 1) social media use in terms of type of platform and frequency of use; 2) perceptions of social media relevance and impact on population health; and 3) top three areas in population health that would benefit from social media. We used descriptive and logistic regression analyses to assess the relationships between variables. Results Of the 308 survey respondents, 97.7% reported that they use social media in some form. Messaging (96.8%) was the most dominant activity when using social media. Challenges in implementing social media for population health were time investment by health care professionals (56.2%) and patient adoption (52.9%). The top three population health areas that would benefit most from using social media were the promotion of healthy behaviors (60.7%), community engagement (47.7%), and preventive care (40.6%). Older respondents (> = 40 years) were less likely to view social media as useful for the promotion of healthy behaviors (OR = 0.34; 95% CI: 0.19–0.60). Non-social/healthcare professionals were more likely to consider social media to be useful for community engagement (OR = 1.74; 95% CI: 1.10–2.76). For preventive care, older respondents (OR = 0.51; 95% CI: 0.32–0.82) and non-social/healthcare professionals were less likely to view social media as useful (OR = 0.61; 95% CI: 0.38–0.97). Conclusions Our findings suggest that it may be important to select the specific care areas that would benefit most from using social media. The time investment needed by population health professionals should be fully addressed in planning to maximize the application and potential value of social media.

scholarly journals Preserving professional identities, behaviors, and values in digital professionalism using social networking sites; a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaista Salman Guraya ◽  
Salman Yousuf Guraya ◽  
Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Professional Behaviors ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Abstract Background Despite a rapid rise of use of social media in medical disciplines, uncertainty prevails among healthcare professionals for providing medical content on social media. There are also growing concerns about unprofessional behaviors and blurring of professional identities that are undermining digital professionalism. This review tapped the literature to determine the impact of social media on medical professionalism and how can professional identities and values be maintained in digital era. Methods We searched the databases of PubMed, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and EBSCO host using (professionalism AND (professionalism OR (professional identity) OR (professional behaviors) OR (professional values) OR (professional ethics))) AND ((social media) AND ((social media) OR (social networking sites) OR Twitter OR Facebook)) AND (health professionals). The research questions were based on sample (health professionals), phenomenon of interest (digital professionalism), design, evaluation and research type. We screened initial yield of titles using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria and selected a group of articles for qualitative analysis. We used the Biblioshiny® software package for the generation of popular concepts as clustered keywords. Results Our search yielded 44 articles with four leading themes; marked rise in the use of social media by healthcare professionals and students, negative impact of social media on digital professionalism, blurring of medical professional values, behaviors, and identity in the digital era, and limited evidence for teaching and assessing digital professionalism. A high occurrence of violation of patient privacy, professional integrity and cyberbullying were identified. Our search revealed a paucity of existing guidelines and policies for digital professionalism that can safeguard healthcare professionals, students and patients. Conclusions Our systematic review reports a significant rise of unprofessional behaviors in social media among healthcare professionals. We could not identify the desired professional behaviors and values essential for digital identity formation. The boundaries between personal and professional practices are mystified in digital professionalism. These findings call for potential educational ramifications to resurrect professional virtues, behaviors and identities of healthcare professionals and students.

scholarly journals Exploring depressive symptoms among healthcare professionals and the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Bacadini França ◽  
Clarissa Trzesniak ◽  
Patrícia Waltz Schelini ◽  
Gerson Hiroshi Yoshinari Júnior ◽  
Luciano Magalhães Vitorino
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Missing Data ◽  
General Population ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Electronic Form ◽  
Application Data

Data collection was carried out between May 11 and June 3, 2020 using an online electronic form, which was prepared by using the Google Forms application. Data collection started three months after the sanction of the Brazilian law which regulates about the quarantine period and specific measures against the new coronavirus. The link was sent through social media networks. The estimated time to fulfill the forms was less than 15 minutes. Participants should be 18 years and over, be in quarantine for at least 15 days (except health professionals), be Brazilian or naturalized and reside in Brazilian territory during the pandemic. Questionnaires with missing data were excluded

scholarly journals Preserving Professional Identities, Behaviors, and Values in Digital Professionalism: A Scoping Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaista Salman Guraya ◽  
Salman Yousuf Guraya ◽  
Muhammad Saiful Bahri Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background Despite a rapid rise of use of social media in medical disciplines, uncertainty prevails among healthcare professionals for providing medical content on social media. There are also growing concerns about unprofessional behaviors and blurring of professional identities that are undermining digital professionalism. This review tapped the literature to determine the impact of social media on medical professionalism and how can professional identities and values be maintained in digital era. Methods We searched the databases of PubMed, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and EBSCO host using (professionalism AND (professionalism OR (professional identity) OR (professional behaviors) OR (professional values) OR (professional ethics))) AND ((social media) AND ((social media) OR (social networking sites) OR Twitter OR facebook)) AND (health professionals). The research questions were based on participants (health professionals), concept (professionalism), and context (social media, digital world). We screened initial yield of titles using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria and selected a group of articles for qualitative analysis. We used the Biblioshiny® software package for generation of popular concepts as clustered keywords. Results Our search yielded 44 articles with four leading themes; marked rise in use of social media by healthcare professionals and students, negative impact of social media on digital professionalism, blurring of medical professional values, behaviors, and identity in digital era, limited evidence for teaching and assessing digital professionalism. A high occurrence of violation of patient privacy and professional integrity and cyberbullying is reported. There are no existing guidelines and policies for digital professionalism that can safeguard healthcare professionals, students and patients. Conclusion Our scoping review reports a rapid rise of unprofessional behaviors on social media among healthcare professionals. The boundaries between personal and professional practices are mystified in digital professionalism. These findings call for potential educational ramifications to resurrect professional virtues, behaviors and identities of healthcare professionals and students.

scholarly journals Dolezal, L., Rose, A., and Cooper, F. COVID-19, Online Shaming and Healthcare Professionals.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luna Dolezal ◽  
Arthur Rose ◽  
Fred Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Deadly Disease

As previous pandemics have taught us, coming into contact with, or being associated with, a highly infectious and potentially deadly disease has social consequences. Hence, it is no surprise that stigma and shame have developed around COVID-19. Although there have been outpourings of support and admiration for health-care workers for their work in this pandemic, health professionals have been among those directly affected. This article considers how shame has been part of healthcare workers’ experience during the COVID-19 pandemic because of social media use and instances of online shaming.

Mental Health Peer to Peer Support via Social Media practice reference During COVID-19 Pandemics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei Wang ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Pu Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Psychological Practice ◽  
Novel Model

This article describes a psychological practice reference to provide peer support via social media, derived from the experience learned from our intervention project, which was developed and carried out by a group of experienced mental health professionals, offering peer psychological support to healthcare professionals working at the frontline of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China. The authors describe the infrastructure of the team and the novel model of peer-to-peer crisis intervention via social media. This offers a model for intervention that can be used elsewhere for current pandemic and future crises.

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

Informatics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Md Irfanuzzaman Khan ◽  
M Abu Saleh ◽  
Ali Quazi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Acceptable Model ◽  
Acceptance Model

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.

scholarly journals Predatory journals, fake conferences and misleading social media: The dark side of medical information

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Suzana Kert ◽  
Igor Švab
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Information Revolution ◽  
Predatory Journals ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Damage ◽  
Lay Public

Abstract We live in an age of information revolution, where trends in informing physicians and the lay public bring new challenges that must be faced by healthcare professionals. Predatory journals and fake conferences are common. Social media is full of false information, which results in serious public health damage. Therefore, it is important that health professionals communicate properly with the public and patients and that they address the education of both the public and other health professionals.

scholarly journals E-Professionalism: challenges of being social in social media in health profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
Nazish Imran ◽  
Masood Jawaid
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Health Trends

The Digital revolution is set to influence medicine significantly in the coming days. Healthcare professionals should embrace the positive potential of social media (SM) and social networking sites (SNSs) and take advantage of these technologies and tools for their personal and professional development but also be aware of the potential impact of their online behaviors.Moorhead et al identified six arching domains of social media use by the general public, patients, and health professionals. These include Information provision and answering questions on various conditions; facilitation of dialogue between patients, and patients and healthcare professionals; data collection on patient experiences and opinions; SM use for health intervention;health promotion and health education; reduction of stigma & online consultations (Moorhead et al., 2013). Social media has various advantages, such as reaching an extensive audience, low cost, peer/social/emotional support, helping students to keep updated the latest health trends, helping them to formally and informally learn the material, prompt communication & potential to influence health policy (Moorhead et al., 2013; Mostaghimi &Crotty, 2011). At the same time, there are various limitations of social media use in healthcare. These include lack of reliability, information overload, lack of confidentiality & privacy, risks associated with providing incorrect advice using social media, concerns about the correct application of online information to one’s personal health & adverse health consequences. Furthermore, in some cases, social media may restrict patients from visiting health professionals (Moorhead et al., 2013).

scholarly journals Determinants of Job Satisfaction among Healthcare Professionals in Ghana : A Position Paper

2019 ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Elvis Adu ◽  
Fanglin Li ◽  
Lucy Boahemaa ◽  
Maxwell Opuni Antwi ◽  
Ama Boafo-Arthur
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Job Dissatisfaction ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Need Frustration

There is a growing interest in the health professionals’ performance sustenance and work- related attitudes research. This is primarily because health professionals experience on daily basis some undesirable variables like fatigue, `well-being, stress, emotional drain, psychological need frustration and job dissatisfaction which affect performance and its sustenance. Health managers quest to resolve issues of performance sustenance, have resulted in difficulties in their attempt to motivate health professionals to be highly functional and effective to sustain performance. In a lower-middle income country like Ghana, there has not been a lot of success in this regard considering the enormity of psychological challenges and the seemingly disturbing work environment health professionals engage their services in. These continue to affect performance fundamentally because they keep experiencing negative development psychologically. Additionally, it has been documented severally in the extant literature how these negative psychological developments affect the performance of healthcare professionals which unreservedly requires a new dimension in the way work environment is managed. A gap our study intends to address through the incorporation of positive psychological capital which we seek to use in moderating the work related attitudes that has the capacity to address the negativity that has engulfed work environment among healthcare professionals.

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