Using social media to educate women and healthcare providers on endometriosis: preliminary results

Adoption of social media amongst health care organizations is thriving. Healthcare providers have begun to connect with patients via social media. While some healthcare organizations have taken the initiative, numerous others are attempting to comprehend this new medium of opportunity. These organizations are finding that social networking can be an effective way to monitor brand, connecting with patients, community, and patient education and acquiring new talent. This study is conducted to identify the purpose of using social media, concerns, policy and its implementation and the overall experience of healthcare organizations with social media. To collect first hand data, online questionnaire was sent via LinkedIn to 400 US healthcare organizations and representatives out of which 117 responded and were taken further for analsysis. The results of this study confirm the thriving adoption, increased opportunities and cautious use of social media by healthcare organizations. The potential benefits present outweigh the risk and concerns associated with it. Study concluded that social media presence will continue to grow into the future and the field of healthcare is no exception.

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Capturing the surge of public interest towards Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin and BCG vaccine during COVID-19 Pandemic (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.19482 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Shabbir Syed-Abdul ◽

Shwetambara Malwade ◽

Sim-Mei Choo

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Specific Treatment ◽

Drug Effects ◽

The United States ◽

Bcg Vaccine ◽

Public Interests ◽

Treatment Regimes ◽

Appropriate Treatment

UNSTRUCTURED The outbreak of COVID-19 that started in December 2019, was declared a pandemic in March 2020. Currently, there is no specific treatment recommended and healthcare providers are struggling to find appropriate treatment regimes. Medication misinformation spread through social media has caused panic situations and self-prescription leading to harmful drug effects. The situation worsened following false propaganda via social media, leading to shortage of some medications. Our study shows the frequency of search for the medications Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), Azithromycin and Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine in Google Trends, across 6 countries. Public interests from the United States, Italy and Spain leaned towards HCQ, whereas those from Taiwan, Japan and South Korea were keen towards learning about the BCG vaccine. Our article aimed to inform the general public of the adverse drug reactions to avoid self-prescription or yield to the assumptions of leaders and unanimous social media posts. Proactive participation and preventive measures such as social distancing, use of face masks and hand sanitizers are recommended to help curb COVID-19 and other infections.

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COVID-19: knowledge, awareness and perceived stress among Jordanian healthcare providers (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.22978 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Emad Aborajooh ◽

Mohammed Qussay Al-Sabbagh ◽

Baraa Mafrachi ◽

Muhammad Yassin ◽

Rami Dwairi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Psychological Stress ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Best Practice ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Care Providers ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Source Of Information

UNSTRUCTURED We aimed to measure levels of knowledge, awareness, and stress about COVID-19 among health care providers (HCP) in Jordan. This was a cross-sectional study on 397 HCPs that utilized an internet-based questionnaire to evaluate knowledge about COVID-19, availability of personal protective equipment (PEE), future perception, and psychological distress. Ordinal logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate factors associated with knowledge and psychological stress. Overall, 24.4% and 21.2% of the participants showed excellent knowledge and poor knowledge, respectively. Social media (61.7%) was the most commonly used source of information. Being female (β= 0.521, 95% CI 0.049 to 0.992), physician (β=1.421, 95% CI 0.849 to 1.992), or using literature to gain knowledge (β= 1.161, 95% CI 0.657 to 1.664) were positive predictors of higher knowledge. While having higher stress (β= -0.854, 95% CI -1.488 to -0.221) and using social media (β= -0.434, 95% CI -0.865 to -0.003) or conventional media (β= -0.884, 95% CI -1.358 to -0.409) for information were negative predictors of knowledge levels. HCPs are advised to use the literature as a source of information about the virus, its transmission, and the best practice. PPEs should be secured for HCPs to the psychological stress associated with treating COVID-19 patients.

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Use of social media by healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia: reasons and usefulness for their professional development

2020 19th International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications for Business Engineering and Science (DCABES) ◽

10.1109/dcabes50732.2020.00091 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Saja Al-Nahdi ◽

Turki Alanzi ◽

Hala Alhodaib

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Social Media ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Use Of Social Media

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“I Don’t Feel Like a Hero”: Frontline Healthcare Providers’ Social Media Storytelling during COVID-19

Health Communication ◽

10.1080/10410236.2021.2017108 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Stephanie M. Pangborn ◽

Brandon C. Boatwright ◽

Caleigh L. Miller ◽

Madelyn N. Velting

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Healthcare Providers

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Using the New Media by Companies From the Sme Sector in Podkarpackie Province

Social Communication ◽

10.2478/sc-2018-0018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 85-95 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Justyna Masłyk

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

New Media ◽

Entire Population ◽

The Internet ◽

Research Project ◽

Media Development ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

Online Presence ◽

Use Of Social Media

Abstract The main purpose of this article is to present the results of research concerning the use of social media by companies from the SME sector in Podkarpackie Province. The article includes data obtained in the first stage of the study, which is a part of a research project on the use of social media in the area of creating the image of an organization / company as an employer.The survey covered the entire population of companies from the SME sector, which are registered in Podkarpackie Province (REGON database). The research phase, the results of which are presented in this article, mainly involved the analysis of data on companies from the SME sector in Podkarpackie Province in terms of their presence on the Internet (having an individual website, having company profiles on selected social networks). The results of the first stage of the study confirm that the companies see the potential of the online presence / functioning in social media (more and more companies have their own website, Facebook profiles). The dynamics of changes in this area is definitely not adequate to the pace of new media development. On the basis of preliminary results of further stages of the research, it can also be concluded that in the vast majority of cases, however, these are non-strategic and non-systematic activities.

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Opinion of Healthcare Professionals in the Usage of Social Media for Patient Care in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) ◽

10.11591/.v6i1.6527 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

Syed Meraj Ahmed ◽

Faisal Alhumaidi Alruways ◽

Thamer Fahad Alsallum ◽

Meshal Munahi Almutairi ◽

Abdullah Saif Al-Subhi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Patient Care ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Improve Patient Care ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Validated Questionnaire ◽

Use Of Social Media

Use of social media for patient care is the new frontier in the healthcare indus-try. Sharing of information between the clinicians and their patients is now so much easier. In slowly gaining a foothold worldwide it needs a healthy push to make it universally accepta-ble. Study the knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare providers on the usage of social media in their clinical practice.A baseline cross – sectional study was conducted among 200 healthcare professionals from March 2015 to September 2015 on their knowledge, attitude, and practices in the use of social media for patient care in Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. A close ended self – administered validated questionnaire was used to gather data which was analyzed by using the SPSS ver. 21.0 software. 55.3% participants used social media for both professional and personal reasons. Some (25.3%) specified using it for patient care while a significant majority (52.9%) opined that it can be successfully used for patient interaction. Nearly 55% agreed that social media should not be banned due to its benefits as an efficient tool for patient communication. Social media use for pa-tient doctor interaction should be encouraged to improve patient care through effective com-munication.

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Covid-19, the perfect time to broaden our horizons about social media use in oncology? A survey study with healthcare professionals caring for youth with cancer

10.21203/rs.3.rs-303214/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Rost ◽

Vittoria Espeli ◽

Marc Ansari ◽

Nicholas von der Weid ◽

Bernice Elger ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Media Use ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Young Patients ◽

Adolescent And Young Adult ◽

Survey Study ◽

Ethical Guidelines ◽

Social Media Use ◽

Health Crisis

Abstract Purpose The study aims to explore the attitudes of Swiss healthcare professionals towards the use of social media in adolescent and young adult oncology and to examine whether the ongoing social restrictions due COVID-19 might have altered these attitudes. Methods This study was cross-sectional in design. The subjects were healthcare providers working in pediatric or adult oncology settings in Switzerland. We performed descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. Results While considered useful, only a small minority of participants actually used social media for professional reasons and considered themselves skillful in using these platforms. Although institutional guidelines were deemed crucial to improve social media use, many respondents seemed unaware of their existence. Only a minority reported an impact of Covid-19 on their attitudes towards the professional implementation of social media. Conclusion The global health crisis creates important challenges for young patients with cancer and their healthcare providers. In times of social restrictions, social media may be promising tools to facilitate health information provision, connectivity and patient care. Virtual mentorship and target social media training interventions might be the best way to improve familiarity with social media and with ethical guidelines for their use.

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The effect of Covid-19 in digital media use of Finnish physicians (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.29305 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Minna Isomursu ◽

Reija Kuoremäki ◽

Mika Teikari

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Digital Media ◽

Information Search ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Survey Study ◽

Face To Face ◽

Internet Resources ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

Special Circumstances ◽

And Training

BACKGROUND Covid-19 pandemic has boosted digitalization in healthcare, as mobility restrictions and social distancing rules have made healthcare providers to adopt digital tools to replace or complement face-to-face interactions. OBJECTIVE In this paper, we discuss results of a survey study about the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on physician’s use of digital media. We examine whether Covid-19 conditions have changed how physicians use internet resources for information search, how they engage in social media, and how they participate in online events. METHODS The study compares a survey conducted in Finland in spring 2020 with two identical surveys done in 2019 and 2018. Spring 2020 was the time when Finland executed mobility restrictions and re-organization of healthcare because of pandemic. Comparing results of this survey with the results of two previous years gives us a unique opportunity to do comparative analysis if the results of Covid-19 spring are different from earlier years. RESULTS Our results show that the use of digital media for information search did increase, but not more than the steadily rising trend of previous years. Use of print media was still strong, and complementary digital media sources had already been relatively high prior 2020 and continued to stay in that level. Use of social media had also been steadily rising among physicians, and this steady rise continued in 2020. However, our results indicate that Covid-19 situation had an effect on physician’s participation in online events organized by healthcare ecosystem stakeholders. There was a rise in numbers in participation to online congresses, symposia and training, and physicians took part in more eDetailing organized by healthcare ecosystem actors. CONCLUSIONS As use of digital media including social media was already high prior Covid-19 in Finland, our results do not show significant change because of special circumstances in 2020. However, our results show increased participation in online events. With increased participation, also the attitudes towards organized online events had changed more positive, which could indicate that the higher participation numbers could continue also when pandemic related restrictions will be removed.

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Spinning the lens on physician power: narratives of humanism and healing

Perspectives on Medical Education ◽

10.1007/s40037-019-00537-4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 305-308

Author(s):

Mercedes Chan ◽

Laura Nimmon

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Medical Education ◽

General Public ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Health Professions ◽

The Public ◽

Practice Of Medicine ◽

Narrative Framework

Abstract Divisive, disabling and dangerous power has featured heavily in health professions literature, social media and medical education. Negative accounts of the wielding of power have discoloured the lens through which the public sees medicine and distorted the view of a profession long associated with healing, humanism and heart. What has been buried in the midst of this discourse are positive accounts of power where the yielding of power is encouraging, empathetic and empowering. This article offers three personal vignettes illustrating the ability of power to positively affect lives in the practice of medicine, for patients and doctors alike. More of these stories are needed to uplift and rebalance the conversation on physician power and how it can be used for good. It is necessary to provide a narrative framework of what it looks like to be a healer and a humanistic doctor to satisfy the general public through a commitment to cultivate multidimensional future healthcare providers.

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