TY - GEN
T1 - Social media as catalyzer for connected health
T2 - Hype or hope? Perspectives from IMIA working groups
AU - Fernandez-Luque, Luis
AU - Vilmarlund, Vivian
AU - Borycki, Elizabeth
AU - Schulz, Stefan
AU - Kuziemsky, Craig
AU - Marschollek, Michael
AU - Kulikowski, Casimir A.
N1 - Copyright 2016 IMIA and IOS Press. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The Internet and social media are becoming ubiquitous technologies that are transforming the health sector. Social media has become an avenue for accessing, creating and sharing health information among patients and healthcare professionals. Furthermore, social media has become a key feature in many eHealth solutions, including wearable technologies, Big Data solutions, eLearning systems, Serious Games, Medical imaging, etc. These hyper-connected technologies are facilitating a paradigm shift towards more connected health. In this panel, representatives of different IMIA Working Groups will explore how both hope and hype contribute to social media's catalyzing role in creating connected health solutions.
AB - The Internet and social media are becoming ubiquitous technologies that are transforming the health sector. Social media has become an avenue for accessing, creating and sharing health information among patients and healthcare professionals. Furthermore, social media has become a key feature in many eHealth solutions, including wearable technologies, Big Data solutions, eLearning systems, Serious Games, Medical imaging, etc. These hyper-connected technologies are facilitating a paradigm shift towards more connected health. In this panel, representatives of different IMIA Working Groups will explore how both hope and hype contribute to social media's catalyzing role in creating connected health solutions.
KW - Connected health, patient safety
KW - Consumer health informatics
KW - m-Health
KW - Mobile health
KW - Public health informatics
KW - Social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978765961&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-602
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-602
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
SN - 9781614996576
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 602
EP - 604
BT - Nursing Informatics 2016
A2 - Sermeus, Walter
A2 - Procter, Paula M.
A2 - Weber, Patrick
PB - IOS Press
CY - Amsterdam
ER -