Ethical Issues of Social Media Usage in Healthcare

• Published in: Yearbook of medical informatics Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 137 - 147
• Main Authors: Denecke, K., Bamidis, P., Bond, C., Gabarron, E., Househ, M., Lau, A. Y. S., Mayer, M. A., Merolli, M., Hansen, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Stuttgart Schattauer Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften 13.08.2015; Georg Thieme Verlag KG; Schattauer GmbH
• Subjects: Delivery of Health Care - ethics; Ethics, Clinical; Ethics, Research; health care ethics; Humans; information science; Original Article; Patient-Centered Care - ethics; patientcentered care; Social media; Social Media - ethics; patient-centered care; health care ethics; information science; Social media; patientcentered care

Objective: Social media, web and mobile technologies are increasingly used in healthcare and directly support patientcentered care. Patients benefit from disease self-management tools, contact to others, and closer monitoring. Researchers study drug efficiency, or recruit patients for clinical studi...