ReviewJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
Reviewing social media use by clinicians.
Review in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
100 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Strategies and prerequisites for combating health misinformation on social media: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The role of social media on COVID-19 preventive behaviors worldwide, systematic review.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Collaborative writing applications in healthcare: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Medical wikis dedicated to clinical practice: a systematic review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Pooled it
- Impact of Scientific Versus Emotional Wording of Patient Questions on Doctor-Patient Communication in an Internet Forum: A Randomized Controlled Experiment with Medical Students.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Trial
- How Social Media Analysis Offers an Opportunity to Understand the Reality of People Living With Multiple Sclerosis: Descriptive French Study.JMIR infodemiology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Orthodontic-Related Social Media Content on Patients' Willingness to Initiate Treatment: A Systematic Review.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
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- Assessing the role of large language models in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis care: a comparison between ChatGPT and Google Gemini.Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica · 2025Article
- Navigating the Maze of Social Media Disinformation on Psychiatric Illness and Charting Paths to Reliable Information for Mental Health Professionals: Observational Study of TikTok Videos.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Observational
- Opportunities and challenges of social media for oral health literacy improvement: a qualitative investigation based on Iranian dentists' perspectives.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Discussions of Antibiotic Resistance on Social Media Platforms: Text Mining and Mixed Methods Content Analysis Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- The Impact of Orthodontists' Image-Based Social Media Posts on the Public's Willingness to Seek Treatment in the Central Region of Saudi Arabia.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- Clicks for credit: an analysis of healthcare professionals' social media use and potential for continuing professional development activities.Medical education online · 2024Article
- Social Media Usage for Medical Education and Smartphone Addiction Among Medical Students: National Web-Based Survey.JMIR medical education · 2024Article
- Exploring How People Interact With Dental Misinformation on Social Media: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Associations between Health-Related Use of Social Media and Positive Lifestyle Behaviors: Findings from a Representative Sample of US Adult Smokers.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Periodontists' perceptions and attitudes toward the use of social media for professional purposes in Saudi Arabia.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Multifaceted Role of Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Need for Quality Control.Cureus · 2023Review
- An Exploratory Study of Medical Journal's Twitter Use: Metadata, Networks, and Content Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Article
40 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Adoption studies of social media use by clinicians were systematically reviewed, up to July 26th, 2011, to determine the extent of adoption and highlight trends in institutional responses. This search led to 370 articles, of which 50 were selected for review, including 15 adoption surveys. The definition of social media is evolving rapidly; the authors define it broadly to include social networks and group-curated reference sites such as Wikipedia. Facebook accounts are very common among health science students (64-96%) and less so for professional clinicians (13-47%). Adoption rates have increased sharply in the past 4 years. Wikipedia is widely used as a reference tool. Attempts at incorporating social media into clinical training have met with mixed success. Posting of unprofessional content and breaches of patient confidentiality, especially by students, are not uncommon and have prompted calls for social media guidelines.
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