ReviewJournal of medical Internet research2021
Social Media and Health Care, Part I: Literature Review of Social Media Use by Health Care Providers.
Review in Journal of medical Internet research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
104 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Communication and medical errors: a bibliometric analysis of research trends and knowledge structures.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Examining the Effectiveness of Social Media for the Dissemination of Research Evidence for Health and Social Care Practitioners: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of social media use on influenza vaccine hesitancy among pediatric healthcare workers: The mediating role of 3Cs.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026Article
- When social media becomes medicine: clinician-moderated online consultations as an informal healthcare access point.Israel journal of health policy research · 2026Observational
- A cross-sectional study on the quality of IgA nephropathy videos on short video platforms.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Use of Teledentistry in Diagnosis, Consultation, and Treatment of Oral and Dental Diseases: A Systematic Review Study.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Ethical considerations of social media use for surgeons.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Review
- Global Trends in Research on Social Media and Cosmetic Surgery Consideration: A Bibliometric Analysis.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Review
- TikTok and Bilibili as sources of palliative care information: an analysis of quality and reliability.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Topic and Sentiment Trends in Semaglutide Discussions on X: Subpopulation-Based Longitudinal Analysis.Online journal of public health informatics · 2026Article
- Internet Health Care Service Use Behavioral Pattern Among Older Adults and the Role of the Technology Acceptance and Social Ecological Theory Model: Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- A scoping review of the views and experiences of health professionals in the Middle East and North Africa regions regarding social media use.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2026Review
- Establishing AI-driven evaluation standards and human-in-the-loop guidance for digital first aid education: a perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Perspectives of adolescents and young people on Digital Health Interventions and their impact on health knowledge.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Influence of social media on the oral health-related quality of life and cognitive function in elderly individuals: A cross-sectional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- The evolving role of nonprofit hospitals and health systems in improving community health.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Domain-informed density extraction for robust mental health classification of long social media posts.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2026Article
- Patients' knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward dry eye disease management.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Ethical Considerations for the Use of Social Media in the Human Subjects Research Setting.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Associations Between Social Media Use and Mental Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Evidence.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundAs the world continues to advance technologically, social media (SM) is becoming an essential part of billions of people's lives worldwide and is affecting almost every industry imaginable. As the world is becoming more digitally oriented, the health care industry is increasingly visualizing SM as an important channel for health care promotion, employment, recruiting new patients, marketing for health care providers (HCPs), building a better brand name, etc. HCPs are bound to ethical principles toward their colleagues, patients, and the public in the digital world as much as in the real world.
objectiveThis review aims to shed light on SM use worldwide and to discuss how it has been used as an essential tool in the health care industry from the perspective of HCPs.
methodsA literature review was conducted between March and April 2020 using MEDLINE, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science for all English-language medical studies that were published since 2007 and discussed SM use in any form for health care. Studies that were not in English, whose full text was not accessible, or that investigated patients' perspectives were excluded from this part, as were reviews pertaining to ethical and legal considerations in SM use.
resultsThe initial search yielded 83 studies. More studies were included from article references, and a total of 158 studies were reviewed. SM uses were best categorized as health promotion, career development or practice promotion, recruitment, professional networking or destressing, medical education, telemedicine, scientific research, influencing health behavior, and public health care issues.
conclusionsMultidimensional health care, including the pairing of health care with SM and other forms of communication, has been shown to be very successful. Striking the right balance between digital and traditional health care is important.
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