Learning Journal 7

 

Social media in healthcare is more predominant now than ever before. Especially with the effects of covid and its impact on the world. There is a lot of misinformation, disinformation, and general opinions. It can be hard sometimes to differentiate the sources. In Christina Newberry's blog, there are examples from the CDC, and government websites versus combat misinformation sites. There are companies providing chat rooms and sources for people to connect and find ways of healthy resources. If I do research, I do generally take it with a grain of salt depending on the resource. I know we have all experienced a website where it claims your dying of cancer when really, it's just a something minor. Due to the fact many websites must generalize unless you go to a website where they specifically ask for symptoms etc. The advancement of preventative medicine and other people sharing their experiences over social media give ways for people to support each other and help each other. People can educate, inform or even grow. People just need the education to distinguish what is reliable and not reliable. I Believe in the advancements in medical information on the Internet. Already people are being censored on social media sites. There’s usually a description of why; so, I do see the effort to combat misinformation and disinformation. Not only that but users must know what information to consume and what information to ignore. When it comes to professional life and using social media. The world health department has teamed up with many social media websites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to strategize and help benefit the flow of correct information amongst those social media websites. 

Not only is information improving on social media but technology is advancing in the medical field too. The advancement of EHRs (electronic health records) allows people to see their medical records from their cell phones. They can access this information. Not only is information becoming available but providers and agencies are now communicating online. So patient care is enhanced. 

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Benetoli, A., Chen, T. F., & Aslani, P. (2017, August 30). How patients' use of social media impacts their interactions with healthcare professionals. Patient Education and Counseling.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0738399117305293?via%3Dihub

Lin, X., & Kishore, R. (2021, January 16). Social Media-Enabled Healthcare: A conceptual model of social media affordances, online social support, and health behaviors and outcomes. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162521000068?via%3Dihub