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Social media usage among health care providers

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Surani, Zoya, Hirani, Rahim, Elias, Anita, Quisenberry, Lauren, Varon, Joseph, Surani, Sara, Surani, Salim·2017·BMC Research Notes

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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of social media among healthcare workers in an attempt to identify how it affects the quality of patient care. RESULTS: An anonymous survey of 35 questions was conducted in South Texas, on 366 healthcare workers. Of the 97% of people who reported owning electronic devices, 87.9% indicated that they used social media. These healthcare workers indicated that they spent approximately 1 h on social media every day. The healthcare workers below the age of 40 were more involved in social media compared to those above 40 (p < 0.05). The use of social media among physicians and nurses was noted to be identical (88% for each group), and both groups encouraged their patients to research their clinical conditions on social media (p < 0.05). A higher number of physicians reported awareness of a social media policy in their hospital compared to nurses (p < 0.05). However, a large proportion of healthcare workers (40%) were unaware of their workplace policy, which could potentially cause a privacy breach of confidential medical information. Further studies are required to evaluate specific effects of these findings on the quality of patient care.

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Authors: Surani, Z., Hirani, R., Elias, A., Quisenberry, L., Varon, J., Surani, S., & Surani, S.
Affiliations: Hampshire College (US)
Texas Tech University (US)
University of North Texas (US)
Corresponding author: Surani, Salim
ORCID: Surani, Zoya
Hirani, Rahim
Elias, Anita
Surani, Salim
Venue: BMC Research Notes
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2017-11-29
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Pages: 654-654
ISSN: 1756-0500 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2993-y
PMC: PMC5708107
OpenAlex: W2769046624
Cited by: 214
References: 19
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 39 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 1
FWCI: 14.29
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
Locations: BMC Research Notes (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior
Keywords: social media use, healthcare workers, physicians, nurses, quality of care, patient privacy, age differences in social media use
MeSH terms: Adult, Female, Health Personnel, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Texas, Young Adult, Social Media

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