Background: There is currently a lack of information about the uses, benefits, and limitations
of social media for health communication among the general public, patients, and health …

Background: Interest in mobile health (mHealth) applications for self-management of
diabetes is growing. In July 2009, we found 60 diabetes applications on iTunes for iPhone; …

Background: Social networking sites (SNSs) have the potential to increase the reach and
efficiency of essential public health services, such as surveillance, research, and …

Background: Data representing people's behaviour, attitudes, feelings and relationships are
increasingly being harvested from social media platforms and re-used for research …

Background: Successful diabetes management requires ongoing lifelong self-care and can
require that individuals with diabetes become experts in translating care recommendations …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. have
played an important role in conveying information, both accurate and inaccurate, thereby …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline and discuss the opportunities and
challenges of using social media in medical and health care. Design/methodology/approach …

The volume of data collected by multiple devices, such as mobile phones, sensors,
satellites, is growing at an exponential rate. Accessing and aggregating different sources of …

Consumers' willingness to donate personal data clearly benefits the marketers with whom
they share it. Data-driven social partnerships allow marketers to leverage the data, serve the …

Background Data stored in personally controlled health records (PCHRs) may hold value for
clinicians and public health entities, if patients and their families will share them. We sought …