TY - GEN
T1 - Misinformation in healthcare social networks
T2 - 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2011, AMCIS 2011
AU - Kisekka, Victoria
AU - Sharman, Raj
AU - Singh, Ranjit
AU - Singh, Gurdev
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - There has been a steady increase in the amount of information published on the internet in the past ten years. In the healthcare domain, patients are increasingly exchanging medical information on online social networks and engaging in self care as a result. This trend has concerned many researchers who have studied and confirmed the existence of misinformation on the internet. This research is a work in progress investigating how online social networks affect patient safety. The research question is: What are the factors contributing to the amount of misinformation in healthcare social networks? In particular, this research explores the critical factors that influence the extent of misinformation about diabetes on a diabetes social network. A total of 100 discussion threads will be collected and regression techniques will be used to analyze the data.
AB - There has been a steady increase in the amount of information published on the internet in the past ten years. In the healthcare domain, patients are increasingly exchanging medical information on online social networks and engaging in self care as a result. This trend has concerned many researchers who have studied and confirmed the existence of misinformation on the internet. This research is a work in progress investigating how online social networks affect patient safety. The research question is: What are the factors contributing to the amount of misinformation in healthcare social networks? In particular, this research explores the critical factors that influence the extent of misinformation about diabetes on a diabetes social network. A total of 100 discussion threads will be collected and regression techniques will be used to analyze the data.
KW - Factors affecting patient safety
KW - Factors contributing to misinformation
KW - Misinformation about diabetes
KW - Online healthcare social networks
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84870367353
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781618390981
T3 - 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2011, AMCIS 2011
SP - 3752
EP - 3761
BT - 17th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2011, AMCIS 2011
Y2 - 4 August 2011 through 8 August 2011
ER -