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Interaction Patterns of Nurturant Support Exchanged in Online Health Social Networking by Katherine Y Chuang, Christopher C Yang (Published on 03 May 2012) Background: Expressing emotion in online support communities is an important aspect of enabling e-patients to connect with each other and expand their social resources. Indirectly it increases the amount of support for coping with health issues. Exploring the supportive interaction patterns in online health social networking would help us better understand how technology features impacts user behavior in this context. Objective: To build on previous research that identified different types of social support in online support communities by delving into patterns of supportive behavior across multiple computer-mediated communication formats. Each format combines different architectural elements, affecting the resulting social spaces. Our research question compared communication across... |
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Use of Social Media by Western European Hospitals: Longitudinal Study by Tom H Van de Belt, Sivera AA Berben, Melvin Samsom, Lucien JLPG Engelen, Lisette Schoonhoven (Published on 01 May 2012) Background: Patients increasingly use social media to communicate. Their stories could support quality improvements in participatory health care and could support patient-centered care. Active use of social media by health care institutions could also speed up communication and information provision to patients and their families, thus increasing quality even more. Hospitals seem to be becoming aware of the benefits social media could offer. Data from the United States show that hospitals increasingly use social media, but it is unknown whether and how Western European hospitals use social media. Objective: To identify to what extent Western European hospitals use social media. Methods: In this longitudinal study, we explored the use of social media by hospitals in 12 Western European... |