Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Department of Health and Medical Informatics, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Publications

• Review Article   
  Social Media Use for Healthcare in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review
  Author(s): Behailu Haile*
  
  Background: The application of SM in healthcare is increasing from time to time, which might highly benefit patients, professionals, and healthcare providers. Studies suggested that patients, professionals, and healthcare providers’ use of SM for healthcare purposes could significantly benefit individuals and institutes to improve healthcare management. However, little is known about the use of social media in healthcare in developing countries, this systematic review is based on the objective of exploring the uses of SM in healthcare in developing countries and identifying effective SM platforms used in healthcare in developing countries. Methods: We developed the search strategy, which includes five databases: PubMed, Science direct, ERIC, IEEE, and Google scholars. Searching on those databases included all English langu.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7420.2023.14.466

  Abstract HTML PDF