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Effects Of Social Media On Patient Perceptions And Compliance, Annmarie Butare, Adarsh Gupta
Effects Of Social Media On Patient Perceptions And Compliance, Annmarie Butare, Adarsh Gupta
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
It is the physician’s responsibility to ensure that their patients are collecting credible and accurate information. Considering the significant proportion of patients using social media to assist with medical decision making, physicians should incorporate this into their patient education in order to ensure patient understanding of the information gathered both outside and inside the medical office, thereby improving compliance and outcomes.
The goals of this study were to examine the influence of social media on patient perceptions of healthcare and use this infomration to improve physician understanding of patient health information-seeking behaviors to improve patient compliance. The three-part survey included …