Benefits of Professional Social Networks: Expectations and Design Implications for the Healthcare Domain
ISSN
2048-4712
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2015-06-25
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Bath, Peter
Spring, Hannah
Sen, Barbara
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract
Social technologies are increasingly adopted across industries as they incorporate potential business value. Also the healthcare industry could profit from social technologies as the members of healthcare institutions have to be connected and collaborate with each other in order to reach their ambitious efficiency targets. Existing social networking sites like Facebook address the need of communication and information exchange but at the same time they are posing a challenge with regard to medical confidentiality and other privacy concerns. Taking a design science research perspective we identify current challenges of social networks for health professionals by analyzing existing social networking sites. These challenges are discussion points for qualitative in-depth interviews that focus on benefit expectations regarding professional social networks. At the end, seven design propositions for the design of social networks for health professionals are derived.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Health Information Management Research (ISHIMR 2015)
Publisher
York St. John University & University of Sheffield
Publisher place
York
Start page
153
End page
162
Pages
10
Event Title
ISHIMR 2015 : 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research
Event Location
York, UK
Event Date
25.-26.06.2015
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
241955
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