Analysis of emergency physicians' Twitter accounts

Lulić, Ileana; Ković, Ivor

doi:10.1136/emermed-2012-201132

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“…1 Links in Twitter profiles were identified as being associated with both higher activity (measured by tweet number) and popularity (measured by retweet rank percentile). These results are in line with the findings of an analysis by Lulic et al, 17 in which American Emergency Physicians' accounts containing links to professional information had higher engagement measurements than accounts without such information.…”

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Qualitative Twitter analysis of participants, tweet strategies, and tweet content at a major urologic conference

Borgmann

Woelm

Merseburger

et al. 2016

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Introduction: The microblogging social media platform Twitter is increasingly being adopted in the urologic field. We aimed to analyze participants, tweet strategies, and tweet content of the Twitter discussion at a urologic conference. Methods: A comprehensive analysis of the Twitter activity at the European Association of Urology Congress 2013 (#eau2013) was performed, including characteristics of user profiles, engagement and popularity measurements, characteristics and timing of tweets, and content analysis. Results: Of 218 Twitter contributors, doctors (45%) were the most frequent, ahead of associations (15%), companies (10%), and journals (3%). However, journals had the highest tweet/participant rate (22 tweets/participant), profile activity (median: 1177, total tweets, 1805 followers, 979 following), and profile popularity (follower/following ratio: 2.1; retweet rank percentile: 96%). Links in a profile were associated with higher engagement (p<0.0001) and popularity (p<0.0001). Of 1572 tweets, 57% were original tweets, 71% contained mentions, 20% contained links, and 25% included pictures. The majority of tweets (88%) were during conference hours, with an average of 24.7 tweets/hour and a peak activity of 71 tweets/hour. Overall, 59% of tweets were informative, led by the topics uro-oncology (21%), urologic research (21%), and urotechnology (12%). Limitations include the analysis of a single conference analysis, assessment of global profile and not domainspecific activity, and the rapid evolution in Twitter-using habits. Conclusion: Results of this single conference qualitative analysis are promising for an enrichment of the scientific discussions at urologic conferences through the use of Twitter.

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Qualitative Twitter analysis of participants, tweet strategies, and tweet content at a major urologic conference

Borgmann

Woelm

Merseburger

et al. 2016

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“…Recent publications from ACRÒ, 14 ASCOÒ 15 and a group of emergency medicine specialists 16 also show similar findings of increasing social media use, including increased use at national meetings and by individual members. The publications 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 cited the trend in practice to include substantive and meaningful information exchange among users.…”

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Updated Survey of Social Media Use by Members of the American Urological Association

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Introduction: We performed a more detailed, updated analysis of social media use by AUA members. Specifically we sought to characterize the frequency of and reason for using different social media platforms as well as barriers to social media use. Methods: From November to December 2013 we sent a 21-item survey on social media use to all 16,376 AUA members with a valid email address. A total of 1,114 members (6.8%) completed the survey. Responses were tallied and statistical analysis was performed to evaluate use patterns based on demographic characteristics. Results: Overall 71% of AUA members who responded to the survey currently had a social media account. The most popular social media platform was FacebookÒ (89% of respondents), followed by LinkedInÒ (59%), YouTubeÔ (54%), TwitterÒ (48%) and GoogleþÔ (35%). All platforms except LinkedIn were used primarily for personal reasons. Fewer than a third of respondents had viewed an AUA social media site and 35% of physician respondents participated in a physician-only social media community. Among respondents who did not use social media the most common reasons were no perception of added value and privacy concerns. Conclusions: Although most AUA respondents are involved in social media, they primarily use social media for personal reasons. There remains significant potential for growth and education on the usefulness of social media for urologists in the professional setting.

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“…1,2,4 Similarly, European physicians have also begun to embrace most social media tools. 3,5 The use of 4 smartphones and tablets has also increased significantly among physicians around the world. 4 Despite the evidence demonstrating the increasing use of social media by many medical practitioners and organizations, it is still nascent and underutilized in the healthcare domain and currently there is a widespread skepticism about and mistrust of the usefulness of social media in healthcare.…”

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Social media and physicians: Exploring the benefits and challenges

Panahi

Watson

Partridge

2014

Health Informatics J

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Healthcare professionals' use of social media platforms, such as blogs, wikis, and social networking web sites has grown considerably in recent years. However, few studies have explored the perspectives and experiences of physicians in adopting social media in healthcare. This article aims to identify the potential benefits and challenges of adopting social media by physicians and demonstrates this by presenting findings from a survey conducted with physicians. A qualitative survey design was employed to achieve the research goal. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 24 physicians from around the world who were active users of social media. The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis approach. The study revealed six main reasons and six major challenges for physicians adopting social media. The main reasons to join social media were as follows: staying connected with colleagues, reaching out and networking with the wider community, sharing knowledge, engaging in continued medical education, benchmarking, and branding. The main challenges of adopting social media by physicians were also as follows: maintaining confidentiality, lack of active participation, finding time, lack of trust, workplace acceptance and support, and information anarchy. By revealing the main benefits as well as the challenges of adopting social media by physicians, the study provides an opportunity for healthcare 3 professionals to better understand the scope and impact of social media in healthcare, and assists them to adopt and harness social media effectively, and maximize the benefits for the specific needs of the clinical community.

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Analysis of emergency physicians' Twitter accounts

Abstract: Only a small proportion of registered emergency physicians use Twitter. Among them exists a smaller inner network of emergency physicians with strong social bonds that is using Twitter's full potentials for professional development.

Cited by 43 publications

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Qualitative Twitter analysis of participants, tweet strategies, and tweet content at a major urologic conference

Qualitative Twitter analysis of participants, tweet strategies, and tweet content at a major urologic conference

Updated Survey of Social Media Use by Members of the American Urological Association

Social media and physicians: Exploring the benefits and challenges

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