The Doctor–Patient Relationship and Information-Seeking Behavior

Adamson, Matt; Choi, Kelsey; Notaro, Stephen John; Cotoc, Crina

doi:10.1177/0825859718759881

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“…Round boxes represent individual doctors, red represents individuals with core attributes, and gray represents individuals with edge attributes. Among them, some doctors (individuals 1, 2, 3, 8, 10,12,31,34,35,36,39,40,42,44,47,53,56,61,62,66,68,69,73,84,86,87,92,96,100,102) are in the core area. According to the calculation results, the core area network density in the network is 0.455, and the periphery area network density is 0.181.…”

Section: Node Freeman's Degree Freeman's Betweenness Closenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additional indicators are needed for verification. By comparing effective size, efficiency, and constraint, it can be found that individuals 1,18,35,40,42, and 102 are located in the structural hole of the network (i.e., the middleman of the network), and the degree of reciprocity is high. Doctors in such nodes can connect to two areas, or they can bring location benefits through a reciprocal relationship with the structural hole location (Figure 3).…”

Section: Reciprocal Exchangementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Figure 1 shows that doctors interact with information in medical online communities. Communication in the community covers many areas, not just medicine [42][43][44][45][46]. In the process of information exchange, different patients and doctors might need different types and quantities of information [47].…”

Section: Close Communication Of Information In the E-health Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In community leadership and prevention strategies, network analysis can effectively identify key players as well as others in the network [27]. Individuals 1,18,35,40,42,and 102 were in the structural hole position in the network. The existence of structural holes allows occupants the opportunity to provide access to "information benefits" and "controls", which creates more competition than members in other locations in the network.…”

Section: Significant Positions Of Doctors With Higher Professional Timentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analysis of Network Structure and Doctor Behaviors in E-Health Communities from a Social-Capital Perspective

2020

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In tandem with internet development and widespread social media use, e-health communities have begun to emerge in recent years. These communities allow doctors to access forums anywhere, anytime, seek or exchange medical information online, find literature, and so on. This is convenient and can solve some problems for doctors while also promoting doctor communication. This study collected and collated 102 doctors in the "Lilac Forum" and used social network tools to quantify the overall network density, centrality, core-periphery structure, and structural hole indicators of doctors' information exchange from a social-capital perspective. The results showed that the frequency of interaction between doctors differed because of differences in the identities and participation of doctors in the e-health community. The density of the doctors' information dissemination network (0.228) and network cohesion (0.610) were relatively high. Thus, the doctors were more closely connected, and information was easily spread. At the same time, doctors with higher professional titles had obvious location characteristics, familiarity and trust, and high levels of reciprocity. They could obtain redundant information in the network and were more likely to influence the behavior of other doctors. This study's findings provide support for improving information exchange among doctors in e-health communities and improving the service levels of the platforms.institutions, and medical practitioners [7]. Forums such as Lilac (www.dxy.cn/bbs) and Love Love Doctor (bbs.iiyi.com/) provide medical information and services to many doctors. However, there are still relatively few active users in medical forums [8], which means the acceptance level of e-health communities is still lacking. Therefore, it is important to explore the information exchange behaviors of doctors in such communities to promote the service level of e-health communities.The e-health community is an electronic information platform where doctors can exchange academic, basic medical, and other information. In e-health communities, doctors can access forums anywhere, anytime, seek or exchange medical information, find literature, and so on. At the same time, doctors can also post comments and questions on the forum and communicate with others. This is convenient and can solve some problems for doctors. If a doctor's area lacks the advanced medical resources and medical resources, and a patient requires advanced treatment, the doctor can access relevant advanced medical information in a forum. Then, the patient can be better prepared for the advanced treatment before the referral, which can increase cure rates [9]. E-health communities also can break the limitations of time and space and help doctors obtain professional knowledge from other doctors at different levels, which can reduce imbalances in medical resources [10]. Although such advantages indicate that e-health communities have good prospects, some shortcomings still exist. First, users of the Lilac forum are independent...

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Section: Node Freeman's Degree Freeman's Betweenness Closenessmentioning

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Section: Reciprocal Exchangementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Close Communication Of Information In the E-health Communitymentioning

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Section: Significant Positions Of Doctors With Higher Professional Timentioning

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“…Although it is now common for US adults to search online for health information, patients can have different approaches to information-seeking and communicating about health information with their health care team. A study of cancer patients classified these different information-seeking orientations into 4 categories: the "questioners" who often distrust physician-provided information; the "undecided" who need time to process information and make decisions; the "cross-checkers" who prefer to double check information they receive; and the "experienceoriented" who prefer information from other health consumers over that from providers or research [19]. While these categories may not be generalizable to all types of patients, knowing that patients can approach information-seeking in different ways and that a patient's information-seeking behavior is related to their view of the physician as "information-giver" illustrates the importance of strong physician-patient communication [19].…”

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Telemedicine allows for effective communication between a medically complex cancer patient and his virtual hospital medical team

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Good physician-patient communication is key for effective hospital care. We describe a patient diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism and bacteremia who was treated in a virtual hybrid hospital-at-home program. Constant communication with the virtual and in-home healthcare teams enabled a unified knowledge of the patient's wishes. K E Y W O R D S clinical decision-making, hospital-at-home, physician-patient communication, virtual hybridHow to cite this article: Paulson MR, Torres-Guzman RA, Avila FR, et al. Telemedicine allows for effective communication between a medically complex cancer patient and his virtual hospital medical team.

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The Doctor–Patient Relationship and Information-Seeking Behavior

Cited by 41 publications

References 39 publications

Analysis of Network Structure and Doctor Behaviors in E-Health Communities from a Social-Capital Perspective

Analysis of Network Structure and Doctor Behaviors in E-Health Communities from a Social-Capital Perspective

Strategies for Integrating Technology as a Team Member

Telemedicine allows for effective communication between a medically complex cancer patient and his virtual hospital medical team

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