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Yearb Med Inform 2011; 20(01): 131-138
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638751
Working Group Contributions
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

The Role of Social Media for Patients and Consumer Health

Contribution of the IMIA Consumer Health Informatics Working Group

Authors

  • A. Y. S. Lau

    1   Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • K. A. Siek

    2   Wellness Innovation and Interaction Laboratory, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Computer Science, Boulder, USA
  • L. Fernandez-Luque

    3   Northern Research Institute, Tromsø, Norway
  • H. Tange

    4   Caphri School of Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  • P. Chhanabhai

    5   Department of Information Science, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • S. Y. W. Li

    6   Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
  • P. L. Elkin

    7   Department of Internal Medicine Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
  • A. Arjabi

    8   School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
  • L. Walczowski

    8   School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
  • C. S. Ang

    8   School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
  • G. Eysenbach

    9   Centre for global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
    10   Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada