Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents Yearb Med Inform 2013; 22(01): 159-161DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638848 Original Article Georg Thieme Verlag KG StuttgartPersonal Health and Consumer InformaticsThe Impact of Health Oriented Social Media Applications on Health OutcomesAuthors Author Affiliations M. C. Gibbons 1 Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download(opens in new window) Keywords KeywordsSocial media - mHealth - consumer health informatics - randomized controlled trials - review References References 1 Kietzmann JH, Hermkens K, McCarthy IP, Silvestre BS. Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media. Business Horizons 2012; 54: 241-51. 2 Levy D. Emerging mHealth; Paths for Growth. Price Water house Coopers. 2012 p. 1-44. 3 Freierman S. One Million Apps and Counting at a Fast Pace. New York Times. 2011 Dec 11. 4 Bannon D. State of Media: The Social media Report, 2012. The Nielsen Company; 2012 5 Qualman E. 10 WOW Social Media Statistics. Socialnomics. 2012 http://www.socialnomics.net/2011/06/07/10-wow-social-media-statistics/ 6 Fox S. The Social Life of Health Information, 2011. Pew Charitable Trusts. 2011 p. 1-45. 7 Health Research Institute. Social Media “Likes” Healthcare; From Marketing to Social Business. Price Waterhouse Coopers. 2012 p. 1-40. 8 Fox S, Duggan M. Mobile Health 2012. Pew Charitable Trusts. 2012 p. 1-29. 9 Qiang CZ, Yamamichi M, Hausman V, Miller R, Altman D. Mobile Applications for the Health Sector. ICT Sector Unit, editor. New York, NY: The World Bank; 2012. p. 1-98. 10 Gibbons MC, Wilson RF, Samal L, Lehman CU, Dickersin K, Lehmann HP. et al. Impact of consumer health informatics applications. (Prepared by Johns Hopkins Evidence Based Practice Center Under contract No.HHSA 290-2007-10061-I), editor. Evid. Rep. Technol. Assess. (Full. Rep.) 09(10)-E019[188]. 2009 p. 1-546.