@article{2984776,
    title = "Social media in health care: Exploring its use by health-care professionals in Greece",
    author = "Katsas, I. and Apostolakis, I. and Varlamis, I.",
    journal = "Informatics for Health and Social Care",
    year = "2022",
    volume = "47",
    number = "1",
    pages = "1-9",
    publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
    issn = "1753-8157, 1753-8165",
    doi = "10.1080/17538157.2021.1906256",
    keywords = "article;  attitude;  Greece;  health care cost;  health care system;  human;  Internet;  medical information;  occupation;  perception;  social media;  communicable disease control;  Greece;  health care delivery;  pandemic, Communicable Disease Control;  COVID-19;  Delivery of Health Care;  Greece;  Humans;  Pandemics;  SARS-CoV-2;  Social Media",
    abstract = "The lockdown restrictions that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic have reshaped the way people live, work, and interact with each other. At the same time, it changed the way health-care professionals and national health-care systems around the world are fighting in this battle for public health. Social media (SoMe) have played their informational role in this fight with almost one-third of the world’s population being active users of social media platforms. Contemporary health-care systems have tried to find ways to engage more actively with SoMe as Internet users are increasingly searching for health information on social media platforms. As a result, new demand-side levers arise in the health-care sector along with new opportunities and risks for the stakeholders. Our study looked into the responses of 173 health-care professionals in Greece. SoMe are here to stay and the majority of health-care professionals embrace them in their professional lives. Quality in health information and the work context of Greek health-care professionals in our cohort contribute to attitudes and perceptions of social media use in health care. © 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC."
}