Can Existing Social Media Encourage Health and Care Co-production?

Abstract

The Future of health in EU faces the triple challenges of ageing, fiscal restriction and inclusion. Co-production offers ways to manage informal care resources to help cater for the growing needs of elderly people. We investigate the uses of Social media (SM) as an enabler of co-production in health and care. We conducted a qualitative study using interviews and online observations. We found that particular types of SM are currently used to enable co-production through coordination and communication across boundaries. Particularly, Twitter and Facebook are used to connect carers, disseminate information and invite volunteers. However there are still many other types of SM which are rarely used in this sector due to their limitations. Nevertheless, carers showed interest in using systems which help them to engage people in shaping services, sharing experiences and encouraging care activities.

Affiliations

The University of Edinburgh

School of Informatics

The University of Edinburgh

School of Informatics

Contributors

Hadi Daneshvar

Stuart Anderson

Conference

Publication date: October 2015

Publication date (Print): October 2015

Pages: 1-3

ID: 10.14236/ewic/HIS2015.7

Copyright statement: © Hadi Daneshvar et al. Published by BCS Proceedings of BCS Health Informatics Scotland 2015 Conference. Research Papers.

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Conference name: BCS Health Informatics Scotland (HIS)

Conference acronym: HIS

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Conference location: Edinburgh, UK

Conference date: 7 & 8 October 2015

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: mHealth & Inequalities, eHealth for an Ageing Population, Patient Portals and Personal Health Records

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing