@article{jantavongso2016health,
  title = {Health Professionals’ Perspectives on E-Health and Social Media in Thailand},
  author = {Suttisak Jantavongso},
  year = 2016,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JEHM/2016/510007/},
  journal = {Journal of e-health Management},
  volume = (2016),
  pages = 12,
  doi = 10.5171/2016.510007,
  abstract = {The core of this study evolved on perspectives of health professionals in Thailand on electronic health (e-health) and social media. Two main objectives were included as follows: (A) to provide a descriptive status of e-health and social media; and (B) to identify inhibitors and drivers for social media engagement. The study was a non-experimental and a quantitative research adopting a survey approach. The data were collected during April to June 2014 through the in-depth interviews. Health professionals within Bangkok and the Metropolitan areas, and other provinces in Central Thailand were the target population. Thirty-five Thai health professionals were randomly selected using a random sampling method with replacement. This clearly met the necessary conditions of the “Central Limit Theorem” aka CLT.  The findings revealed that health professionals in Thailand have used social media within their work contexts. Social media were used to connect between Thai health professionals and patients. The factor of “familiarity” was the main reason behind the selections of social media platforms by the health professionals. The top three devices used by the health professionals to access to social media were personal computers, smartphones, and notebooks. Following this, Facebook, LINE, and Google+ were the three major social media platforms. The top three ranked benefits of social media were “receive other helpful news and interests”, “receive information of the organization”, and “communicate with various departments within the organization”. On the other hand, Thai health professionals believed “ethical problems in using social media”, “contents of negative criticisms on the organization”, and “lack of content management” were the social media inhibitors.},
  keywords = {social media, e-health, health professionals},
  note = Article ID: 510007
}