TY - JOUR AU - Smailhodzic, Edin AU - Hooijsma, Wyanda AU - Boonstra, Albert AU - Langley, David J. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/08/26 TI - Social media use in healthcare: A systematic review of effects on patients and on their relationship with healthcare professionals JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 442 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Since the emergence of social media in 2004, a growing percentage of patients use this technology for health related reasons. To reflect on the alleged beneficial and potentially harmful effects of social media use by patients, the aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the extant literature on the effects of social media use for health related reasons on patients and their relationship with healthcare professionals. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1691-0 DO - 10.1186/s12913-016-1691-0 ID - Smailhodzic2016 ER -