title: Social Media as Catalyzer for Connected Health: Hype or Hope? Perspectives from IMIA Working Groups.
abstract: The Internet and social media are becoming ubiquitous technologies that are transforming the health sector. Social media has become an avenue for accessing, creating and sharing health information among patients and healthcare professionals. Furthermore, social media has become a key feature in many eHealth solutions, including wearable technologies, Big Data solutions, eLearning systems, Serious Games, Medical imaging, etc. These hyper-connected technologies are facilitating a paradigm shift towards more connected health. In this panel, representatives of different IMIA Working Groups will explore how both hope and hype contribute to social media's catalyzing role in creating connected health solutions.
authors.affiliation: Salumedia.com, Sevilla, Spain, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Doha, Qatar, IMIA Social Media WG, luis@salumedia.com.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Luque
authors.affiliation: Linköping University, Sweden, IMIA Smart Homes and Ambient Assisted Living WG, vivian.vimarlund@liu.se.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vilmarlund
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria Victoria, BC, Canada, IMIA Health Informatics for Patient Safety WG, emb@uvic.ca.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borycki
authors.affiliation: University of Graz, Austria, IMIA Language and Meaning in Biomedicine WG, stefan.schulz@medunigraz.at.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, IMIA Organizational and Social Issues WG, Kuziemsky@telfer.uottawa.ca.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuziemsky
authors.affiliation: Hannover Medical School and University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Hannover, Germany, IMIA Wearable Sensors in Healthcare WG, Michael.Marschollek@plri.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marschollek
authors.affiliation: Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, IMIA History in Biomedical and Health Informatics WG, kulikows@cs.rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Casimir A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kulikowski
mesh_terms: D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D061108:Social Media / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*