The m-Health revolution: Exploring perceived benefits of WhatsApp use in clinical practice

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• 作者：Kurubaran Ganasegeran^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^{medkuru@yahoo.com} ; Pukunan Renganathan^d ; Abdul Rashid^e ; Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai^f
• 关键词：Mobile health ; WhatsApp ; Perceived benefits ; Clinical communications
• 刊名：International Journal of Medical Informatics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：97
• 期：Complete
• 页码：145-151
• 全文大小：493 K
• 卷排序：97

文摘

This study aimed to investigate perceived benefits of WhatsApp use in clinical practice. General medical and emergency teams perceived WhatsApp as beneficial in clinical management. Perceived benefits of WhatsApp use was significantly associated with usage characteristics and type of communication events.