Trick or treat: Social Media's dissemination power of ophthalmologic information in the pandemic context

Consuela-Mădălina Gheorghe; Victor Lorin Purcărea; Iuliana-Raluca Gheorghe

doi:10.22336/rjo.2021.26

Trick or treat: Social Media's dissemination power of ophthalmologic information in the pandemic context

Rom J Ophthalmol. 2021 Apr-Jun;65(2):125-129. doi: 10.22336/rjo.2021.26.

Authors

Consuela-Mădălina Gheorghe¹, Victor Lorin Purcărea¹, Iuliana-Raluca Gheorghe¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Marketing and Medical Technology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.

Abstract

Social Media in the COVID-19 pandemic context has become a real dissemination medium of ophthalmology information for both physicians and health care consumers. This trend of sharing information has revealed new and innovative interventions in Ophthalmology such as teleophthalmology on Social Media by providing synchronous and asynchronous consultations, education, and prevention solutions as well as scientific research findings. This paper is a review of the current challenges and limitations faced by ophthalmologists and health care consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Social Media group; health care consumer satisfaction; patient satisfaction; physician satisfaction; teleconsultation; teleophthalmology.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Consumer Health Information*
Health Information Systems
Humans
Information Centers
Information Dissemination / methods*
Ophthalmology / organization & administration*
Patient Satisfaction
SARS-CoV-2*
Social Media / organization & administration*
Telemedicine