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Managing Healthcare through Social Networks
July 2010 (vol. 43 no. 7)
pp. 20-25
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Mari Carmen Domingo, "Managing Healthcare through Social Networks," Computer, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 20-25, July, 2010.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MC.2010.92,
author = {Mari Carmen Domingo},
title = {Managing Healthcare through Social Networks},
journal ={Computer},
volume = {43},
number = {7},
issn = {0018-9162},
year = {2010},
pages = {20-25},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2010.92},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Mari Carmen Domingo, Barcelona Tech University, Castelldefels
Surveys show an increased reliance on physician and patient social networks, which promise to transform healthcare management. But challenges such as privacy and data accuracy remain.

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Index Terms:
social networks, healthcare, privacy, data mining
Citation:
Mari Carmen Domingo, "Managing Healthcare through Social Networks," Computer, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 20-25, July 2010, doi:10.1109/MC.2010.92
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