A clinician's artificial organ? Instant messaging applications in medical care


Tazegul G., Bozoglan H., ÖĞÜT T. S., BALCI M. K.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, cilt.40, sa.9, ss.477-480, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 40 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5301/ijao.5000606
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.477-480
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Health communication, Instant messaging applications, Smartphones, Telecommunication, WhatsApp, WHATSAPP MESSENGER, SMARTPHONE, COMMUNICATION, STUDENTS, TECHNOLOGY
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

After the development of the first phone at the end of 19th century, communication technologies took a great leap forward in the 20th century. With the birth of the "smartphone" in the 21st century, communication technologies exponentially evolved and became an important part of our daily routine. Effective communications between clinicians is critical in medical care and miscommunications are a source of errors. Although telecommunication technologies have proliferated dramatically in the last decade, there is scarce evidence-based information on the use of this technology in medical care. For the purposes of medical communication, we can now consult each other about patients individually and within a group via instant messaging applications by using text messages, photos, audio messages and even videos. In this review, we examine the uses and drawbacks of instant messaging applications in medical communications.