“Twitter has the potential to spread misinformation about health and medicine, according to a new study that examines Twitter updates about antibiotics.
Researchers from Columbia University and MixedInk (New York, NY) studied Twitter status updates mentioning “antibiotic(s)” to determine overarching categories and explore evidence of misunderstanding or misuse of antibiotics.”
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News, 31 March 2010
Abstract (Scanfeld 2010)
