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Instagram and WhatsApp in Health and Healthcare: An Overview

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  • Maged N. Kamel Boulos

    (The Alexander Graham Bell Centre for Digital Health, University of the Highlands and Islands, Elgin IV30 1JJ, UK)

  • Dean M. Giustini

    (Diamond Health Care Centre, The UBC Biomedical Branch Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada)

  • Steve Wheeler

    (Plymouth Institute of Education, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK)

Abstract

Instagram and WhatsApp are two social media and networking services introduced in 2010. They are currently subsidiaries of Facebook, Inc., California, USA. Using evidence from the published literature and case reports indexed in PubMed and other sources, we present an overview of the various applications of Instagram and WhatsApp in health and healthcare. We also briefly describe the main issues surrounding the uses of these two apps in health and medicine.

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  • Maged N. Kamel Boulos & Dean M. Giustini & Steve Wheeler, 2016. "Instagram and WhatsApp in Health and Healthcare: An Overview," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:8:y:2016:i:3:p:37-:d:74734
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