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How Knowledge Flows Through Social Networks and Communities of Practice in a Healthcare Project

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mHealth Ecosystems and Social Networks in Healthcare

Part of the book series: Annals of Information Systems ((AOIS,volume 20))

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The purpose of this book chapter is to study to what extend social networks and communities of practice among research projects as a channel for source knowledge and building. The following section present the theoretical framework on knowledge flows through off line and on line environments that faster conversations and engagement. Such communities and online groups span various boundaries and include networked employees, video conferencing, and electronic community groups pursuing such diverse activities as planning, information sharing, collaborating, system developing, and advertising. Researchers are just beginning to understand virtual communities and collaborations. Many issues need further study, including group dynamics and outcomes, social networking implications.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Social Sciences, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

    Maria Tsouri

  2. Department of Health Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Kleopatra Alamantariotou

  3. Neurodevelopmental Center “A. Fokas”, First Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Ourania Pediaditaki

  4. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Vikentia Harizopoulou

  5. City University London, School of Informatics, London, UK

    Georgia Kontosorou

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  1. University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece

    Athina A. Lazakidou

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean, Karlovassi, Samos, Greece

    Stelios Zimeras

  3. Biomedical Engineering Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Dimitra Iliopoulou

  4. School of Electrical & Comp. Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou, Athens, Greece

    Dionysios-Dimitrios Koutsouris

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Tsouri, M., Alamantariotou, K., Pediaditaki, O., Harizopoulou, V., Kontosorou, G. (2016). How Knowledge Flows Through Social Networks and Communities of Practice in a Healthcare Project. In: Lazakidou, A., Zimeras, S., Iliopoulou, D., Koutsouris, DD. (eds) mHealth Ecosystems and Social Networks in Healthcare. Annals of Information Systems, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23341-3_8

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