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Engagement in Online Medical Communities of Practice in Healthcare: Analysis of Messages and Social Networks

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We report on preliminary analysis on user engagement in two online medical communities of practice. Despite the communities being independent of each other, and dealing with different domains (field epidemiology and therapeutic prescribing for optometrists), there are some clear similarities in the networks of users, and in patterns of replies to user postings. We also draw some initial conclusions to help maintain user engagement in these and similar sites, and we suggest some future lines of research.

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  1. City eHealth Research Centre, City University, London, UK

    David Fowler, Martin Szomszor, Simon Hammond & Patty Kostkova

  2. Optometry and Visual Science, City University, London, UK

    John Lawrenson

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  1. School of Health Sciences, City eHealth Research Centre, City University London, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB, London, UK

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Fowler, D., Szomszor, M., Hammond, S., Lawrenson, J., Kostkova, P. (2012). Engagement in Online Medical Communities of Practice in Healthcare: Analysis of Messages and Social Networks. In: Kostkova, P., Szomszor, M., Fowler, D. (eds) Electronic Healthcare. eHealth 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 91. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29262-0_22

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