Open AccessTrick or treat: Social Media’s dissemination power of ophthalmologic information in the pandemic context
Author(s) -
Consuela-Mădălina Gheorghe,
Victor Lorín Purcărea,
Iuliana-Raluca Gheorghe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian journal of ophtalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2501-2533
pISSN - 2457-4325
DOI - 10.22336/rjo.2021.26
Subject(s) - pandemic , social media , context (archaeology) , information dissemination , psychological intervention , asynchronous communication , covid-19 , health care , public relations , telemedicine , power (physics) , medicine , internet privacy , political science , computer science , nursing , world wide web , geography , telecommunications , physics , disease , archaeology , pathology , quantum mechanics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Social Media in the COVID-19 pandemic context has become a real dissemination medium of ophthalmology information for both physicians and health care consumers. This trend of sharing information has revealed new and innovative interventions in Ophthalmology such as teleophthalmology on Social Media by providing synchronous and asynchronous consultations, education, and prevention solutions as well as scientific research findings. This paper is a review of the current challenges and limitations faced by ophthalmologists and health care consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic.