Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
A range of negatives and positives of SM in public health and medicine are seen in the SR literature but definitive conclusions cannot be made at this time. Clearly better research designs are needed to measure the effectiveness of social technologies. For ongoing updates, see the wiki "Effective uses of social media in health: a living systematic review of systematic reviews". http: //hlwiki. slais. ubc. ca/index. php/Effectiveᵤsesₒfₛocialₘediaᵢnₕealthcare: ₐₗivingₛystematicᵣeviewₒfᵣeviews.
Giustini et al. (Fri,) studied this question.