Digital Literacy Program for the Use of Social Media, Aimed at Health Professionals.

The WHO Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth 2012-2017 highlights knowledge management and digital literacy as key elements for quality of care, health promotion and disease prevention, insofar as they guarantee training and better access to information in an equitable manner. This work proposes a digital literacy program for the development of skills in social media use for information management, communication and eLearning, aimed at Cuban health professionals.

Use of Institutional Social Media for Information Management and Communication in Healthcare in a National Health System.

Social media has a growing presence in the eHealth research agenda. This research aims to characterize the use of social media in the Cuban National Health System for health information management and communication in healthcare. We specifically examine the strategy developed by Infomed and its main results.