Online Search Trends Influencing Anticoagulation in Patients With COVID-19: Observational Study.

Amy P Worrall Claire Kelly Aine O'Neill Murray O'Doherty Eoin Kelleher Anne Marie Cushen Cora McNally Samuel McConkey Siobhan Glavey Michelle Lavin Eoghan de Barra

Published in: JMIR formative research (2021)

We described a correlation of local change in clinical practice with worldwide online dialogue and digital search trends that influenced individual clinicians, prior to the publication of formal guidelines or a local quality-improvement intervention.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
quality improvement
social media
health information
randomized controlled trial
atrial fibrillation
venous thromboembolism
patient safety
healthcare