Twitter in emergencies

Follow our roadmap

BMJ 2012; 345 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e4814 (Published 23 July 2012)
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  1. Miguel Manyez-Ortiz, human resources director1,
  2. Carlos Albo-Portero, managing director2
  1. 1Hospital de Sagunto, Valencia Healthcare Authority, Valencia, Spain
  2. 2Exponent Consultores, Valencia, Spain
  1. manyez{at}gmail.com

Two fires along the eastern coast of Spain recently destroyed thousands of hectares of forest.1 We monitored information updates on the catastrophe, mainly via Twitter.

In view of the often chaotic management of information.2 we have devised a road map for the media and public bodies to follow when …

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