Table 2.

Definitions of stakeholder groups.^a

Stakeholder	Definition
Patient	A person whose primary use of Twitter is to express their point of view as a patient with a specific disease or condition
Physicians and researchers	Those believed to be licensed MDs, DOs, or PhDs who bill directly for services, including residents and persons who work in the field of health-related research and/or academia
Health care professionals (HCPs)	Those believed to be health care professionals (eg, nurses, dietitians, respiratory therapists, nurse practitioners, pharmacists)
Journalists	Person whose profession is journalism or other news-related media
Other health care individual	Person working in the health care industry in a nonclinical role
Pharmaceutical organization	All organizations in the pharmaceutical industry

^a As defined by Symplur.