Andy Pulman Edublog » health 2.0 http://andyp.edublogs.org A blog about my research interests which include E-learning, virtual worlds, blogs, wikis and other web 2.0 technologies Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:20:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Health 2.0, E-Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0 http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/07/25/health-20-e-health-20-and-medicine-20/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/07/25/health-20-e-health-20-and-medicine-20/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:58 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=291 In December 2006, the Wall Street journal discussed online tools which gave patients
better access to information and helped build communities. the following year in September 2007, the Economist wrote of the rise of “user-generated content” calling it user-generated health care, or Health 2.0.

The terms for Health 2.0, Medicine 2.0 and E-Health 2.0 are still be defined and refined but the Health 2.0 Wiki has some useful information on how things are developing (even though a more euro-centric approach would be preferable).

WSJ Article – Social Networking Comes to Health Care

Economist Article on Health 2.0

Health 2.0 Wiki

Wikipedia – Health 2.0 Entry

]]> http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/07/25/health-20-e-health-20-and-medicine-20/feed/ 0 Web 2.0 in the Health Sector Report (But it’s a bit pricey!) http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/07/25/web-20-in-the-health-sector-report-but-its-a-bit-pricey/ http://andyp.edublogs.org/2008/07/25/web-20-in-the-health-sector-report-but-its-a-bit-pricey/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:40:05 +0000 andyp http://andyp.edublogs.org/?p=290 E-Health Insider’s report Web 2.0 in the Health Sector, concludes that new online applications based on social health networks, participation and user generated content (UGC) – such as user reviews of doctors and hospitals – will rapidly evolve to challenge existing healthcare systems and create new delivery models.

The exec summary is free but you pay for the whole report so does anyone have a spare £587.50 ?

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Source : Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre E-Bulletin

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Source : Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre E-Bulletin

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