Health 2.0

Health 2.0 is the term used to describe the next generation health movement in which patients are active, empowered managers of their own health. The term originated as a derivation of Web 2.0, with a strict definition related to user-generated health information. Today the term more broadly represents innovative approaches to healthcare which are patient-centered, social media or community-driven, and leverage digital technologies.

There is some debate over the future of the Health 2.0 movement. In 2008, for the first time, more U.S. adults used the Internet than doctors to obtain health and medical information, yet few Health 2.0 companies have been able to monetize their business successfully.  The increase in information seekers on the web has led to growth of blog sites and articles about a variety health-related topics.  Some bloggers give health advice while others warn about misinformation.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Health 2.0”

• Web 2.0 and Medicine News: Cost of Getting Sick

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 498
  The Cost of Getting Sick (Flowing Data): Click here to see the costs of different medical conditions in different ages. Data, data, data (Pharma 2.0) Over 102 million people are using the Web to research prescription drug information. The average physician now spends a full work day (eight hours) ...
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• Latest Trends in Healthcare

  
  HealthcareMagic Blog — Authority: 107
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• “Going Rogue” for Diabetes

  
  DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog — Authority: 569
  It’s incredible to hear about the myriad of creative ways in which people are expressing themselves about diabetes and calling attention to this illness lately, both online and off-line.  Just a few short years ago, when I was diagnosed, it seems the Big Advocacy Organizations were the only games in town.  Now, ...
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• Doctor Patient Discussion on Facebook: Banned

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 498
  There is an interesting article in E-Health Europe about how patients try to contact doctors on Facebook, the popular social networking site, and how doctors shouldn’t respond to them. In my “ Medicine and Web 2.0 ” university credit course, we cover this important issue several times and I try to provide ...
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• Spot the Difference: Yahoo/Facebook vs. Government/Health IT

  
  Johannes Ernst's Blog — Authority: 110
  Or should have said “spot the similarities”? Today, two pieces of news came in right after each other: The US Federal Government’s Beacon Community Program has been given $235 million of taxpayer money for “… interoperable health IT and standards-based information exchange within and among providers, ...
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• Convergence of PHRs and Social Networking

  
  eHealth — Authority: 402
  In an article titled " Socialize Medicine:How Personal Health Records and Social Networks Are Changing Healthcare ", Darin Stewart traces the parallel growth of social networking for health conditions and personal health records. He notes the important role of family health manager (aka, mom) in healthcare being ...
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• Today’s Health Content Headlines

  
  Health Content Advisors — Authority: 112
  Please scroll down if the story you are looking for is not the first headline.  New stories are added throughout the day and I may have provided a link to the most current story that is now lower down on the page.  Follow me on Twitter @janicemccallum.
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• Feeling Animated

  
  DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog — Authority: 569
  Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break.  We spent the weekend laughing and relaxing with friends. I’ll admit: we ate too much, and also geeked out just a little playing with some new Web 2.0 stuff.Um, just watch this …{{Grin}}Editor’s Note: Don’t forget to share your Thanksgiving with the Big D story (or ...
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• Getting a Grip on Time and Being Healthy Too

  
  EKIVE - Thoughts and Ideas as Web 2.0 meets Health Care via HealthCamp — Authority: 469
  I am always interested in Time Management. It is so easy to let time slip away from us. Over the years I have used  Time Management Internationals  system and accompanying binder and their goal oriented approach. I have also worked with David Allens   Getting Things Done . I also am still a big believer in Stephen ...
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• Most Creative Presentation Ever: E-patient Stories in Limerick

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 498
  Kevin, MD has recently shared a video of Better Health’s Val Jones who is a fellow blogger of mine on Better Health Network, and who gave a presentation at the e-Patient Connections 2009 Conference. She used limericks to tell the stories of two e-patients. What is a limerick ? Here is an example: The ...
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• Health 2.0 News: Lifehacks and Patients

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 498
  ePatient2009: Voice of the Patient. (SixUntilMe): Kerri Morrone Sparling has recently talked at an epatient conference. An Interview of @EndreJofoldi of HealthMash (Phil Baumann) FDA regulations for e-marketing of Drugs First Keas DiabetesMine Health Plan Goes Live (!) on D-Blog Day (Diabetes Mine) ...
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• Pew Internet Research: Healthcare FAQ

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 498
  A few months ago, I wrote about the latest Pew Internet Research report that focused on online health information and the world of e-patients. I also shared excerpts: 61% of American adults look online for health information. In 2000, 46% of American adults had access to the internet, 5% of U.S. households had ...
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• Lifetime Customer Value

  
  RevaHealth.com Blog — Authority: 113
  The lifetime value of a customer is a commonly used marketing metric that is rarely used by health clinics. It calculates the value of the likely revenue from a customer and is used to determine the return on investment for a particular form of marketing and to set limits on the maximum amount to spend per customer ...
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• Lethal Lag Time: Concerns, Possible Solutions

  
  eHealth — Authority: 402
  In a follow up from yesterdays post, I came across an article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on a drug funding issue force one of the major cooperative oncology groups to modify how they approach clinical trials. The article, titled, " Costly Cancer Drugs Trigger Proposals To Modify Clinical Trial ...
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• Today’s Health Content Headlines

  
  Health Content Advisors — Authority: 112
  Please scroll down if the story you are looking for is not the first headline.  New stories are added throughout the day and I may have provided a link to the most current story that is now lower down on the page.  Follow me on Twitter @janicemccallum.
  2 weeks ago

• Interview with James Currier, Medpedia

  
  The Health Care Blog — Authority: 609
  By Matthew Holt James Currier founded Tickle, a self assessment testing company later sold to career site Monster.com. But hes set the bar much higher in his next venture, Medpedia, Medpedia, as the name suggests, aims to be a comprehensive...
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• On eBay, the Fax and Healthcare Interop

  
  Wes Rishel — Authority: 113
  This is a reply to Shane Taylor’s interesting comment on my Simple Healthcare Interop for Easy Applications post. I am using his comment as an opportunity to flog some important notions. Notion 1: You Can’t Step on Someone’s Toes with a Thoughtful Blog Comment Shane expressed a concern that his ...
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• Ηλεκτρονικοί ασθενείς. Μόδα ή πραγματικότητα?

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 151
  “Στο “διεθνές” διαδίκτυο υπάρχει ένας μεγάλος αριθμός ασθενών οι οποίοι είτε μπλογκάροντας, είτε συμμετέχοντας σε μεγάλες κοινότητες, μοιράζονται, συνεργάζονται, ...
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• PeRSSonalized Medicine: Quality News and Resources about Leukemia

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 498
  I launched PeRSSonalized Medicine to help patients and doctors keep themselves up-to-date more easily without any kind of IT knowledge. It is an easy-to-use, free aggregator of quality medical information that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles about a medical specialty or ...
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• Health 2.0: Take a Lesson From the Web

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 151
  “Believe it or not, this is about the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) and maybe the Health Internet, whatever that turns out to be. But I’ll get back to that.As discussed in Healthcare 2.0: Better Tweetment? I am on a mission to find concrete value propositions for Health 2.0. By this I mean not the ...
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