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”

• More Health 2.0 Technologies

  
  Medical Executive-Post @ Healthcare Financials.com — Authority: 133
  Become Privy to Some New Product LaunchsBy Staff ReportersVisit the virtual Health 2.0 Conference Exhibit Hall of piooner blogger Matthew Holt www.Health2con.com,  or click-on each individual product launch where you’ll see the introduction of  brand new technologies from the following vendors:Remedys eRX, Matt ...
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• SexEd Abstracts Due For SexTech Summit: Not Your Mother’s Media

  
  Shaping Youth — Authority: 120
  Nov. 8, 2009 One of our SexTech.org ‘top ten’ posts continues to be the Top Ten Teen SexEd videos created by students, for students in an effort to improve the lousy coverage of an inevitably touchy subject in schools. If you’re unfamiliar with Isis-Inc.org (Internet Sexuality Information ...
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• How Facebook and Twitter are Changing Healthcare

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 426
  My good friend and mentor, Kevin Clauson, just published a great slideshow:
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• First Keas DiabetesMine Health Plan Goes Live (!) on D-Blog Day

  
  DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog — Authority: 537
  Today, I’ve got butterflies in my stomach, which usually only happens when I sit in the back seat of a moving vehicle. That’s not because it’s D-Blog day today, either, although I want to start out by sending lots of love to all my fellow diabetes bloggers, and you wonderful people who read our [...]
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• Drug Adherence Tools That Meet Patients Where They Are

  
  Disruptive Women in Health Care — Authority: 126
  The following guest post on the subject of drug adherence is written by Julie Murchinson , Founder, Health 2.0 Accelerator and Managing Director with Manatt Health Solutions. The tools are coming! The tools are coming! For a while now, tools to manage drug adherence have been developed, many designed to enable ...
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• Adventures in Primary Care

  
  DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog — Authority: 537
  In the years since my diagnosis, I’ve often wondered why I needed a primary care physician.  Since my health is all about controlling blood sugars and staving off D-complications these days, I literally have only seen our family doctor two or three times in the past six years.  And then recently, we got a letter ...
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• Maneuvering Medical Institutions Through the Wild Waters of Social Media: A Talk With John Sharp of the Cleveland Clinic

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  “Before we begin, John, I would like to provide a little background to readers who may not be familiar with the subjects we will cover in this interview: the use of social media in medicine, Medicine 2.0 and Health 2.0 and the e-patient movement. I am somewhat new to these subjects and as I have [...]
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• Healthcare’s Google-Facebook-Twitter Platform

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  “Can’t we just have one place on the web where all of us around the world can congregate to acquire reliable health care content, connect patients with each other, have conversations, trade experiences and otherwise partake in the vastness of health care?That certainly is a dream – an idea which many patients ...
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• Webcams, IMs, and File Shares, Oh My! Web-Based, User-Friendly Healthcare

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  “We’ve just been introduced to an interesting company: Doctations. This relatively new site aims to open communication channels and online services to turn any doctor’s practice into a web-based community.The software, an Internet-based healthcare transaction interface, allows doctors to upload and save medical ...
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• Interview for Significant Science

  
  eHealth — Authority: 108
  Having met Hope Leman at Medicine 2.0, I was impressed with her Scan Grants website . Hope asked me for an interview for her new blog Significant Science . Who could refuse to be a part of significant science. The interview appeared today . It made me think about how my thinking about the web has evolved from ...
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• Canadians and Ruse of Healthcare 2.0

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  “Healthcare is the world’s most information intensive industry. Every day this industry produces massive volumes of data that, if properly used, can improve clinical practice and outcomes, guide planning and resource allocation, and enhance accountability. Electronic health information is fundamental to better ...
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• Senate Inquiring About How Much of Policy Money from Insurers Actually Goes to Healthcare

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 514
  Senator Rockefeller is convinced they are not being told the truth, and there might just be something to that, as in California the State has inquired and brought investigations about several times.  Several states have also looked into the amount of “reserves”, in other words rainy day money that is ...
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• On the road--ACHE Social Media, NCI, Healthcamp NYC, Blogging networking LA

  
  The Health Care Blog — Authority: 566
  By Matthew Holt My time off for good behavior is at an end and today I get back on a plane for four fun conferences and a party. Wednesday I’m keynoting the ACHE Social Media in Healthcare meeting in San...
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• PeRSSonalized Epilepsy: Follow Quality News and Resources

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 426
  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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• Social Search Makes It Easier

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 426
  Do you remember Personas that visualizes the map of your online presence? Here is a better solution. From one point of view, it’s great to have such a useful tool as Google Social Search . A short video about what it is and how it works. Social Search taps into a user’s social network profiles and displays ...
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• Virtual Worlds in Medicine and Healthcare

  
  ScienceRoll — Authority: 426
  I just published a summary about the last week of my “ Medicine and Web 2.0 ” university credit course. This time I focused on how virtual worlds can be used in medicine and healthcare. I also have a detailed guide dedicated to this topic on Webicina. And I have recently had a virtual presentation ...
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• Reviewing Health Tools: A Community Matter

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  High-quality product reviews will be an important part of this new journal, with its focus on supporting and encouraging people to participate in their own healthcare. But how should we go about evaluating various interactive applications and devices that bill themselves as “health tools”? Health design advocate ...
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• iPhone Health Applications for Medical Professionals

  
  Bob on Medical Device Software — Authority: 106
  There are a lot of iPhone health and fitness applications available. Many are for the general public. Here are some vetted lists that target medical professionals: TPD’s List of iPhone Applications (73 by my count) 100 Awesome iPhone Apps for Med Students and Doctors 12 iPhone : EMR , PHR and ...
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• Today’s Health Content Headlines

  
  Health Content Advisors — Authority: 110
  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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• Health 2.0 – Time for a new Strategy

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  “The area of the healthcare market, which a large number of next generation healthcare providers would like to occupy, can be looked on as a heavily defended piece of coastline. The nextgen providers, packed into landing crafts, are pinning their hopes on their wonder weapon – Health 2.0. However halfway up the ...
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