John Sharp is an IT Manager for a major medical center in Northeast Ohio. Areas of expertise include: ehealth, personal health records, Web 2.0 technologies, social media and project management. He is active in the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society and the American Medical Informatics Association. The opinions expressed on this blog are those of the author.
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Complaint about Social Networking – Health 2.0
April 15, 2008
In response to the NY Times Magazine article on Health 2.0, one person with MS wrote in that, “More than anything, I found it to be a hypochondriac’s virtual theme park.” This person also did not appreciate the label “patient”. While many people benefit from Health 2.0 style social networking, another writer questioned whether an anonymous user could create an account and then post an amazing recovery based on a specific drug. These are valid concerns which need to be addressed within Health 2.0 to maintain trust with these sites and avoid abuse.
