Archive for 2008
Risks of Health 2.0
September 11, 2008
From the Medicine 2.0 Congress, Neil Versel discusses how “Health 2.0 also can open up organizations to embarrassment or possibly even legal liability when it comes to interaction between patients and practitioners.” Whether it is poor judgment on Facebook or discussing patients on a blog, the openness of Web 2.0 tools can create risks for organizations. However, those risks can be exaggerated. Should organizations have policies about blogging and networking outside of work? Only to the extent that it places the company in a bad light. Otherwise, have at it.
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Excellent Summary of the Medicine 2.0 Conference
September 10, 2008
Chris Paton on the Health Informatics Blog has a great summary of impressions, sessions and links to various blog posts on the conference. It wraps up most of the best sessions at the conference. Check it out.
Share this:Smart Blogs – This one included
September 9, 2008
My blog is included in a feed on the SmartBrief site for eHealth blogs. In good company with the Healthcare Blog and others. eHealth SmartBrief is a good source of news and at least one site which has not moved from the eHealth label to Health 2.0.
Share this:Two Social Networking Terms
September 9, 2008
In the NY Times Magazine this week, there is an article titled, I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You. Two terms to remember:
- ambient awareness
- parasocial relationship
Read on.
Share this:Businesses Can’t Hide From 2.0
September 9, 2008
If you want to see a great summary of new Web 2.0 tools, check out this post on ReadWriteWeb. The complete title is “Businesses Can’t Hide From 2.0: A Look At 2.0′s Impact Across Industries”. It covers document collaboration suites, wikis including WetPaint which was recommended by several at the Medicine 2.0 conference, Office 2.0, accounting and more. There is also a whole section on Health 2.0. HR and Marketing wrap up the listing. While companies may not be able to hide from all of Web 2.0, they can still block social networking and YouTube. The business case for these tools needs to be made as both an innovation and the need to allow failures on the road to success and value creation.
Will healthcare be dragged along or be a leader?
Medicine 2.0 Congress Photos and Links
September 5, 2008
Slide Show
Interesting links:
- Journal of Video Experiments : www.jove.com
- Building an online reputation
- University of Wisconsin library RSS feeds and other tools
Cleveland Clinic and Medicine 2.0
September 4, 2008
Here at the Medicine 2.0 Conference, I have been asked how the Cleveland Clinic is using Web 2.0. Some examples are in my slides on slideshare.net. But here is a list with links:
- AskDrWiki.com – started by two cardiology fellows, not officially sanctioned
- Clinical Case and Images blog – begun by a hospitalist who has moved on from the Clinic
- Google Health – Cleveland Clinic was the pilot site and one of the first partners
- Walk for Good- a Google Gadget
- CEO blog – as an internal communication tool only
- Other un-official blogs like mine
- Use of Sharepoint for collaboration – it can be debated whether SharePoint is Web 2.0 since it is not open source but it is widely used and encourages collaboration.
I will add more examples from time-to-time.
Share this:Arrived in Toronto – Medicine 2.0 proceedings available
September 4, 2008
After a walking tour of one of the great world cities, I am gearing up for Medicine 2.0 Congress. The proceedings are already available on the conference website. It’s a nice mix of patient-focused Web 2.0, one of the few places to hear research done in this space and discussion of uses of Web 2.0 in medical education and research.
In addition, the international representation is unique including presenters from Australia, Singapore, Eastern and Western Europe, USA and Canada.
Medicine 2.0 has certainly seen adoption from around the world. I am particularly looking forward to presentations on PatientsLikeMe.com and medical education/research topics.
More postings during and after the conference.
Share this:Service Oriented Architecture in Health Care
August 29, 2008
In a new online journal, I have an article on SOA in health care. The Healthcare Bulletin focuses on brief articles which are helpful updates on trends in Healthcare IT. The journal includes sections on cardiology, oncology and other healthcare topics.
My article gives an overview of why SOA is relevant in health care and gives some well-know examples. I’ll be interested in your comments. Perhaps in the future this new journal will allow comments on posted articles.
Share this:Shakeout in Consumer Health Websites
August 28, 2008
With some many new companies in the consumer health space, isn’t it likely that there will be a shakeout at some point. The Healthcare IT Guy thinks sooner rather than later. Dependence on advertising only business models does not bode well for sustainability. He quotes Health Care Advisors predicting a shakeout not a collapse of the market. There is still funding for consumer health done well but also requires smart business practices.
Two quotes are worth repeating:
- “The survivors will have done their homework and will bring technology and editorial experience to bear to solve an information overload or scarcity problem…”
- “We put our bets on companies that not only deliver reputable information services, but also have business plans that include multiple sources of revenue to help them ride out the ebbs and flows that are inevitable in the long-term growth cycle for online consumer healthcare resources.”
Maybe the predictions are premature. See Matthew Holt’s discussion on health plan’s use of Health 2.0.
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