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Help Your Health Online: The 6 Coolest Free Web 2.0 Health Tools
By Paul Richlovsky | October 24, 2007
Most people reading this have probably heard of Web 2.0, but I'd be willing to bet a stack of LeBron James rookie cards that not many have heard of Health 2.0. What is Health 2.0?
Basically, Health 2.0 is a take-off of Web 2.0, and it alludes to health websites that incorporate Web-2.0 principles of encouraging user-generated and user-owned content, participation, and community-building in rich, interactive environments.
To the contrary, you may notice that a large portion of the thousands of healthcare sites on the World Wide Web are still in the Stone Ages.
However, recently some upstarts--most notably RevolutionHealth--have rushed on the scene. Google and Microsoft are also knocking on the medical world's door. And despite the old adage, "You get what you pay for," some of the best online healthcare tools are free.
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October 24th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Hi
Regarding your post about “health 2.0 tools” I want to present you as others with our latest project called “Medical 2.0 directory”:
http://medical20.com/
You can find there many others health 2.0 tools for professionals as to consumers.
As a pediatrician and an entrepreneur in the field im sure that this service is for the benefit of everyone and will bring a great value to the users.
Uri Ginzburg , MD, MBA : http://blog.medical20.com/
October 25th, 2007 at 7:36 am
Paul, great to see you talking about Health 2.0! Please see Brian Klepper’s and my broad vision for Health 2.0 at my and other blogs: We welcome comments from all to refine the concept. Thank you for continuing the dialogue…
October 29th, 2007 at 6:40 am
i am a member of a fibro online support group in a site called http://www.mdjunction.com, i think it should be on this list!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:15 am
Great guide and video Paul. It is great you could include SugarStats.com in there. We feel these are pretty exciting times we think for everyone in this space.
Should you need to feel free to contact me anytime, keep up the good work.
January 11th, 2008 at 4:11 am
Health 2.0 is derived from the term Web 2.0, which implies a 2nd generation/release of the Internet.
The ‘2.0′ part was established within computer programming - as a new edition of a an application is released, it is common practice for the programmers to add an incrementing number at the end of a program’s name, to label the new version.
Web 2.0 implies the ‘2nd release’ of the Internet, which of course is not based on anything concrete. The Internet being made up of millions upon millions of interconnecting computers running lots of various programs, but is more of a concept to describe the type of programs/applications/functionality one can now locate on the Internet.
The Internet was initially complied of mainly static pages of data. Soon to follow was email, web forums and chat rooms where discussions could take place. Web 2.0 refers to a trend on the Internet that saw a step forward in the way users conduct communicate over the Internet, which includes the use of blogs, videos, podcasts, wikis and online communities where people with common interests get together to share ideas, media, code and all types of information.
Web 2.0 technologies such as social networking, blogs, patient communities and online tools for search and self-care management look as though they will permanently alter the healthcare landscape indefinitely.
As with Web 2.0, there is a lot of debate about the meaning of the term ‘health 2.0′. The Wall Street Journal recently attempted to define Health 2.0 as:
“The social-networking revolution is coming to health care, at the same time that new Internet technologies and software programs are making it easier than ever for consumers to find timely, personalized health information online. Patients who once connected mainly through email discussion groups and chat rooms are building more sophisticated virtual communities that enable them to share information about treatment and coping and build a personal network of friends. At the same time, traditional Web sites that once offered cumbersome pages of static data are developing blogs, podcasts, and customized search engines to deliver the most relevant and timely information on health topics.”
While this traditional view of the definition imputes it as the merging of the Web 2.0 phenomenon within healthcare. I personally believe it’s so much more. In my opinion, Health 2.0 goes way beyond just the permeant social networking technology to include a complete renaissance in the way that Healthcare is actually delivered and conveyed.
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