Types of Web 2.0 Use in Health Care
The following are examples of uses that have been documented in academic literature.
| Purpose | Description | Case example in academic literature | Users |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staying informed | Used to stay informed of latest developments in a particular field | RSS, Podcasts and search tools | All (medical professionals and public) |
| Medical education | Use for professional development for doctors, and public health promotion for by public health professionals and the general public | How podcasts can be used on the move to increase total available educational time or the many applications of these tools to public health | All (medical professionals and public) |
| Collaboration and practice | Web 2.0 tools use in daily practice for medical professionals to find information and make decisions | Google searches revealed the correct diagnosis in 15 out of 26 cases (58%, 95% confidence interval 38% to 77%) in a 2005 study | Doctors, Nurses |
| Managing a particular disease | Patients who use search tools to find out information about a particular condition | Shown that patients have different patterns of usage depending on if they are newly diagnosed or managing a severe long-term illness. Long-term patients are more likely to connect to a community in Health 2.0 | Public |
| Sharing data for research | Completing patient-reported outcomes and aggregating the data for personal and scientific research | Disease specific communities for patients with rare conditions aggregate data on treatments, symptoms, and outcomes to improve their decision making ability and carry out scientific research such as observational trials | All (medical professionals and public) |
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