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Web 2.0 in the Health Sector: Industry Review with UK Perspective

21 May 2008

The web 2.0 developments behind  Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia have the potential to disrupt and revolutionise healthcare.  This is the central theme of E-Health Insider’s new research report, ‘Web 2.0 in the Health Sector: Industry Review with a UK perspective’.

The report details how the application of web 2.0 technologies is now driving far-reaching changes in healthcare systems in the UK, USA and Europe, a trend it terms e-health 2.0.

The report says e-health 2.0 will first and foremost be consumer-led. Health is consistently one of the most searched for subjects online. E-health 2.0 applications and approaches are already challenging traditional doctor-patient relationships and placing more power in the hands of consumers.

New applications based on social health networks and user generated content – such as reviews of doctors and hospitals – are predicted to rapidly evolve and challenge existing healthcare systems and create new models of healthcare delivery.

Twenty e-health 2.0 pioneering organisations are profiled through questionnaire and follow-up interviews. Profiles are drawn from the USA, UK, Germany and India, ranging from small start-ups to giants including Microsoft and the NHS.

The 108 page research report is the most comprehensive undertaken from a UK perspective on e-health 2.0.

‘Web 2.0 in the Health Sector: Industry Review with a UK perspective’ is essential reading for anyone seeking an insight into how web 2.0 technologies and approaches can, and are, now being applied to healthcare.

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