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Monday, April 28, 2008 --- 89 days ago http://www.healthpopuli.com/2008/04/wisdom-of-patients-social-media-in.html
| People -- citizens, patients, caregivers, "consumers" -- are early adopters of social media in health, compared to other industry stakeholders including providers, plans, payers, and suppliers such as pharmas and medical equipment companies. This is but one of many findings in my report, The Wisdom of Patients , which was published yesterday by the California HealthCare Foundation . The report covers the origins of social media in the morphing of Web 1.0 to 2.0; the current state of social media in health; business models, opportunities and obstacles; a glimpse into the fuzzy future of Health 2.0; and, profiles several of the most pioneering figures in health/social media including Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine ; Matthew Zachary of the I'm Too Young For This! Foundation ; Jack Barrette, founder of WEGO Health and formerly with Yahoo! Health; Neal Sofian of Resolution Health ; Dan Hoch, MD , of the Harvard Medical School; and, Ben Heywood, CEO of PatientsLikeMe . Health Populi's Hot Points: So many people informed this report. I interviewed over 30 people to listen to a broad range of perspectives, and benefited from the peer review of people like Matthew Holt , Scott Shreeve , and Dmitriy Kruglyak . I thank them all. I am fortunate to have had the California HealthCare Foundation sponsor this research. They are a visionary organization that supports and celebrates new thinking in health, particular in ... |
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