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Support Group 2.0: Ten Places to Find Help Online
With 1.3 billion people on the web today it's a safe bet that at least a few of them have shared experiences and the promise of the web as a global support group is something that is finally being realized. There have been specialized web sites for specific ailments for as long as there has been a world wide web, covering everything from lung cancer to obesity to social anxiety to alcoholism. But over the past several years, a new breed of general social networks geared toward physical and mental health support has begun to emerge. These sites link people with shared medical experiences and allow them to support one another in difficult times. Below are ten web sites that fall into this new category of "support group 2.0."
Using Semantic Search to Cure Disease, Prevent Animal Testing
One of the big trends in 2008 has been the emergence of what I call Semantic Apps - a kind of 'Web 2.0 Meets Semantic Web' app typified by startups like Twine, Hakia, Quintura, Powerset and others. Another growing trend is health 2.0, web-based health apps and services. What's interesting is that those two trends are crossing over, with semantic health search engines beginning to make an impact.
Two such apps to cross our desk lately were 1) CureHunter, which claims to be able to find cures for diseases using semantic technologies; and 2) Go3R, an app that claims to provide information transparency "for the prevention of animal testing".
Comment of the Day: OpenEMR (Electronic Medical Record)
Today's winning comment comes from Brad Garland, from our post Health Care at SXSW - Health Getting Hot With Tech Crowd. Brad asked an open question: "Why can't we do an OpenEMR system like we are doing for authentication (OpenID). Be able to transfer and control your medical record personally instead of having the doctors control it all?"
I'm all in favor of this, as my twitter musings this morning attest. The Web could be a prime enabler of giving the user (i.e. us!) control over our medical records.
Health Care at SXSW - Health Getting Hot With Tech Crowd
SXSW 2008 will most likely be remembered for the Zuckerberg interview controversy. But a more interesting phenomenon, that in some ways broke through at SXSW, was health care and tech. Specifically the movement to user (or at least employer) owned Web-based health and wellness apps and services.
One of the most popular sessions was 'Transforming Hospital Systems: The Digital Future of Healthcare'.
Health 2.0 - Apps & Trends to Watch
Editor's note: last week the Health 2.0 Conference was held in San Diego - see our review. Josh Rosenthal, founder of Sprigley, was also there and in this post he identifies some of the health web apps that caught his eye, plus trends that were discussed.
ReliefInsite is a site that allows people to map, monitor and analyze their pain. It drew perhaps the most attention at the conference.
Health 2.0 Conference Review
Editor's note: this week the Health 2.0 Conference was held in San Diego, CA. The following is a review of the event, by Bill Allman from HealthCentral.com.
Anyone who struggles with healthcare in America – and that’s probably just about everyone – has a pretty good grip on the myriad problems facing doctors, patients, and health institutions. It’s a long list: finding a doctor when and where you need one; getting your health questions answered; finding trustworthy, reliable information online; worrying about getting quick and easy access to your health records (while at the same time worried about keeping them away from a too nosy-somebody else); and just getting a simple hug and a little support from a sympathetic friend or ally who knows what you are going through.
Comment of the Day: Health 2.0 Web Apps
Today's winning comment comes from our post Top Health 2.0 Web Apps. At the end of that post we asked for your suggestions of innovative, potentially ground-breaking web apps that will change how healthcare is done. One came from Dr. Anri Kissilenko, who was particularly impressed with the doctor ratings site Vitals. Well done Dr Kiss, you've won a $30 Amazon voucher - courtesy of our competition sponsors AdaptiveBlue and their Amazon WishList Widget.
Top Health 2.0 Web Apps
Health 2.0, web-based apps and services for the healthcare sector, is a nascent but potentially huge market for web 2.0. As of now, many of these apps have an emphasis on communication, information sharing and community. These are relatively easy things to address using Web tools. However we're starting to see health 2.0 apps try to tackle the enormous inefficiencies in the healthcare system - check out our description of Carol.com below. Also, in the longer term, we will see the Web being used in medical diagnosis and practice.
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