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28 December 2006
Social Networking Comes to Healthcare
Dan Novak from IBM posted about an article from yesterday's Wall Street Journal on the SOCNET list. Since this is something I'm personally very interested in, I thought I'd share the posting with this community, with more to come from yours truly about SN in healthcare...
Quoting Dan Novak:
"Social networking to help patients and improve healthcare in today's Wall Street Journal (12/27/06).
My company has been supporting Patient Centric Networks (PCN), primarily from an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) point of view.
"Patient Social Networks" have the potential to educate, provide support, contribute to research, improve healthcare, and save lives.
Full article requires subscription, here is the free preview"
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Social Networking Comes to Health Care
By Laura Landro
At DailyStrength.org, patients and caregivers dealing with hundreds of issues, including asthma, celiac disease and depression, can join a support community, start a wellness journal, share advice and recommend doctors, link to news stories and Web sites with disease information, and even send other members a virtual hug.
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 ...
Posted by Maria Binz-Scharf at December 28, 2006 12:43 PM
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