Abstract

FERNANDEZ SILANO, Mariano. Health 2.0 and the healthcare in the digital era. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.1, pp.41-46. ISSN 0122-0667.

Close observation of our society reveals a radical change in the way we access, use and produce information, together with the increase in the volume of information available. These changes are mostly by the impact who have Internet, Information Technology and Communication (ICT) and one of its latest products social networks. Health and education are the areas most impacted by the changes caused by the emergence of Internet and ICT, these changes identified as characteristics of the digital age. Most of these changes involve advantages for health care processes, actors and components. Two of the new fields of action are: a) eHealth, defined as an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health and private initiatives, referring to health services and information delivered or enhanced through Internet and related technologies, and b) the Health 2.0, as innovative holistic health model, using as main tools for web and Applications 2.0. The paper reviews these concepts and how they work with: people who know more and more about health, disease and its determinants, health professionals and the general public. Trying to get through these means, the greatest benefits to all communities.

Keywords : eHealth; Health 2.0; telemedicine; ict healthcare; Healthcare.

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