Definition of Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: A Systematic Review

Abstract

BackgroundDuring the last decade, the Internet has become increasingly popular and is now an important part of our daily life. When new “Web 2.0” technologies are used in health care, the terms “Health 2.0" or "Medicine 2.0” may be used.ObjectiveThe objective was to identify unique definitions of Health 2.0/Medicine 2.0 and recurrent topics within the definitions.MethodsA systematic literature review of electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL) and gray literature on the Internet using the search engines Google, Bing, and Yahoo was performed to find unique definitions of Health 2.0/Medicine 2.0. We assessed all literature, extracted unique definitions, and selected recurrent topics by using the constant comparison method.ResultsWe found a total of 1937 articles, 533 in scientific databases and 1404 in the gray literature. We selected 46 unique definitions for further analysis and identified 7 main topics.ConclusionsHealth 2.0/Medicine 2.0 are still developing areas. Many articles concerning this subject were found, primarily on the Internet. However, there is still no general consensus regarding the definition of Health 2.0/Medicine 2.0. We hope that this study will contribute to building the concept of Health 2.0/Medicine 2.0 and facilitate discussion and further research.

Exploring the Potential of Web 2.0 to Address Health Disparities

“…In 2004, the term Web 2.0 was introduced to describe this shift in consumer demand and application functionality (Van De Belt, Engelen, Berben, & Schoonhoven, 2010). Although there are different definitions, most have several aspects in common, with the main difference between Web 1.0 (the first generation of the Internet) and Web 2.0 related to interactivity (Van De Belt et al, 2010).…”

“…Although there are different definitions, most have several aspects in common, with the main difference between Web 1.0 (the first generation of the Internet) and Web 2.0 related to interactivity (Van De Belt et al, 2010). Web 1.0 was mostly unidirectional information seeking, whereas Web 2.0 allowed the user to add information or content to the web, thus enabling interaction, information sharing, and collaboration (Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2009).…”

Emerging issues for education in E-discovery for electronic health records

“…It is a new concept of health care that employs social software and other Web-based tools to promote collaboration between patients, their caregivers, medical professionals, and other stakeholders in health care to create a better, more knowledgeable and cost effective environment for better well-being [18]. Health 2.0 is the use of a set of Web tools (blogs, Podcasts, wikis, etc.)…”

“…In traditional models, patients' records could only be kept and accessed by medical professionals; while in newer models patients obtain more control and deeper insight into their own information. Web 2.0/technology, patients, professionals, social networking, health information/content, collaboration, and change of health care are the topics closely related to the definition of Health 2.0 [18].…”

Stakeholder Contradictions in Early Stages of eHealth Efforts

“…Negative effects on resource usage is also reported when providing care by electronic communication for patients with chronical diseases [2]. Place-and time dependant delivery is another area where healthcare may be reshaped as it intervenes with traditional care characteristics [37]. Interorganizational systems force different stakeholders to cooperate, even though they can be seen as competitors with different interests and attitudes [31].…”