Practicing Medicine in the Web 2.0 Era
AcuteZorg.nl Health 2.0 Event
Nijmegen, 24. 03. 2009.
Bertalan Meskó
Managing director of
Webicina.com
Author of
Scienceroll.com

An ordinary
doctor visit in
the future

Patient communicates
with the doctor via
webcam

It works...
Hawaii Medical Service

They will access their medical records on-line
Google Health

Their genomic data is also on a secure
USB drive

They check the possible side effects and interactions of the
drugs they have been prescribed on Pharmasurveyor.com

And write a post on their blog...

Meanwhile, their doctor uses
RSS feed
to be up-to-date

Checks Google Calendar for patient
appointments

Uploads medical cases
Medting.com

Collaborates online
Google Docs

Guides his patient online!

That's not the solution

What is the concept of web
2.0?

This concept of \"Web 2.0\"
seems to be like Pink Floyd
lyrics:
It can mean different things to
different people

This concept of \"Web 2.0\"
seems to be like Pink Floyd
lyrics:
It can mean different things to
different people
depending on your state of mind.
Kevin Maney

You can find your favourite
content

Web 2.0 services are inter-
related

Past
Present

Used to read medical
books, but you cannot
read a medical book at
the patient's bedside

Now reading
e-books and using
medical softwares

Lack of
resources

Numerous
online
resources

A few medical
bloggers

>1000 medical
bloggers

>1000 medical
bloggers
“More researchers should
engage with the
blogosphere”
Nature 457, 1058 (26 February 2009)

Used to read a
few medical
papers in the
library

Following
hundreds of
journals with
RSS

Or even more easily
Webicina.com – PeRSSonalized
Medicine

Personalize your medical
news resources
Add Pubmed searches

Used to sit in
classrooms

Sitting in virtual
classrooms in
Second Life
ammc.wordpress.com

Scifoo Lives
On
conferences

No matter how
you look like

What matters is
the content you
publish

Support
information

„The view from a
wheelchair”

Heart Murmur
Simulation

Used to contact
colleagues by
telephone

The youngest Twitter user?

The youngest Twitter user?

Live surgery
Henry Ford Hospital

Live surgery
Henry Ford Hospital

Vasectomy: live
#kevsnip

Used to search
the entire web

Using
Sciencerollsearch.com

Pubmed FaceOff
for researchers

Used to read
medical articles

Listening to
podcasts

Ordinary
patients

E-patients
maartensjourney.com
sixuntilme.com

Ordinary
doctors

Web-savvy
doctors
Jay Parkinson

Lack of
networking =
time bomb for
patients

On-line
community sites

Unselected,
uncontrolled
information

Diabetes 2.0
webicina.com/diabetes

Depression 2.0
webicina.com/depression

On-line reputation
Patients do a search for the doctor's
name

On-line
reputation?

Dr. Flea's story

Dr. Flea's story
Do not blog anonymously!

But!

There are too many tools, sites, services, and we don't
have that much time

The main concept of web 2.0 is that you don't need IT
knowledge

And we have tools to fight the dangers
Health on the net
Foundation
Healthcare Bloggers
Code of Ethics
Editing guidelines of
medical wikis

Medical professionals must be able, ready and qualified to
meet the expectations of
e-patients.
Because it's not the technology or web 2.0 that will
shape the future of medicine, but e-patients will
change the way medicine is practiced and healthcare
is delivered.

Medicine 2.0 University Credit Course
med20course.wordpress.com

Medicine 2.0 University Credit Course
med20course.wordpress.com
Week 1: Web 2.0 and Medicine Week 6: Medicine in Second Life
Week 2: The medical Week 7: Doctors and the Media
blogosphere
Week 8: Education 2.0
Week 3: How to use RSS?
Week 9: Medical Search Engines
Week 4: Wikipedia and Medical
Wikis Week 10: The Future of
Medicine
Week 5: E-patients and Online
Medical Communities

Such a course can help
students and doctors enter
the web 2.0 era.

Medical Education Evolution: Join us and let's shape
together the future of medical education!
medschoolevolution.ning.com

The future?
Semantic search

Hakia.com
We will ask questions and will hopefully get relevant answers

Thank you for your
attention!
If you have questions:
berci.mesko@gmail.com
Scienceroll.com
Webicina.com