Healthcare 2.0: The Use of Web 2.0 in Healthcare

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Author(s): Shakib Manouchehri (University of Kassel, Germany)and Udo Winand (University of Kassel, Germany)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 9
Source title: Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0, and X.0: Technologies, Business, and Social Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): San Murugesan (Multimedia University, Malaysia & University of Western Sydney, Australia )
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-384-5.ch038

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Semantic Web / Web Technologies

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From an economic, as well as a social point of view, healthcare is a significant part of our society and forms a major, ever-growing market. Therefore, this sector has the constant challenge of improving and reducing the cost of services. With respect to interaction, communication, and collaboration between patients and doctors, as well as among each other, the Internet provides new possibilities. Therefore a massive potential for innovation, by so called Web 2.0 applications, is offered. They are also increasingly used via mobile devices. The present article attends to this research with the aim to discuss potentials and restrictions of the use of Web 2.0 applications in healthcare as well as the mobile use of it.

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