How e-patients will shape the future of medicine. A presentation I presented at a Health 2.0 event in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on the 24th of March, 2009.

1. 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

2. An ordinary
doctor visit in
the future

3. Patient communicates
with the doctor via
webcam

4. It works...
Hawaii Medical Service

5. They will access their medical records on-line
Google Health

6. Their genomic data is also on a secure
USB drive

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

8. And write a post on their blog...

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

10. Checks Google Calendar for patient
appointments

11. Uploads medical cases
Medting.com

12. Collaborates online
Google Docs

13. Guides his patient online!

14. That's not the solution

15. What is the concept of web
2.0?

16. This concept of quot;Web 2.0quot;
seems to be like Pink Floyd
lyrics:
It can mean different things to
different people

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

19. You can find your favourite
content

21. Web 2.0 services are inter-
related

22. Past
Present

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

24. Now reading
e-books and using
medical softwares

25. Lack of
resources

26. Numerous
online
resources

27. A few medical
bloggers

28. >1000 medical
bloggers

29. >1000 medical
bloggers
“More researchers should
engage with the
blogosphere”
Nature 457, 1058 (26 February 2009)

30. Used to read a
few medical
papers in the
library

31. Following
hundreds of
journals with
RSS

32. Or even more easily
Webicina.com – PeRSSonalized
Medicine

33. Personalize your medical
news resources
Add Pubmed searches

34. Used to sit in
classrooms

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

36. Scifoo Lives
On
conferences

37. No matter how
you look like

38. What matters is
the content you
publish

39. Support
information

40. „The view from a
wheelchair”

41. Heart Murmur
Simulation

42. Used to contact
colleagues by
telephone

44. The youngest Twitter user?

45. The youngest Twitter user?

46. Live surgery
Henry Ford Hospital

47. Live surgery
Henry Ford Hospital

48. Vasectomy: live
#kevsnip

49. Used to search
the entire web

50. Using
Sciencerollsearch.com

51. Pubmed FaceOff
for researchers

52. Used to read
medical articles

53. Listening to
podcasts

54. Ordinary
patients

55. E-patients
maartensjourney.com
sixuntilme.com

56. Ordinary
doctors

57. Web-savvy
doctors
Jay Parkinson

58. Lack of
networking =
time bomb for
patients

59. On-line
community sites

60. Unselected,
uncontrolled
information

61. Diabetes 2.0
webicina.com/diabetes

62. Depression 2.0
webicina.com/depression

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

64. On-line
reputation?

65. Dr. Flea's story

66. Dr. Flea's story
Do not blog anonymously!

67. But!

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

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

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

71. 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.

72. Medicine 2.0 University Credit Course
med20course.wordpress.com

73. 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

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

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

76. The future?
Semantic search

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

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