Web 2.0 and the Health Care Market - Health Care in the era of Social Media and the modern Internet

von: Sabrina Sturm

Diplomica Verlag GmbH, 2010

ISBN: 9783836647670 , 224 Seiten

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Web 2.0 and the Health Care Market - Health Care in the era of Social Media and the modern Internet


 

WEB 2.0 AND THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF TABLES

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LIST OF FIGURES

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LIST OF APPENDICES

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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1. INTRODUCTION

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1.1 OVERALL AIM OF THE STUDY

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1.2 EXPECTATIONS

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1.3 INTRODUCTION TO THE TOPIC OF THE STUDY

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2. WEB 2.0

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2.1 WHAT IS WEB 2.0?

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2.2 PRINCIPLES OF WEB 2.0

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2.3 SELECTED TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING WEB 2.0

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2.4 TYPICAL WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES

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2.4.1 BLOGS

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2.4.2 SOCIAL COMMUNITIES & NETWORKS

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2.4.3 POD- & VODCASTS

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2.4.4 WIKIS

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2.4.5 SOCIAL BOOKMARKING & SOCIAL TAGGING

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2.4.6 (CARTOGRAPHIC) MASH-UPS

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2.4.7 VIRTUAL WORLDS

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2.5 CURRENT TRENDS CONCERNING THE USE OF WEB 2.0 & USER TYPOGRAPHY

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3. THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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3.1 TOWARDS A "HEALTH SOCIETY"

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3.2 DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION: HEALTH, HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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3.3 SCOPE OF THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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3.4 STATUS QUO OF THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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3.5 INFLUENCE FACTORS OF THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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3.6 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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4. INTRODUCING WEB 2.0 TO THE FIELD OF HEALTH CARE

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4.1 VIRTUALIZATION OF THE HEALTH CARE MARKET

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4.2 WEB 2.0 IN THE REALM OF EHEALTH

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4.3 TERMS: MEDICINE 2.0 AND HEALTH 2.0

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5. HOW PATIENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS

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5.1 COPING WITH A DISEASE: PATIENT BLOGS

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5.2 WHAT DO OTHERS THINK: PATIENT COMMUNITIES & NETWORKS

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5.3 BECOMING EDUCATED VIA HEALTH-RELATED & MEDICAL PODCASTS

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5.4 IN SEARCH OF INFORMATION: WIKIS FOR PATIENTS

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5.5 WHERE TO FIND RELIABLE INFORMATION? SOCIAL BOOKMARKING & SOCIAL TAGGING

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5.6 RECEIVING INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION: STROLLING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS

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5.7 A HOLISTIC APPROACH: HEALTH PORTALS

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5.8 EPHRS: THE CASE OF GOOGLE HEALTH & MICROSOFT HEALTHVAULT

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6. HOW HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS CAN BENEFIT FROM WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS

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6.1 PROPAGATION OF INFORMATION & SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE: MEDICAL BLOGS

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6.2 EXCHANGING PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: MEDICAL COMMUNITIES & NETWORKS

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6.3 COLLABORATION & EDUCATION OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS: WIKIS, PODCASTS & VIRTUAL WORLDS

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7. HOW HEALTH PAYER CAN BENEFIT FROM WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS

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7.1 BRANDING, MARKETING AND INFORMATION: BLOGS & MICRO-BLOGGING

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7.2 EDUCATING AND INFORMING CUSTOMERS: POD- / VODCASTS & VIRTUAL WOLRDS

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8. NET GAINS: ADVANTAGES OUTWEIGHING DISADVANTAGES?

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8.1 ADVANTAGES: DRAWING BENEFITS FROM THE USE OF WEB 2.0 IN HEALTH CARE

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8.2 THE DOWNSIDE: IDENTIFYING GENERAL DISADVANTAGES OF WEB 2.0 IN HEALTH CARE

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9. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR WEB 2.0 IN HEALTH CARE

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9.1 COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS

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9.2 ONLINE-MARKETING AND COMPETITION REGULATIONS

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9.3 PROTECTION OF PRIVATE DATA

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9.4 LIABILITY OF ONLINE-PROVIDERS FOR USER-GENERATED-CONTENT AND HYPERLINKS

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9.5 LEGAL EFFECTS OF THE “PROHIBITION OF REMOTE TREATMENT” IN GERMANY

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10. WEB 2.0 IN THE HEALTH CARE MARKET: EXPERT APPRAISALS

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10.1 CONCEPT AND WAY OF PROCEEDING

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10.2 RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION

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11. CONCLUSION & FUTURE OUTLOOK

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REFERENCES

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APPENDIX

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