%0 Journal Article %1 phd-web %A PhD, P.J.M. %A CITP, F. %D 2008 %K HealthCare Health_Informatic Research_Questions Social_Network Social_Technology Web_20 %T Web 2.0 and social technologies: what might they offer for the future of health informatics? %U http://scholar.google.de/scholar.bib?q=info:rQ2XgxVs5zEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&hl=de&ct=citation&cd=2 %X While the term "Web 2.0" has been in existence since 2003,1, 2 an understanding of its meaning, implications and potential for application within the health sector and health informatics is still being developed. The purpose of this paper is not, therefore, to provide any definitive answers, but to raise awareness, issues and questions for further discussion and exploration within the global and local health and informatics communities. There are two ways to examine the issues; we can either explore the more generic Web 2.0 tools and technologies that exist and how they might be applied to health informatics, or we can identify health informatics issues, especially ones that might seem intransigent, and explore whether and how Web 2.0 applications and approaches might help us deal with them. This paper concentrates mainly on the former approach as, while Web 2.0 applications have been used by health informaticians, there are, as yet, few Web 2.0 applications specifically designed for use within health and informatics.

@article{phd-web, abstract = {While the term "Web 2.0" has been in existence since 2003,[1, 2] an understanding of its meaning, implications and potential for application within the health sector and health informatics is still being developed. The purpose of this paper is not, therefore, to provide any definitive answers, but to raise awareness, issues and questions for further discussion and exploration within the global and local health and informatics communities. There are two ways to examine the issues; we can either explore the more generic Web 2.0 tools and technologies that exist and how they might be applied to health informatics, or we can identify health informatics issues, especially ones that might seem intransigent, and explore whether and how Web 2.0 applications and approaches might help us deal with them. This paper concentrates mainly on the former approach as, while Web 2.0 applications have been used by health informaticians, there are, as yet, few Web 2.0 applications specifically designed for use within health and informatics.}, added-at = {2009-09-11T18:55:30.000+0200}, author = {PhD, P.J.M. and CITP, F.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26974d985a6cd5c3a083cc14c3468e776/altmann}, interhash = {ba0736960a739bd46045f3535fe8dfce}, intrahash = {6974d985a6cd5c3a083cc14c3468e776}, keywords = {HealthCare Health_Informatic Research_Questions Social_Network Social_Technology Web_20}, timestamp = {2009-09-11T18:55:30.000+0200}, title = {{Web 2.0 and social technologies: what might they offer for the future of health informatics?}}, url = {http://scholar.google.de/scholar.bib?q=info:rQ2XgxVs5zEJ:scholar.google.com/&output=citation&hl=de&ct=citation&cd=2}, year = 2008 }