At the Health 2.0 Goes to DC conference Esther Dyson gave a powerpacked 3 minute rant about how the Health ecosystem really works — dividing it into three markets: Healthcare, Bad Health and Health 2.0.
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Esther’s mini-keynote was one of my favorite moments of Health 2.0 DC.
Here’s a link to the research she references:
Report: The Social Life of Health Information
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-of-Health-Information.aspx
Section: 20% of internet users who look online for health info actively engage by posting comments, reviews, tags, etc.
http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/8-The-Social-Life-of-Health-Information/03-Social-Media-and-Health/1-Many-seek-a-justintime-someonelikeme-but-few-post-their-own-stories.aspx?r=1
Kudos to you for saying what needs to be said. Too often those in healthcare have too many bias blind spots and project their own needs onto the health care system. The health care system is a diseased anti-pattern stuck in a reinforcement loop. Health care industry cannot reform itself-reform must be imposed by outsiders