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Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Safety, Ownership and Privacy Issues

Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Safety, Ownership and Privacy Issues

Anastasius Moumtzoglou
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781616928957|ISBN10: 1616928956|EISBN13: 9781616928971
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-895-7.ch010
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Moumtzoglou, Anastasius. "Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Safety, Ownership and Privacy Issues." Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions, edited by Anargyros Chryssanthou, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 197-211. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-895-7.ch010

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Moumtzoglou, A. (2011). Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Safety, Ownership and Privacy Issues. In A. Chryssanthou, I. Apostolakis, & I. Varlamis (Eds.), Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions (pp. 197-211). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-895-7.ch010

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Moumtzoglou, Anastasius. "Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Safety, Ownership and Privacy Issues." In Certification and Security in Health-Related Web Applications: Concepts and Solutions, edited by Anargyros Chryssanthou, Ioannis Apostolakis, and Iraklis Varlamis, 197-211. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-895-7.ch010

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Abstract

The collaborative nature of Medicine 2.0/Health 2.0 and its emphasis on personalized health care clearly outlines it with respect to e-health and Web 2.0. The Semantic Web uses the notion that the meaning of a concept relates to other concepts. Therefore, it amplifies many of the existing challenges, but also offers new opportunities for the quality problems of Web 2.0 and enhances the potential to translate information into knowledge. Perhaps the most exciting expectation is that people will use the semantic web to search for healthcare providers of the highest quality, using services that take into account their own preferences and employ decentralized data from different sources. On the other hand, the Semantic Web magnifies privacy and may raise concerns about disintermediation between patients and health professionals and over reliance on virtual interactions. Therefore, the perspective of the chapter is to consider the key debates that occur in the literature with respect to the terms Medicine 2.0 and Health 2.0 acknowledging that any authentic solution to health problems has to originate from patient-centered care.

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