I am a good patient, believe it or not October 18, 2008
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in e-patient, Health, Health 2.0, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Web 2.0.trackback
Here is an article published in the British Medical Journal in 2003 by Alejandro R Jadad, Carlos A Rizo and Murray W Enkin. They mentioned what the good patient of the future would be like:
- Bring lists of questions to the consultation and will expect answers in clear terms
- Know how involved they want to be in decisions about their health care; most will choose to share decisions with their healthcare providers
- Have free access to their health record on paper or through electronic means and will use it or share it as they see fit
- Request and receive a second opinion whenever they face a major diagnosis or decisions about treatment
- Use telephone, internet, and other forms of communication to complement personal visits with members of the healthcare team
They were absolutely right. The situation is almost the same in 2008. How many e-patients do you think we have now? Not too many, but the number is certainly much bigger than the number of web-savvy doctors.
World wide web is for us, not against us…
I hope Webicina will help them find relevant and useful web 2.0 content.
I agree. I think that the world of Health 2.0+ is bound to change our practice and the relationship we, as doctors, develop with patients. Now’s the time to have some power to shape how that new world of medicine will look. That’s why the world of Health 2.0 is so exciting!
Thank you for this information. I’m sure things will be radically different in the near future.