Archive for 'Health2.0' Category

Telehealth, Mobile Health, Connected Health, and now ECare – is there a difference?

By Vaishali Kamat - Last updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010

Telehealth, telecare, telemedicine, connecetd health, mobile health, ehealth and now ecare. Is there a difference? The truth is I struggle with these terms myself. When creating the content for Cambridge Consultants Wireless Medical web pages I can never be sure which of the terms will be relevant to our customers. While there may be some subtle [...]

Health2.0 Device and service blurs the lines with telehealth

By Vaishali Kamat - Last updated: Monday, April 19, 2010

Health2.0 has several definitions, but at its core has been the use of web2.0 consumer techniques to deliver health services online. The techniques and tools of Facebook turned to patient communities, or the recommendations systems of Amazon used to assist in the selection of treatment. “liked Ventolin? why not try Serevent?” or “Patients rated your [...]