Abstract
Web technologies and social media exist already for several years and are increasingly exploited to support in healthcare processes. One cannot ignore the fact that social media has already dramatically changed the structure of healthcare delivery in the modern world. Mayo Clinic researchers have opined that social media has begun a process of “revolutionizing healthcare” by improving healthcare and quality of life [17]. User-generated content on the web has become a new source of useful information to be added to the conventional methods of collecting clinical data. Beyond, web technologies allow for new possibilities in collaboration and information exchange in healthcare. In this chapter, we will closer look at concrete application areas. Various web technologies that are already supporting or could support in near future in healthcare processes will be introduced.
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Denecke, K. (2015). Applications of Social Media in Healthcare. In: Health Web Science. Health Information Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20582-3_2
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