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Bio statementSenior Lecturer, health informatics. Interests nursing and consumer health informatics. ConferencesAttended Medicine 2.0'08 (Toronto, Canada) Attended Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA) Is registered to attend Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA) Accepted AbstractsMedicine 2.0'08 (Toronto, Canada)Stop The World wide web I Want To Get Off. Background Increasing number of patients are using the Internet for health information (National Statistics 2007). Traditionally professionals have been the information gatekeepers; key questions were around what information patients should be given. Reviews of information on the Internet have been focused towards analysing the quality of information e.g. Eysenbach et al [1] and Breckons et a 2008[2] Whilst this debate is important patients do not always want this professional centric world...
Medicine 2.0'09 (Toronto, Canada)How can web 2.0 help patients to educate their doctors? A high profile example of how effective the Internet is at spreading health related information is the paper by Nissen and Wolski; Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death from Cardiovascular Causes published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The story was carried in the news on 21st May. Searching diabetes blogs and forums for posts on, or shortly after, that date show that patients had picked up this information very quickly. Patients were expressing conc... Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)Online Discussion Boards as Research Data; Exploring the Ethical Issues. People living with enduring health conditions (EHC) are increasingly turning to social networking websites to share their experiences, and to both offer and seek help and advice from fellow ‘sufferers’. As well as the primary purpose of enabling interaction between people living with an EHC, many of these websites contain material of potential use to researchers. Accessing information from individuals for research purposes has traditionally meant inviting people to participate in informat... Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA)Using Health Discussion Board Posts as Research Data; How Contributors View the Ethical Considerations. Background With the recent developments in the social web (web 2.0) increasing numbers of people living with a long term health condition are putting personal health information into the public domain e.g on discussion boards. This type of interaction can feel as if it happens in a private space, the reality however is that the information shared is available to everyone, and has been put in the public rather than a private domain. As well as the primary purpose of interaction between s... This user's work may be related toUsers who Carol S Bond said they have metUsers who have said they have met Carol S Bond and who Carol S Bond says they have met |
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