Why is medicine 2.0 important?

For medical professionals and patients?

It is not about bubbles and buzzwords related to web 2.0. It is about the expectations of e-patients. Who are they?

They are patients trying to find reliable medical information on the web; they want to communicate with their doctors via e-mail or Skype; and they store their medical files online.

They will want doctors to answer their web-related questions and recommend them reliable medical sites. Will you be able to help them properly?

Webicina was built and designed to help medical professionals and patients enter the web 2.0 world. Webicina aims to serve as a bridge between medicine 2.0 and traditional medicine.

The Numbers:

According to Pharma 2.0:

• 99% of physicians are online for personal or professional purposes
• 85% of medical offices have broadband
• 83% of doctors consider the Internet essential to their practice
• 143 million adults search for health info online

A Deloitte Center survey found, there will be many more e-patients in the near future. These are not only estimations, but signs physicians should take into consideration.

What will happen?

The basics of practicing medicine will never change dramatically due to new technologies or the world wide web. But it will change the way healthcare is delivered.

Not because of the technology itself or the attention it receives, but because patients will need this kind of knowledge and expertise. This will happen whether you like it or not. And physicians of the 21st century must be ready and qualified to meet these expectations.

If you would like your medical practice to be ready for these challenges, Webicina is ready to help.

If you would like to know more about your medical condition, which patient communities to join and which reliable blogs to read, Webicina has a set of tools to help you with.

The aim of Webicina

Our aim can be described with a special equation:

E-patients will shape the future of medicine