Frequently Asked Questions

What is Webicina?

Webicina is a privately held company aiming to build a bridge between physicians and e-patients. Webicina provides services that help medical professionals and patients enter the web 2.0 era.

How can Webicina help physicians enter the web 2.0 era?

With personalized medical web 2.0 guidance collections, step-by-step tutorials, webinars and online image building solutions. Webicina was designed to help physicians from all the medical specialties and patients with any kind of medical conditions get closer to the web 2.0 based world.

Who are e-patients?

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 their doctors to answer web-related questions and recommend them reliable medical sites.

Is Webicina only for doctors?

Webicina provides both patients and doctors with free tools, but has personalized services for medical professionals and healthcare workers.

What kind of packages does Webicina have for patients?

All the Web 2.0 Guidance Packages are free for patients. Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Collections include the Diabetes 2.0, Depression 2.0 and Cancer 2.0 packages and will add as many new medical conditions as possible.

Why do we need a bridge between physicians and e-patients?

The number of e-patients is growing rapidly while the number of web-savvy doctors is not. The basics of practicing medicine will never change dramatically due to new technologies or the world wide web, 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. And physicians of the 21st century must be ready and qualified to meet these expectations.

Which service should I choose?

Personalized Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Package

If you would like to know all the web 2.0 sites focusing on your medical condition or your medical specialty, Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Packages are created for you.

Personalized Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Package is a personalized set of web 2.0 tools designed to solve the problems of physicians, health care workers and patients. Check the patient or the medical professional packages out.

E-Courses

If you would like to learn how to follow the medical papers of your field of interest more easily; how to create a medical blog or how to organize meetings in Second Life, Webicina's E-Learning Tools are made for you. You get access to a constantly updating e-learning database with online materials and step-by-step tutorials for free.

Presentations, webinars and Second Life workshops

If you would like your collegues or employees to know more about the possible implications of web 2.0 in your field, Webicina can help you through webinars, Second Life workshops and in-person presentations.

What is PeRSSonalized Medicine?

PeRSSonalized Medicine is a free tool that lets you select your favourite resources and read the latest news and articles in one personalized place. You can create your own "medical journal" and as we are totally open to suggestions, let us add the journals, blogs and websites that you would like to follow.

How do I get access to the e-courses?

All the e-courses are free for everyone.

What is next?

In the near future, Webicina also aims to serve as a community platform for those who are interested in the impact of web 2.0 on their specific fields of interest. Webicina will try to connect e.g. cardiologists to let them share thoughts and links; and let them educate each other about medicine 2.0.

If you have another question, please let us know.