Financial Future Uncertain for Online Health Care Ventures

Note: Some might wonder about not only Health 2.0 but other 2.0 companies.

At a health conference in San Francisco on Thursday, participants focused on ealth 2.0, a buzz word for online ventures that aim to improve health care by expanding the public’s access to Web tools such as customized health search engines and social networking sites, the San Jose Mercury News reports.

Companies mentioned in the article include:

Current Health 2.0 offerings include Web sites that allow consumers to:
+ Rate doctors online, such as ratemds.com;
+ Shop for medical prices and locations, such as vimo.com;
+ Search for medical information, such as webmd.com or healia.com; and
+ Share patient experiences, such as dailystrength.com and patientslikeme.com.

Source: iHealthBeat

See Also: Of course, non-commercial source like MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine are essential for consumers with health info needs. Btw, MedlinePlus has just began providing a What’s New page and RSS feed. The MEDLINEPLUS-NEW newsletter is an excellent collection development resource

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