Thirty percent of U.S. adults provide support to a loved one. The internet is a key information and communications resource for this front-line labor force.
The American Journal of Managed Care recently published a commentary entitled, “Bowling Alone, Healing Together: The Role of Social Capital in Delivery Reform.”
Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice – but at internet speed and at internet scale.
The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.
What if all the knowledge and insights shared at a White House event on HIV/AIDS could be shared across all the social networks that people have access to?