Mei Lin Fung

Why is it so bad? And there are few signs of progress... does no one care?

As a native Singaporean I have been studying eGov or electronic Government in Singapore since 2002. Then, as I live in the Silicon Valley, USA, I have been able to take an inside look at the Federal Government particularly in the Health sector. And in both Singapore and the USA I have met many smart and caring people in the Civil Service of both countries. I know thousands are working very hard to...

Mari Carmen Domingo of the Barcelona Tech University in Spain, helps us all with a great overview of the actual practice of physician and patient social networks in the e-Health, July 2010 issue of www.computer.org the magazine of the the computer society of the IEEE. Bravo to Mari Carmen. The link above gets you to the abstract and references only, so I'm distributing Domingo's contribution to the wider audience it deserves in the CRM and Health 2.0 world.

That's such a great closing quote that Domingo chose.... health is one of those things that is not just desirable, it is one of the greatest gifts that we can give ourselves or others.

"Healthcare social networks provide an active platform for sharing ideas, discussing symptoms and debating treatment options - tasks that together promise to improve patient care."...