Health Benefits of the Internet

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Health Benefits of the Internet

• Bae Soukphouangkhm
• Matthew Williamson

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Revolution

• Technological
• Behavior shift
• Curing to prevention

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Whats the
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WWW

• Flexible
• Fast
• Instant communication
• Tons of info

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Communication Feedback

• Forms
• Emails
• Statistics

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Every Voice Can Be Heard
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Health Information Sought on the Internet
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Trend of Internet Use for Health Concerns

• Health promotion mass media campaigns increase
  health awareness
• Trend towards self-reliance and patient power.
• Current information.

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Patient Doctor Relationship

• Under Radar
• Self diagnosis
• Efficient Dr Time
• Know as much
• Less time with Dr
• Required
• Provided

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Advantage - Patient

• Prevention
• Cheap research
• Education
• Support
• Patients
• Friends

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Impact of Health Care Among Patients

• http//www.jmir.org/content/jmir_v4/jmir_v4i2/jmir
  _v4i2e7_fig3.jpg

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Patient and the Internet

• Anderson JG, Rainey MR, Eysenbach G. The impact
  of cyberhealth on the physician-patient
  relationship. J Med Sys. 2003 27(1)67-83.

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Evolution of Information Gap between
Patient-Physician

• Anderson JG, Rainey MR, Eysenbach G. The impact
  of cyberhealth on the physician-patient
  relationship. J Med Sys. 2003 27(1)67-83.

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Evolution of Information Gap between
Patient-Physician

• Anderson JG, Rainey MR, Eysenbach G. The impact
  of cyberhealth on the physician-patient
  relationship. J Med Sys. 2003 27(1)67-83.

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Advantage - Doctor

• Education patient
• Efficient face time
• Less nuisance visits
• E-office

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Advantage - Medical Professionals

• Information on rare health conditions
• Health news
• Recruit subjects for clinical trials and support
  groups (advertise)
• Reduce layers of administration

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Advantage - Community

• Health outreach
• Data communication
• Donor networks

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Social Advantage
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Informed

• Internet intervention
• Cancer patients
• Family members
• Satisfaction
• Care
• Interaction

Edgar, L, Greenberg A, Remmer J. Providing
internet lessons to oncology patients and family
members a shared project. Psycho-Oncology 2002
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Self Esteem

• Breast Cancer (NYC)
• Less loneliness
• Social support
• Minorities greatest boost in esteem
• Target minority groups

Fogel J, Albert SM, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA,
Neugut AI. Racial/ethnic differences and
potential psychological benefits in use of the
internet by women with breast cancer.
Psycho-Oncology. 2003 12 107-117.
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Access to Information

• Health disease topics
• Drugs
• Research findings
• Support groups

• Levy JA, Strombeck R. Health benefits and risks
  of the internet. J Med Sys. 2002 26(6)495-510.

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• Miller, T.E., and Reents, S., The health care
  industry in transition The online mandate to
  change. Cyber Dialogue, p.3. 1999,
  (http//www.cyberdialogue.com/pdfs/wp/wp-cch-1999-
  transition.pdf)

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Disease prevention to Health Promotion

• Online communities
• Spreading the word
• Promote overall health of the population

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Digital Divides

• Age
• Social Status
• Finance
• Access to public services
• Education
• Access

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Bridging the Gaps
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Warning

• Source
• Conflict of interest
• Review
• Evidence based
• Extreme claims
• Not related

• Dont ignore Dr
• E-health
• New
• Lacks sci rigor

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Its a Revolution, Baby
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References

• Anderson JG, Rainey MR, Eysenbach G. The impact
  of cyberhealth on the physician-patient
  relationship. J Med Sys. 2003 27(1)67-83.
• Edgar, L, Greenberg A, Remmer J. Providing
  internet lessons to oncology patients and family
  members a shared project. Psycho-Oncology. 2002
  11 43.9-446.
• Fogel J, Albert SM, Schnabel F, Ditkoff BA,
  Neugut AI. Racial/ethnic differences and
  potential psychological benefits in use of the
  internet by women with breast cancer.
  Psycho-Oncology. 2003 12 107-117.
• Levy JA, Strombeck R. Health benefits and risks
  of the internet. J Med Sys. 2002 26(6)495-510.
• Oermann MH, Lesley ML, VanderWal JS. Using web
  sites on quality health care for teaching
  consumers in public libraries. Q Manage Health
  Care. 2005 14(3) 188-195.